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For over 50 years we have been supporting the global Diving community to improve standards in offshore safety.

Alongside the Guidance and best practice in our Technical Library, stands our industry-leading diving certification programmes. Together they help to drive up standards which improve safety and performance of commercial diving.

Our team of diving experts have more than 100 years’ collective real-life technical diving experience and, as global experts, are often called upon to advise regulators, governments and support Members.

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Latest related Guidance:

IMCA assessment procedure for diving contractor membership

This document provides detailed guidelines and requirements for diving contractors seeking membership of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) Diving Division.

Diving certification and verification

This document lists the IMCA recognised diving certificates for offshore diving and links to the IMCA Verification Portal for verification of international offshore diving certificates.

Guidance on surface supplied diving operations using nitrox

This document provides comprehensive guidance on surface supplied diving operations using nitrox, covering safety considerations, personnel requirements, equipment standards, and operational protocols.

Revision of IMCA D077 Guidance on prevention and mitigation of lost bell emergencies

Guidance on the Prevention and Mitigation of Lost Bell Emergencies revision

Update to IMCA D011 to include the roles and responsibilities of auditors during DESIGN annual audits

IMCA D011 now provides a clearer description of auditors’ roles and responsibilities during DESIGN annual audits

Programmable logic controllers (PLCs)

The behaviour of PLC-controlled systems must be well understood

More Diving in the Technical Library

Latest Diving news from IMCA

News

IMCA publishes updates to Assessment Procedure for Diving Contractor Membership (G012/D084)

08 April 2026

Commentary

Diving and Underwater Ship Husbandry: What Could Go Wrong?

21 January 2026

News

IMCA launches new Diving CPD to support global diving industry

13 August 2025

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