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The Diving Safety Program assists faculty, staff and students in safely using
SCUBA as a tool to conduct underwater research. There are between 60 to 80
divers at any one time, conducting 1800 - 2000 dives per year. These divers
include visitors from all over the world. The majority of our dives are
conducted at the University's Friday Harbor Lab at
http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/,
although we have conducted diving projects all over the globe.
Anyone diving under the University of Washington's auspices must be
certified as a University of Washington Scientific Diver and adhere to the
standards set forth in the Diving Safety Manual. To become a research
diver you must meet the requirements listed in Section 3 of the Diving
Safety Manual. For more information contact the Diving Safety Officer at
206.616.3776, or ehsdept@u.washington.edu.
Divers are required to record their dive logs with this office. Please use our
Dive Log Form to enter your dives regularly.
If you do not hear back from the Diving Safety Officer in a few days of submitting,
contact our office at 206.543.7388.
University of
Washington Diving Safety Manual (pdf) links to a PDF (Adobe Acrobat required) formatted
manual. Contains UW requirements for conducting research using SCUBA.
The University of Washington follows the diving standards set by the American Academy of Underwater Sciences
at http://www.aaus.org
(AAUS). The AAUS Diving Safety Manual is recognized by OSHA as the
guidelines for all scientific diving.
The University's Diving Medical Officer is Dr. Edmond Kay. You should visit
his Diving Medicine at http://faculty.washington.edu/ekay page.
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