| Abstract | Offshore diving is reputed a dangerous and risky job. Safety requirements in diving operations are very high and strict. A commercial diving contractor has to conform to various regulations, standards, codes and guidelines from local governments, the clients, and the insurers of the diving contractor or other outside organizations, societies, advisory committees and associations. To establish, implement or assess OHS MS of a diving contractor, beside applications international standards, national laws and regulations and diving specific requirements should be considered. The aim of this thesis is to review requirements for safety management system of a diving organization, assess safety management system for diving services of Petro Vietnam Manpower Training College (PVMTC) to identify non-conformances of the safety management system. From result of the assessment, some recommendations are suggested to improve the system. The OSH MS assessment was conducted using checklists based on reviewing of requirements of OSHAS 18001:2007, Vietnamese applicable laws and regulations, and of diving specific requirements of IMCA. The assessment consisted of review of written documentation and performance of the existing OHS MS. No formal interviews or walk¬through inspections of operations and work areas was done. Finally, conclusions and recommendations for improving the existing system of PVMTC are drawn from findings of the assessment |
