“atmospheric diving system” means a diving system in which the external pressure on the body of the diver using the system is normal atmospheric pressure;(appareil de plongée à pression atmosphérique)

“bail-out system” means an independent breathing-gas supply or breathing mixture carried by a diver that is of sufficient quantity to return the diver to the surface, a diving bell or an emergency breathing-gas supply or breathing mixture in the event of a malfunction of the primary breathing-gas supply or breathing mixture;(appareil de sauvetage)

“bottom time” means the total elapsed time measured in minutes from the time a descending diver leaves the surface to the time the diver begins final ascent, rounded to the next whole minute;(durée de plongée)

“compressed air environment” means an environment in which respirable gases are breathed at a pressure above normal atmospheric pressure;(milieu d’aire comprimé)

“decompression schedule” means the procedure detailed in an appropriate decompression table to be followed by a diver during ascent from depth in order to minimize the risk of decompression sickness;(table de décompression)

“decompression sickness” means an illness caused by the formation of gas bubbles in the blood or body tissues as a result of pressure reduction;(maladie résultant de la décompression)

“deep diving” means any mode of diving to a depth greater than 55 m;(plongée profonde)

“diver” means a person who performs work under water for compensation;(plongeur)

“diving bell” means a surface-tethered structure that can accommodate one or more divers under water;(cloche de plongée)

“diving plant and equipment” means all plant and equipment used in an underwater diving operation that form part of the life-support system of a diver;(material de plongée)

“diving supervisor” means a person designated by an employer under section 307;(surveillant de plongée)

“dressed-in” means that a diver is fully equipped to dive and is ready to enter the water, with all life-support and communications equipment tested and at hand, but not necessarily with the helmet, face plate or face mask in place;(équipé)

“hyperbaric chamber” means a pressure vessel with a design pressure of 690 kPa that complies with the requirements of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Act and that is designed for the purpose of subjecting humans to greater than atmospheric pressure, and includes associated equipment;(caisson hyperbare)

“lock-out submersible” means a self-propelled submersible compression chamber from which a diving operation can be carried out and that has a separate one-atmosphere chamber from which the submersible compression chamber is piloted;(sous-marin lance plongeurs)

“mixed gas” means a respirable breathing mixture, other than the normal proportions of respirable air, that provides sufficient oxygen to support life and does not cause detrimental physiological effects such as excessive breathing resistance or impairment of neurological function;(mélange respirable)

“no decompression limit” means, with respect to a decompression schedule in use for the depth and duration of a dive, that no decompression stop is required during the ascent from depth of a diver;(décompression non-limitée)

“open diving bell” means a diving bell designed so as not to be operated with a differential pressure across the hull;(cloche de plongée ouverte)

“saturation diving” means a technique of diving in which the decompression schedule used allows a bottom time of unlimited duration;(plongée à saturation)

“SCUBA” means self-contained underwater breathing apparatus with open-circuit compressed air;(scaphandre autonome)

“stage” means a cage, basket or platform in which a diver may be lowered to or raised from a work area;(ascenseur)

“stand-by diver” means a diver who is dressed-in and who is trained and equipped to operate at the depths and the circumstances in which a submerged diver is operating for the purpose of rendering assistance to the submerged diver in the event of an emergency;(plongeur en attente)

“submersible compression chamber” means a hyperbaric chamber designed for transporting a diver at atmospheric pressure or at an elevated pressure from the surface to an underwater work area and from the underwater work area to the surface;(caisson hyperbare submersible)

“surface-supply diving” means a diving technique in which a diver is supplied from the dive location with a breathing mixture by way of an umbilical;(plongée non autonome)

“tender” means a person who tends a diver;(aide)

“therapeutic recompression” means treatment of a diver in a compressed air environment in accordance with CSA approved practice or medical direction to treat decompression symptoms and decompression sickness;(recompression thérapeutique)

“umbilical” means a composite cable or separate cables that extend from the surface to a diver or to the pressure vessel of occupancy of the diver and that provide a breathing mixture, power, heat or communication as may be required;(ombilical)

“underwater diving operation” means work performed underwater for commercial, industrial, construction or environmental purposes and includes the underwater inspection, alteration, repair or maintenance of equipment, machinery, structures or ships and the salvage of sunken property of a commercial or industrial nature.(opération de plongée sous-marine)

“atmospheric diving system” means a diving system in which the external pressure on the body of the diver using the system is normal atmospheric pressure;(appareil de plongée à pression atmosphérique)

“bail-out system” means an independent breathing-gas supply or breathing mixture carried by a diver that is of sufficient quantity to return the diver to the surface, a diving bell or an emergency breathing-gas supply or breathing mixture in the event of a malfunction of the primary breathing-gas supply or breathing mixture;(appareil de sauvetage)

“bottom time” means the total elapsed time measured in minutes from the time a descending diver leaves the surface to the time the diver begins final ascent, rounded to the next whole minute;(durée de plongée)

“compressed air environment” means an environment in which respirable gases are breathed at a pressure above normal atmospheric pressure;(milieu d’aire comprimé)

“decompression schedule” means the procedure detailed in an appropriate decompression table to be followed by a diver during ascent from depth in order to minimize the risk of decompression sickness;(table de décompression)

“decompression sickness” means an illness caused by the formation of gas bubbles in the blood or body tissues as a result of pressure reduction;(maladie résultant de la décompression)

“deep diving” means any mode of diving to a depth greater than 55 m;(plongée profonde)

“diver” means a person who performs work under water for compensation;(plongeur)

“diving bell” means a surface-tethered structure that can accommodate one or more divers under water;(cloche de plongée)

“diving plant and equipment” means all plant and equipment used in an underwater diving operation that form part of the life-support system of a diver;(material de plongée)

“diving supervisor” means a person designated by an employer under section 307;(surveillant de plongée)

“dressed-in” means that a diver is fully equipped to dive and is ready to enter the water, with all life-support and communications equipment tested and at hand, but not necessarily with the helmet, face plate or face mask in place;(équipé)

“hyperbaric chamber” means a pressure vessel with a design pressure of 690 kPa that complies with the requirements of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Act and that is designed for the purpose of subjecting humans to greater than atmospheric pressure, and includes associated equipment;(caisson hyperbare)

“lock-out submersible” means a self-propelled submersible compression chamber from which a diving operation can be carried out and that has a separate one-atmosphere chamber from which the submersible compression chamber is piloted;(sous-marin lance plongeurs)

“mixed gas” means a respirable breathing mixture, other than the normal proportions of respirable air, that provides sufficient oxygen to support life and does not cause detrimental physiological effects such as excessive breathing resistance or impairment of neurological function;(mélange respirable)

“no decompression limit” means, with respect to a decompression schedule in use for the depth and duration of a dive, that no decompression stop is required during the ascent from depth of a diver;(décompression non-limitée)

“open diving bell” means a diving bell designed so as not to be operated with a differential pressure across the hull;(cloche de plongée ouverte)

“saturation diving” means a technique of diving in which the decompression schedule used allows a bottom time of unlimited duration;(plongée à saturation)

“SCUBA” means self-contained underwater breathing apparatus with open-circuit compressed air;(scaphandre autonome)

“stage” means a cage, basket or platform in which a diver may be lowered to or raised from a work site;(ascenseur)

“stand-by diver” means a diver who is dressed-in and who is trained and equipped to operate at the depths and the circumstances in which a submerged diver is operating for the purpose of rendering assistance to the submerged diver in the event of an emergency;(plongeur en attente)

“submersible compression chamber” means a hyperbaric chamber designed for transporting a diver at atmospheric pressure or at an elevated pressure from the surface to an underwater work site and from the underwater work site to the surface;(caisson hyperbare submersible)

“surface-supply diving” means a diving technique in which a diver is supplied from the dive location with a breathing mixture by way of an umbilical;(plongée non autonome)

“tender” means a person who tends a diver;(aide)

“therapeutic recompression” means treatment of a diver in a compressed air environment in accordance with CSA approved practice or medical direction to treat decompression symptoms and decompression sickness;(recompression thérapeutique)

“umbilical” means a composite cable or separate cables that extend from the surface to a diver or to the pressure vessel of occupancy of the diver and that provide a breathing mixture, power, heat or communication as may be required;(ombilical)

“underwater diving operation” means work performed underwater for commercial, industrial, construction or environmental purposes and includes the underwater inspection, alteration, repair or maintenance of equipment, machinery, structures or ships and the salvage of sunken property of a commercial or industrial nature.(opération de plongée sous-marine)

“atmospheric diving system” means a diving system in which the external pressure on the body of the diver using the system is normal atmospheric pressure;(appareil de plongée à pression atmosphérique)

“bail-out system” means an independent breathing-gas supply or breathing mixture carried by a diver that is of sufficient quantity to return the diver to the surface, a diving bell or an emergency breathing-gas supply or breathing mixture in the event of a malfunction of the primary breathing-gas supply or breathing mixture;(appareil de sauvetage)

“bottom time” means the total elapsed time measured in minutes from the time a descending diver leaves the surface to the time the diver begins final ascent, rounded to the next whole minute;(durée de plongée)

“compressed air environment” means an environment in which respirable gases are breathed at a pressure above normal atmospheric pressure;(milieu d’aire comprimé)

“decompression schedule” means the procedure detailed in an appropriate decompression table to be followed by a diver during ascent from depth in order to minimize the risk of decompression sickness;(table de décompression)

“decompression sickness” means an illness caused by the formation of gas bubbles in the blood or body tissues as a result of pressure reduction;(maladie résultant de la décompression)

“deep diving” means any mode of diving to a depth greater than 55 m;(plongée profonde)

“diver” means a person who performs work under water for compensation;(plongeur)

“diving bell” means a surface-tethered structure that can accommodate one or more divers under water;(cloche de plongée)

“diving plant and equipment” means all plant and equipment used in an underwater diving operation that form part of the life-support system of a diver;(material de plongée)

“diving supervisor” means a person designated by an employer under section 307;(surveillant de plongée)

“dressed-in” means that a diver is fully equipped to dive and is ready to enter the water, with all life-support and communications equipment tested and at hand, but not necessarily with the helmet, face plate or face mask in place;(équipé)

“hyperbaric chamber” means a pressure vessel with a design pressure of 690 kPa that complies with the requirements of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Act and that is designed for the purpose of subjecting humans to greater than atmospheric pressure, and includes associated equipment;(caisson hyperbare)

“lock-out submersible” means a self-propelled submersible compression chamber from which a diving operation can be carried out and that has a separate one-atmosphere chamber from which the submersible compression chamber is piloted;(sous-marin lance plongeurs)

“mixed gas” means a respirable breathing mixture, other than the normal proportions of respirable air, that provides sufficient oxygen to support life and does not cause detrimental physiological effects such as excessive breathing resistance or impairment of neurological function;(mélange respirable)

“no decompression limit” means, with respect to a decompression schedule in use for the depth and duration of a dive, that no decompression stop is required during the ascent from depth of a diver;(décompression non-limitée)

“open diving bell” means a diving bell designed so as not to be operated with a differential pressure across the hull;(cloche de plongée ouverte)

“saturation diving” means a technique of diving in which the decompression schedule used allows a bottom time of unlimited duration;(plongée à saturation)

“SCUBA” means self-contained underwater breathing apparatus with open-circuit compressed air;(scaphandre autonome)

“stage” means a cage, basket or platform in which a diver may be lowered to or raised from a work site;(ascenseur)

“stand-by diver” means a diver who is dressed-in and who is trained and equipped to operate at the depths and the circumstances in which a submerged diver is operating for the purpose of rendering assistance to the submerged diver in the event of an emergency;(plongeur en attente)

“submersible compression chamber” means a hyperbaric chamber designed for transporting a diver at atmospheric pressure or at an elevated pressure from the surface to an underwater work site and from the underwater work site to the surface;(caisson hyperbare submersible)

“surface-supply diving” means a diving technique in which a diver is supplied from the dive location with a breathing mixture by way of an umbilical;(plongée non autonome)

“tender” means a person who tends a diver;(aide)

“therapeutic recompression” means treatment of a diver in a compressed air environment in accordance with CSA approved practice or medical direction to treat decompression symptoms and decompression sickness;(recompression thérapeutique)

“umbilical” means a composite cable or separate cables that extend from the surface to a diver or to the pressure vessel of occupancy of the diver and that provide a breathing mixture, power, heat or communication as may be required;(ombilical)

“underwater diving operation” means work performed underwater for commercial, industrial, construction or environmental purposes and includes the underwater inspection, alteration, repair or maintenance of equipment, machinery, structures or ships and the salvage of sunken property of a commercial or industrial nature.(opération de plongée sous-marine)

“atmospheric diving system” means a diving system in which the external pressure on the body of the diver using the system is normal atmospheric pressure;(appareil de plongée à pression atmosphérique)

“bail-out system” means an independent breathing-gas supply or breathing mixture carried by a diver that is of sufficient quantity to return the diver to the surface, a diving bell or an emergency breathing-gas supply or breathing mixture in the event of a malfunction of the primary breathing-gas supply or breathing mixture;(appareil de sauvetage)

“bottom time” means the total elapsed time measured in minutes from the time a descending diver leaves the surface to the time the diver begins final ascent, rounded to the next whole minute;(durée de plongée)

“compressed air environment” means an environment in which respirable gases are breathed at a pressure above normal atmospheric pressure;(milieu d’aire comprimé)

“decompression schedule” means the procedure detailed in an appropriate decompression table to be followed by a diver during ascent from depth in order to minimize the risk of decompression sickness;(table de décompression)

“decompression sickness” means an illness caused by the formation of gas bubbles in the blood or body tissues as a result of pressure reduction;(maladie résultant de la décompression)

“deep diving” means any mode of diving to a depth greater than 55 m;(plongée profonde)

“diver” means a person who performs work under water for compensation;(plongeur)

“diving bell” means a surface-tethered structure that can accommodate one or more divers under water;(cloche de plongée)

“diving plant and equipment” means all plant and equipment used in an underwater diving operation that form part of the life-support system of a diver;(material de plongée)

“diving supervisor” means a person designated by an employer under section 307;(surveillant de plongée)

“dressed-in” means that a diver is fully equipped to dive and is ready to enter the water, with all life-support and communications equipment tested and at hand, but not necessarily with the helmet, face plate or face mask in place;(équipé)

“hyperbaric chamber” means a pressure vessel with a design pressure of 690 kPa that complies with the requirements of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Act and that is designed for the purpose of subjecting humans to greater than atmospheric pressure, and includes associated equipment;(caisson hyperbare)

“lock-out submersible” means a self-propelled submersible compression chamber from which a diving operation can be carried out and that has a separate one-atmosphere chamber from which the submersible compression chamber is piloted;(sous-marin lance plongeurs)

“mixed gas” means a respirable breathing mixture, other than the normal proportions of respirable air, that provides sufficient oxygen to support life and does not cause detrimental physiological effects such as excessive breathing resistance or impairment of neurological function;(mélange respirable)

“no decompression limit” means, with respect to a decompression schedule in use for the depth and duration of a dive, that no decompression stop is required during the ascent from depth of a diver;(décompression non-limitée)

“open diving bell” means a diving bell designed so as not to be operated with a differential pressure across the hull;(cloche de plongée ouverte)

“saturation diving” means a technique of diving in which the decompression schedule used allows a bottom time of unlimited duration;(plongée à saturation)

“SCUBA” means self-contained underwater breathing apparatus with open-circuit compressed air;(scaphandre autonome)

“stage” means a cage, basket or platform in which a diver may be lowered to or raised from a work site;(ascenseur)

“stand-by diver” means a diver who is dressed-in and who is trained and equipped to operate at the depths and the circumstances in which a submerged diver is operating for the purpose of rendering assistance to the submerged diver in the event of an emergency;(plongeur en attente)

“submersible compression chamber” means a hyperbaric chamber designed for transporting a diver at atmospheric pressure or at an elevated pressure from the surface to an underwater work site and from the underwater work site to the surface;(caisson hyperbare submersible)

“surface-supply diving” means a diving technique in which a diver is supplied from the dive location with a breathing mixture by way of an umbilical;(plongée non autonome)

“tender” means a person who tends a diver;(aide)

“therapeutic recompression” means treatment of a diver in a compressed air environment in accordance with CSA approved practice or medical direction to treat decompression symptoms and decompression sickness;(recompression thérapeutique)

“umbilical” means a composite cable or separate cables that extend from the surface to a diver or to the pressure vessel of occupancy of the diver and that provide a breathing mixture, power, heat or communication as may be required;(ombilical)

“underwater diving operation” means work performed underwater for commercial, industrial, construction or environmental purposes and includes the underwater inspection, alteration, repair or maintenance of equipment, machinery, structures or ships and the salvage of sunken property of a commercial or industrial nature.(opération de plongée sous-marine)