ACoP L104 ready. DWR 1997 compliant. Workflows aligned with IMCA D018 / D023 / D040 reference areas. Built for inshore, inland and civils diving operations by an IRCA Principal Auditor.
About these references. PICMS is an independent compliance management platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, certified by, or approved by IMCA. References to IMCA publications (D018, D023, D040, etc.) are for identification and alignment purposes only. IMCA documents remain the property of IMCA and users should obtain and use official IMCA publications in accordance with IMCA’s applicable terms. PICMS does not reproduce, distribute, or replace IMCA-controlled documents.
References to HSE Approved Codes of Practice (L103, L104) and other HSE publications are factual identification only, made available to UK operators under the Open Government Licence v3.0. PICMS is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by the Health and Safety Executive. Operators must consult the controlled HSE text directly for binding requirements.
PICMS Diving Professional is scoped for UK SME operators — the small teams running real projects who need HSE-ready paperwork without hiring a compliance team.
Working on harbour walls, river crossings, or reservoir inspections? PICMS handles your DWR 1997 paperwork, dive operations logbook, and HSE-ready evidence in one platform. No more spreadsheets. No more lost certificates.
Quarry diving, scientific surveys, or inland infrastructure? Track diver medicals, equipment certifications, and competency records to L104 standards. Audit-ready evidence for any HSE visit.
Sub-100 person offshore operation? Get equipment tracking aligned with IMCA D018 reference areas, audit-prep workflows aligned with IMCA D023, and a D040-aligned digital inspection workflow — without the enterprise price tag or the build-it-yourself spreadsheet tax.
One platform, four compliance tracks running simultaneously — so nothing slips through the cracks at audit.
Diving at Work Regulations — contractor, supervisor, diver duties fully covered.
L104 (inshore & inland) and L103 (offshore) — toggle on by project.
Equipment certification cadences, system design, and mobile surface-supply workflows aligned with the relevant IMCA reference areas. Operators must hold their own copies for the controlled criteria.
Quality and OH&S management systems — ready for UKAS certification.
Every module reflects what HSE inspectors, contractor auditors working to IMCA D011 reference areas, and DSA regulators actually look for — not what consultants think they should. Because PICMS was built by someone who's worn all three hats.
Built by an IRCA Registered Principal Auditor who understands what HSE inspectors and contractor auditors working to IMCA D011 reference areas actually look for.
Central register of every diving asset — compressors, HP storage, helmets, umbilicals, chambers, analysers. Live certification status per item.
Configurable equipment-certification catalogue with 37 inspection types covering the reference areas in IMCA D018 — pressure vessels, cylinders, compressors, breathing apparatus, lifting and chamber equipment. Standard cadence options (6m / 12m / 15m / 2y / 2.5y / 4y / 5y / 10y) with grace-period configuration; refer to your applicable inspection publication for the controlled values.
Maintenance task scheduler aligned with the planned-maintenance reference areas in IMCA D018. One-click "mark complete" that auto-reschedules the next due date. Daily / weekly / 6m / 12m / 2y / 5y interval options.
Per-dive records — supervisor, team, depth, bottom time, decompression table. DWR 1997 retention baked in.
Four-category competent-persons classification (supervisors, specialist technicians, class-society surveyors, OEM test houses) modelled on the categorisation referenced in IMCA D018. Every certification linked back to its signer for audit traceability.
Equipment-modification tracking aligned with the modification-management reference area in IMCA D018. Auto-flags re-certifications required; prevents equipment slipping back into service un-reverified.
Every dive spread registered — Surface Air, Mobile, Saturation, Mixed Gas — with vessel, class society, and audit history.
12 PICMS-authored starter templates covering HAZOP, FMEA, DP Thruster risk assessment, Bridging Documents, TRA, PTW, ERP, Medical Policy, Colour-Coding, and Toolbox Talks. Original PICMS wording — fully editable to match your organisation's controlled procedures.
PICMS-authored starter inspection workflow with five broad sheets covering documentation, equipment records, pre-dive checks, operational records, and post-operations sign-off. Live compliance scoring per sheet, CSV export for auditor hand-off. For the controlled inspection criteria, refer to your organisation's official IMCA D040 publication — PICMS provides the digital workflow, not the criteria themselves.
Automated Monday 08:00 UK email — expired certs, expiring within 30 days, PMS overdue. No more missed expiries = no more suspended dives.
Evidence mapped against HSE ACoP L104/L103, DWR 1997 duties, and relevant IMCA good-practice expectations. One click generates a polished A4 PDF showing your overall readiness score, expired items, PMS status, CP register, and dive activity. Sales-ready.
Describe a dive task in one sentence → full 10-section RAMS draft in 15 seconds. Anchored to UK regs via Claude Haiku. Supervisor reviews, signs off, issues.
Three big landings this sprint: HSE-ready evidence packs at the click of a button, smart links that cascade across equipment and certs, and proper diver-medical tracking with project-level expiry guards.
Generate an HSE-ready PDF pack at the click of a button. Every dive log, every cert, every RAMS, every attachment — bundled into a single ZIP with branded cover sheet. Hand it to an inspector and prove compliance in seconds, not hours.
Equipment knows its certs. Certs know their equipment. Modifications cascade automatically. When you log a modification requiring re-certification, PICMS flags the equipment, supersedes the old cert, and creates a renewal task — automatically.
HSE MA1 medicals tracked with auto-renewal alerts 60 days before expiry. Project assignment warns if a diver's medical expires mid-project. No more "we forgot to renew" surprises.
Most UK diving contractors run compliance across 6+ disconnected tools. PICMS replaces them all.
Start with Essentials if you're replacing a spreadsheet. Professional unlocks projects, RAMS and closeout packs. 14-day free trial, no credit card on either.
Register-only diving compliance for inshore SMEs. Spreadsheet replacement.
Need projects, RAMS, PMS & closeout packs? Upgrade to Professional any time.
Full Commercial Diving Pack for UK inshore and offshore contractors.
A practical pre-audit checklist aligned with DWR 1997, HSE ACoP L104, and IMCA D018 reference areas. Work through each section before your next HSE visit.
Reviewed by an IRCA Registered Principal Auditor. 7 sections covering contractor appointment, project plans, supervisor duties, diver competence & medicals, equipment certification, operations-record requirements, and the 8 most common Improvement Notice triggers (based on publicly-published HSE enforcement statistics — not endorsed by, or produced in cooperation with, HSE). Independently produced under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not an HSE publication.
Straight answers on ACoP L104, DWR 1997, equipment certification aligned with IMCA D018 reference areas, and HSE inspection readiness. Written by the IRCA Principal Auditor, dive-systems auditor working to IMCA D023 reference areas, and former DSA Diving Inspector who built the platform.
ACoP L104 (Approved Code of Practice for Commercial Diving Projects Inshore) sets out HSE requirements for inshore commercial diving in the UK — harbours, rivers, reservoirs, civil engineering projects, scientific work, and shellfish diving in UK inland and territorial waters. Any contractor conducting diving at work in these settings must demonstrate compliance. PICMS pre-loads the L104 framework so you can map your dive operations, equipment, competencies and paperwork directly against it.
HSE inspectors typically ask for your Dive Operations Logbook, LOLER and equipment certification records, diver competency files, RAMS, and incident records. With PICMS, all of that is in one place and exportable in under 60 seconds. Common Improvement Notice triggers include missing LOLER inspections, expired diver medicals, no documented dive plan, and gaps in the operations logbook. PICMS flags each of these before an inspection.
The Diving at Work Regulations 1997 impose core duties: an appointed Diving Contractor, a written dive project plan, a competent dive supervisor, equipment maintenance and inspection records, valid diver medical certificates (HSE-approved), and a dive operations logbook retained for at least two years. PICMS structures all of this into named modules — Contractor Duties, Project Plans, Supervisor Appointments, Equipment, Medicals, Logbook — so nothing falls through the cracks.
Yes. The digital Dive Operations Logbook is fully DWR 1997 compliant, with pre-dive briefings, per-dive logs, incident records, and equipment checks built in. It exports as a PDF for HSE inspections and has been reviewed against HSE's published logbook expectations. Multi-user so dive supervisors can complete entries on-site from a tablet or phone, and the retention period is enforced automatically (2-year minimum per DWR).
PICMS provides original equipment-inspection workflows aligned with the reference areas covered by IMCA D018 — pressure vessels, cylinders, compressors, gas purity, breathing apparatus, lifting equipment, chambers, communications, and emergency provisions. Configurable cadences (6-monthly, annual, 2.5-year, 5-year, etc.) drive automated reminders and certificate-tracking records your auditors can verify. PICMS supports record-keeping aligned with IMCA D023 (diving system audits) and D040 (mobile surface-supply inspection records); for the controlled inspection criteria themselves, refer to your organisation's official IMCA publications. PICMS does not reproduce or replace IMCA-controlled documents.
No — PICMS Diving Professional is specifically designed for SME inshore, inland and civils operators. At £449 per month you get everything you need to demonstrate L104 and DWR 1997 compliance without enterprise complexity. Most small contractors are running on spreadsheets, email chains and paper logbooks — this is the affordable middle ground that gets you HSE-ready without hiring an in-house compliance team.
L103 covers offshore commercial diving projects — oil and gas, renewables, and operations beyond UK territorial baseline. L104 covers inshore commercial diving — harbours, rivers, civil engineering, scientific diving, shellfish, and inland waters. Different equipment expectations (bell/saturation for offshore vs surface-supplied for most inshore), different team structures, different documentation requirements. PICMS supports both, with templates and frameworks pre-configured for each project type.
Yes. While UK regulatory frameworks (HSE, DWR 1997, ACoP L104) are pre-loaded, the underlying compliance management modules — equipment tracking, diver competency, dive operations logbook, RAMS, audit readiness — work for any commercial diving operation worldwide. International contractors can map our modules to their own regulatory frameworks; IMCA D018/D023/D040 are internationally recognised so those transfer directly.
14 days free, full feature access. Cancel anytime. Less than £10 a day — ACoP L104 & DWR 1997 coverage that pays for itself in the first HSE visit.
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