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Head counts
Under the Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 1997 (PDF, 1.4 MB), anyone who uses a boat to transport people to a recreational snorkelling site must be certain that all people on board are accounted for.
Before the boat departs for the site, ensure that:
- every person on board is counted
- a written record of the count is made
- the count is verified
- any changes to the count during the journey by people boarding or leaving the boat, are recorded and verified.
Before the boat departs the recreational diving site, ensure that:
- every person on board is counted
- a written record of the count is made
- the count is verified.
Where possible, use active counts (or roll calls) because they are more accurate than a head count (which should be conducted twice). A roll call involves each passenger responding when his/her name is called.
An example of a written record made of count of all persons on board form (PDF, 172 KB) is available to show how the safety requirements for a head count could be addressed.
Last updated February 15, 2006