ISO 20712-1:2008
(Main)Water safety signs and beach safety flags — Part 1: Specifications for water safety signs used in workplaces and public areas
Water safety signs and beach safety flags — Part 1: Specifications for water safety signs used in workplaces and public areas
ISO 20712-1:2008 prescribes water safety signs intended for use in connection with the aquatic environment. It is intended for use by owners and operators of aquatic environments and by manufacturers of signs and equipment. However, it is not applicable to signalling used for maritime traffic. The shape and colour required to be used for safety signs, as prescribed by ISO 3864-1, are given together with the graphical symbols contained within each sign. The water safety sign originals meet the design criteria of ISO 3864-3. ISO 20712-1:2008 specifies the water safety sign originals that may be scaled for reproduction and application purposes. ISO 20712-1:2008 includes water safety signs which require that supplementary text signs be used in conjunction with these water safety signs to improve comprehension.
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INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 20712-1
First edition
2008-07-01
Water safety signs and beach safety
flags —
Part 1:
Specifications for water safety signs
used in workplaces and public areas
Signaux de sécurité relatifs à l'eau et drapeaux de sécurité pour les
plages —
Partie 1: Spécifications des signaux de sécurité relatifs à l'eau utilisés
sur les lieux de travail et dans les lieux publics
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ISO 2008
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Contents Page
Foreword. iv
Introduction . v
1 Scope. 1
2 Normative references. 1
3 Terms and definitions. 2
4 Referents and categorization of water safety signs. 2
4.1 General. 2
4.2 Referent (safety meaning). 2
4.3 Categorization of water safety signs . 4
5 Standardized water safety signs . 5
Foreword
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ISO 20712-1 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 145, Graphical symbols, Subcommittee SC 2,
Safety identification, signs, shapes, symbols and colours.
ISO 20712 consists of the following parts, under the general title Water safety signs and beach safety flags:
⎯ Part 1: Specifications for water safety signs used in workplaces and public areas
⎯ Part 2: Specifications for beach safety flags — Colour, shape, meaning and performance
⎯ Part 3: Guidance for use
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Introduction
There is a need to standardize a system giving safety information related to aquatic activity that relies as little
as possible on the use of words to achieve understanding.
Continued growth in international trade, travel and mobility of labour requires a common method of
communicating safety information.
Lack of standardization may lead to confusion and perhaps accidents.
The use of standardized safety signs does not replace proper work methods, instructions and accident
prevention training and/or measures. Education is an essential part of any system that provides safety
information.
This part of ISO 20712 is intended to be used by all Technical Committees within ISO charged with
developing specific safety signing in places of aquatic activity to ensure that there is only one safety sign for
each safety meaning. It is also intended that this part of ISO 20712 be revised regularly to include safety signs
as they are standardized by ISO, and which conform to the principles given in ISO 3864-1 and the design
criteria given in ISO 3864-3.
NOTE 1 Some countries' statutory regulations may differ in some respect from those given in this part of ISO 20712.
NOTE 2 Some countries may differ in some respect from the requirements given in this part of ISO 20712 in that they
use the diamond geometric shape for warning signs.
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 20712-1:2008(E)
Water safety signs and beach safety flags —
Part 1:
Specifications for water safety signs used in workplaces
and public areas
IMPORTANT — The colours represented in the electronic file of this part of ISO 20712 can be neither
viewed on screen nor printed as true representations. Although the copies of this part of ISO 20712
printed by ISO have been produced to correspond (with an acceptable tolerance as judged by the
naked eye) to the requirements of ISO 3864-1, it is not intended that these printed copies be used for
colour matching. Instead, consult ISO 3864-1, which provides colorimetric and photometric properties,
together with, as a guideline, references from colour order systems.
1 Scope
This part of ISO 20712 prescribes water safety signs intended for use in connection with the aquatic
environment. It is intended for use by owners and operators of aquatic environments and by manufacturers of
signs and equipment. However, it is not applicable to signalling used for maritime traffic.
The shape and colour required to be used for safety signs, as prescribed by ISO 3864-1, are given together
with the graphical symbols contained within each sign. The water safety sign originals meet the design criteria
of ISO 3864-3.
This part of ISO 20712 specifies the water safety sign originals that may be scaled for reproduction and
application purposes.
This part of ISO 20712 includes water safety signs which require that supplementary text signs be used in
conjunction with these water safety signs to improve comprehension.
NOTE The criteria of acceptability adopted by ISO/TC 145/SC 2 are given on website www.iso.org/tc145/sc2.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 3864-1, Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs — Part 1: Design principles for safety signs
in workplaces and public areas
ISO 3864-3, Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs — Part 3: Design principles for graphical
symbols for use in safety signs
ISO 9186-1, Graphical symbols — Test methods — Part 1: Methods for testing comprehensibility
ISO 17724, Graphical symbols — Vocabulary
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 17724 and the following apply.
3.1
aquatic environment
areas such as coastal and inland beaches and waterways, swimming pools and their facilities, and other
bodies of water, slurry and other agricultural and industrial liquids storage
3.2
format of application
type of object on which the symbol or sign is intended to be used
3.3
referent
idea or object that a safety sign is intended to represent
3.4
safety sign original
safety sign with which a referent, a graphical representation and a description of the application are
associated
4 Referents and categorization of water safety signs
4.1 General
The summaries in 4.2 and 4.3 are provided to facilitate the search for standardized water safety signs.
4.2 Referent (safety meaning)
Table 1 gives the list of referents in alphabetical order and provides the water safety sign functional reference
number.
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Table 1 — Summary of referents by alphabetical order
Referent
Functional reference number
(safety meaning)
Boating area, warning WSW016
Crocodiles, alligators or caymans, warning WSW025
Deep shelving beach, warning WSW024
Deep water, warning WSW005
High surf or large breaking waves, warning WSW023
Incoming tides, warning WSW018
Keep children under supervision in the aquatic environment WSM002
Kite surfing, warning WSW020
No body boarding WSP016
No diving WSP005
No jumping into water WSP014
No kite surfing WSP018
No manually powered craft WSP008
No mechanically powered craft WSP009
No outdoor footwear WSP013
No parasailing WSP019
No personal water craft WSP010
No pushing into water WSP015
No running WSP001
No sailing WSP006
No sand yachting WSP020
No snorkelling WSP003
No sub-aqua diving WSP004
No surf craft WSP012
No surfing between the red-and-yellow flags WSP017
No swimming WSP002
No towed water activity WSP011
No windsurfing WSP007
Parasailing, warning WSW021
Public rescue equipment WSE001
Quicksand or mud/deep mud or silt, warning WSW019
Sand yachting, warning WSW017
Sewage effluent outfall, warning WSW013
Shallow water (diving), warning WSW006
Sharks, warning WSW012
Table 1 (continued)
Referent
Functional reference number
(safety meaning)
Slipway, warning WSW002
Strong currents, warning WSW015
Strong winds, warning WSW022
Submerged objects, warning WSW007
Sudden drop in swimming or leisure pools, warning WSW008
Surf craft area, warning WSW004
Thin ice, warning WSW001
Towed water activity area, warning WSW003
Tsunami evacuation area WSE002
Tsunami evacuation building WSE003
Tsunami hazard zone, warning WSW014
Unprotected edges, warning WSW009
Unstable cliff, warning WSW011
Unstable cliff edge, warning WSW010
Wear personal flotation devices WSM001
4.3 Categorization of water safety signs
Water safety signs are categorized according to their function as follows:
⎯ E is the category for means of escape and emergency equipment signs (safe condition signs);
⎯ M is the category for mandatory action signs;
⎯ P is the category for prohibition signs;
⎯ W is the category for warning signs.
Table 2 summarizes the standardized safety signs used in workplaces and public areas in terms of function
category, graphical symbol and geometric shape and colour as specified in ISO 3864-1.
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5 Standardized water safety signs
Tables 3 to 6 give safety sign originals in a uniform 70 mm size with corner marks to enable accurate
enlargement and reduction scaling. The sign illustrations are shown without borders in order to allow for
consistent reproduction scaling, though the use of borders is encouraged as defined by ISO 3864-1. The
safety signs should be reproduced exactly as shown in Tables 3 to 6. However some degree of graphical
modification is permitted when cultural differences or special application formats need to be considered,
provided the original meaning is retained and comprehension of the sign is maintained. Consistent
reproduction and use of these safety signs will lead to a progressively improved degree of comprehension at
the international level.
In cases where the orientation of the symbol is not essential to its meaning, the orientation may be changed.
A graphical symbol may be depicted in outline or filled-in form.
Tables 3 to 6 present the safety sign originals according to their category as follows:
⎯ E Means of escape and emergency equipment signs (safe condition signs) see Table 3
⎯ M Mandatory action signs see Table 4
⎯ P Prohibition signs see Table 5
⎯ W Warning signs see Table 6
Tables 3 to 6 also give a description of the application used for each safety sign.
Table 2 — Summary of all safety signs
Category
Safety sign, E M P W
reference number
Means of escape
and referent
Mandatory action
and emergency Prohibition signs Warning signs
signs
equipment signs
Safety sign
Reference
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