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WHEN SHOULD I DO SCUBA TRAINING? Commercial Scuba Dive Training is generally a pre requisite of all the higher levels and so in most circumstances must be completed to work as a commercial diver. For example to become a certified ADAS SSBA to 30 M (ADAS part two) diver you must hold your ADAS Occupational […]

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WHEN SHOULD I DO SCUBA TRAINING?

Commercial Scuba Dive Training is generally a pre requisite of all the higher levels and so in most circumstances must be completed to work as a commercial diver.

For example to become a certified ADAS SSBA to 30 M (ADAS part two) diver you must hold your ADAS Occupational Scuba to 30m (ADAS part one) certification.

Professional Scuba training can, in some circumstances be all the training you need. Some industries require divers to only be trained in Scuba as this is all that is required within the scope of work.

Professional Scuba training can, in some circumstances be all thIndividuals this applies to is Aquarium and Zoo divers as well as a lot of scientific divers. In a way if your job requires commercial dive training, yet is not dive focused it is potentially possible that this may be all the training you need.

To confirm that this is true for yourself you should talk to us, or another internationally accepted training organisation as well as your employers to ensure that you only need your Commercial Scuba ticket.

Professional Scuba Training should not be confused for Recreational scuba training which is a pre-requisite for most Scuba certifications. No recreational ticket is accepted by the International Marine Contractors Assosciation (IMCA).

What level of diver training do i need?

Once you have worked out your diving goal and decided on the lifestyle and career you are after, the pathway to becoming certified as a commercial diver becomes much easier. This is because, each diving career has different minimum requirements that must be met in order to be eligible to work.

Around the world most Commercial Diving training facilities will focus on at least one of two different types of Diving. The third level (Closed Bell) is only offered at this time by two diving academies in the world. The Commercial Dive Academy in Tasmania and The National Institute of Professional Diving in France. These schools are the only facilities in there respective hemispheres to offer saturation training.

Each level of diving has there own unique properties and skill sets, generally each level requires completion of the prior level below it, and can have different levels of training within themselves. these three dive styles are:

Scuba
Surface Supplied Breathing Apparatus (SSBA)
Close Bell (Some times referred to as saturation diving).

“The Commercial Dive Academy is one of only two schools in the world to offer Closed Bell diver training and is the only offshore training facility in the southern hemisphere with saturation diving capabilities “

The Main Steps
you Must Take

The type of diver you want to be, can and almost certainly
will affect the pathway to becoming a commercial diver.
That said there are five key steps that you need to know to
become commercially certified. This article will extensively
cover how you can go from zero to hero and become a
commercial diver.

Commercial divers work in a huge range of industries, with one
thing in common the core work is performed below the surface
of the water or sub-sea.
In the industry there are three main types of divers:
Scuba Divers(SCUBA).
Surface Supplied Breathing Apparatus Divers (SSBA).
Closed Bell Divers (saturation.)

What are the common
PRE-Requisities

Ok Great. You now know what level of dive training you want to receive, but what do you need to accomplish before
training can begin? to the right are the most common pre-requisites that commercial Dive
certifications require you to have attained before joining there course.
Please note, you must be at least 18 years of age to be eligible for most Commercial Dive courses including ADAS.

A recreational
Dive Certificate

for ADAS and IMCA courses you will need to
demonstrate that you have reasonable
diving abilities before the course,
this will mean you need to hold a
recreational diver certificate and around 1
0 logged dives at a minimum.

A Dive Medical

This medical declares that you are fit to dive.
different certifications require a different medical.
For ADAS the Medical you need is AS/NZ 2299.1

First aid and 02
delivery training

You must hold a first aid and advanced
resuscitation certificate to attend most
commercial dive courses

Reasonable
Swimming Ability

Knowing that you are looking at an industry that is based on working in the water, it is expected you have the ability to swim. For ADAS you need to demonstrate you can swim 200 Metres un assisted and tread water for 10 minutes. Other certifications may have different requirements.is AS/NZ 2299.1

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