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Becoming an ADAS Diver Trainer
Program delivery and competency assessment are critical areas for ADAS in ensuring international best practice in diver training and assessment.
Effective and professional delivery and assessment is also vital to ADAS and the DTEs in terms of reputation and standing. In the present climate of increased litigation, ADAS and the DTEs must be able to demonstrate due diligence in the delivery and assessment of all ADAS programs.
The ability of ADAS Diver Trainers is fundamental to the competent delivery of all ADAS training courses, the effectiveness of competency assessments and thus to the quality of the ADAS-certified diver. The credibility of ADAS as a whole is dependent on high standards of instruction and assessment.
Knowledge, skills and aptitudes of occupational diving instructorsADAS will only qualify Diver Trainers applicants who meet in full the high standards required of them. Diver Trainers must be able to demonstrate to ADAS that they have a high degree of professional credibility and are highly competent in:
- the theory and practice of occupational diving at the appropriate level
- the theory and practice of occupational diving work as appropriate
- risk assessment, diver supervision and emergency management
- effective program design and lesson planning, including acceptable subject weighting and prioritisation
- the presentation of theory and practical subjects at the relevant level
- effective interaction with and management of trainees, including fault correction, disciplining and counselling
- appropriate role modelling
- ADAS competency assessments
- pre-dive briefing and post-dive debriefing.
ADAS training structureRecognising the scarcity of high-quality, effective occupational diving instructors, and the importance of diver training to all parties, ADAS has put the following training staff structure in place:
- Subject Specialist InstructorsPersons who have specialist subject knowledge (e.g. first aid, diving medicine, equipment maintenance, welding and cutting) may be approved to teach such subjects according to specified conditions.
- Assistant Diver Trainers (ADT). As detailed below, ADTs may conduct training on specified subjects under the direct supervision of an ADAS DTAM.
- Diver Trainers (DT)DTs may undertake the training and assessment of all subjects at the level to which they are certified under the general supervision of an ADAS DTAM. They must conduct all training and assessment activities in keeping with the conditions detailed in the ADAS Requirements Manual.
- Diver Training and Assessment Managers (DTAM) Only DTAMs may conduct training and assessment activities and recommend divers for certification as ADAS divers. They must ensure that all training and assessment activities are conducted in keeping with the conditions detailed in the ADAS Requirements Manual.
For more detailed information on becoming an ADAS Diver Trainer or Diver Training and Assessment Manager, click on the following link.
More detail on requirements to become and ADAS Diver Trainer (DOC 56 K) ADAS Requirements Manual (PDF 1925 K)
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