What is the Australian Diving Accreditation Scheme (ADAS)?
The Australian Diver Accreditation Scheme (ADAS) is the Australian national occupational diver certification scheme. It was developed by the Australian Government as a not-for-profit diver training and accreditation scheme operating at the level of world best practice. It is administered on a cost-recovery basis by the ADAS Board under a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources.
International recognition
ADAS is a member of the International Diving Regulators' Forum and has formal recognition arrangements with a number of countries that ensure that the ADAS Certificate of Competency is recognised as equivalent to the national diving qualifications of that country. This ensures that occupational diving may be undertaken in that country's jurisdiction on the ADAS certificate or by automatic cross-over to the national certification.
Certification
ADAS offers accreditation to divers who can establish that they have been assessed by an ADAS Diving Training Establishment as meeting the competency requirements of the relevant ADAS/AS 2815 Part(s). This accreditation is only valid whilst diving operations are being undertaken in accordance with relevant legislation and operational standards and for a diver, whilst in possession of a current AS 2299 medical certificate certifying him or her fit to dive.
Accreditation of Diver Training Establishments
It particular, ADAS accredits diver training establishments (DTEs) to conduct the training and competence assessments of divers to the levels of the various Parts and to recommend their accreditation under the Scheme. Accreditation as an ADAS DTE is conditional upon meeting demanding entry requirements and, thereafter, maintaining compliance with rigorous ongoing quality-assurance conditions.
Training Programs
ADAS training programs are designed specifically to conform with the requirements of the Australian Standard AS 2815 - Training and Certification of Occupational Divers. This Standard was developed by the SF/17 industry Diving Committee of Standards Australia in conjunction with ADAS and overseas diver training authorities, expressly to define the minimum acceptable competency standards for the various levels of occupational divers.
ADAS has since developed comprehensive instruction and assessement guidelines that specify to DTEs the exact detail of the courses and how they are to conduct them.
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