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The ADAS Seafood diver (Aquaculture) course

The course has been requested by the Australian seafood industry for in particular the Tuna farming industry in South Australia to meet its legislative requirement for ADAS training for tuna farming diving operations. It is also be used to meet the legislative need for accredited diver training for the Salmon farming industry in Tasmania. It also meets the needs of accredited training for the Queensland aquaculture industry, in particular the beche de mer and crayfishing sectors in the Torres Strait.

The Seafood (Aquaculture) course is of a minimum duration of 4 weeks (that is, a minimum of 20 days over a 26-day period).The emphasis of the course is to train recreational scuba divers to working safely and effectively as members of a diving team, on surface supply using modern full face masks and with effective communications, to successfully achieve a variety of light work tasks required by seafood divers.

The theory component of the course is that of the ADAS Part 1 course combined with the SSBA equipment theory from the Part 2 course, and is extensive and meets the requirements of the ADAS Competency Standards.

The practical competencies are the surface supply practical competencies from the Part 2 (Restricted) course.The course emphasises the safety and efficiency advantages of full-face masks, surface supply and underwater communications when performing work tasks.

Trainees are assessed on at least two occasions on the preparation of an effective risk assessment.

All dives are to be conducted as no‑decompression dives and to include at least:

-simulated decompression dives using both lazy shot

-sufficient use of demand full helmet and band masks to ensure competency.

-at least 6 boat dives.

-at least 6 shore dives.

-at least one night dive.

-at least one dive to deeper than 28m.

-at least one zero visibility dive (minimum of 20 mins bottom time).

-at least 6 and stage.

-the use of two types of full face masks which comply with the requirements of AS/NZS 2299.1 (including Aga) with voice communications

-standby diver training and assessment as per the ADAS assessment pro forma

-bottom searches(at least three of jackstay, grid mesh, snag line, semi-circular, parallel and circular)

-one chamber dive to 50 metres.

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