ADAS Updates

WHS Course now available on new website

The ADAS WHS Certificate course has been refreshed and is now back online for students to access. The course aims to provide skills and knowledge relevant to onshore diving work classified as ‘general diving’ and is designed primarily for divers who hold a AS4005.2 Recreational dive leader qualification, and wish to comply with the latest requirements from SafeWork NSW.

Click here to find out more about the WHS Course https://adas.org.au/whs-certificate/

ADAS Accredited Training Establishment (ATE) support

Annual ATE conference: Two-day face-to-face conference in Ballina, NSW. Highlights included:

• Three working groups focused on refining training and assessment requirements in diver and supervisor courses
• Updates to ATE accreditation requirements
• Updates to ADAS Trainer Pathway
• Guest speaker Dr Richard Harris, anaesthetist and cave diver who played a crucial role in the Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand in 2018, gave a presentation on the world-renowned cave rescue operation that saved 13 people, and the extraordinary diving work it involved. Dr Harris also discussed the use of Hydrogen, which is less dense than Helium, as a diluent for very deep dives, in cave diving in Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.

Internal and External Stakeholder Engagement and Participation

• Standards Australia participation: 7 Standards Australia meetings: 3 for SF46 (Tunnelling) and 4 for SF20 (Scientific diving)
• ADAS Board of Directors: Two day face-to-face meeting held in Ballina NSW, August 2025
• Information on Updated Awards: The Professional Diving Industry Award (Industrial) Award was updated as of July 2025. Click here to view the updated award guide https://adas.org.au/rates-of-pay/

Training Materials Update

• Development of Part 3 online exam
• Revision of Part 2 text

Quality assurance April – August 2025

• Desktop audits: 6 finalised
  • These are audits of completed student training records against ADAS course requirements to ensure compliance with ADAS and AS2815
• Phone and email post-course surveys: 126 students contacted; 37 responses received
  • Post-course surveys: All students are contacted after their training is completed to allow them to provide feedback on ADAS courses, trainers, and training facilities