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Coroners Court Recommendations

ADAS acknowledges the Findings of Magistrate Derek Lee, Deputy State Coroner of NSW following the coronial inquest into the death of Mark Murphy on the 20th of May 2015. The Findings were published on July 1, 2022 and can be…

VETASSESS – New Skills Assessment Criteria for Divers

VETASSESS has revised the assessment criteria for occupational divers who require a skills assessment for migration purposes. Traditionally, occupational divers who wished to migrate to Australia were required to hold a Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification in order to…

Coroners Court Recommendations

ADAS is aware of the Recommendations made by the Coroners Court of New South Wales to the ADAS Executive following the inquest into the 2015 death of Mark Leon Murphy. The ADAS Executive, along with the ADAS Board of Directors,…

COVID-19 Guidance

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt our lives, many commercial divers are finding it challenging to determine when it is safe for them to return to diving work after contracting COVID-19. In recent months ADAS has received a number…

New ADAS School

ADAS is excited to announce that Alfred Health’s Hyperbaric Medicine department is the latest training facility to become an ADAS Accredited Training Establishment (ATE). The Hyperbaric Medicine department located at The Alfred in Melbourne Australia, is world-renowned as a leader…

Safety First Sign

Safety

Three safety events from IMCA report on a near miss involving a diver’s umbilical; COBRA system hose cross threading; and a diver who experienced air flow restrictions during a diving operation. SF 03/22 - Near miss: diver's umbilical drawn beneath…

New ADAS Training Courses

Two new ADAS training courses have recently been published and are ready for students! After a lot of consultation and development with ADAS trainers, the ADAS First Aid and Nitrox diver training and assessment courses are now available.  The courses…

Increase in Forgeries

Forgeries of official certificates and licences has increased in the last year, ADAS takes this very seriously and has processes in place to ensure all submissions are genuine. Unfortunately, forgery of documentation has been a long-standing issue for ADAS and…

Small Business Tax Deductions

Australian small businesses are now eligible for training related tax deductions. The Australian Government recently announced the 2022-23 budget which includes support for small businesses through both a Business Technology Boost and a Skills and Training Boost. Australian based businesses…

ADAS School Wins Excellence Award – Again!

Congratulations to the Commercial Dive Academy (CDA) for winning an Excellence in Export award for the second year running. The Excellence in Export award is a category of the 2022 Sprit Super Business Excellence awards, and showcases businesses and organisations…

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