News about ADAS
Congratulations to Corry Van den Broek on receiving the 2021 Derek Craig Award. The Derek Craig Award for Improving Occupational Diver Safety is a perpetual award overseen by ADAS which recognises innovation or exceptional effort to advance the safety of…
Congratulations to Darren Shea on receiving the 2022 ADAS Maurie Vierow Award of Excellence. The Maurie Vierow Award of Excellence is an annual award overseen by ADAS and presented to an ADAS trainer who has shown exceptional dedication to the…
Long-standing ADAS school, the Underwater Training Centre South Australia, is under new management. As of the 1st of July 2022, management of the Underwater Training Centre South Australia (UTCSA) is now in the capable hands of Dafydd Phillips. Dafydd takes…
The Australian Government’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry need your help in reporting marine pests in Australian waters. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry are developing visual materials to raise awareness on marine pest biosecurity issues in Australian…
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…
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…
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…
The latest ADAS school has officially opened its doors. Located in New Zealand, the Omne Marine Training Centre (OMTC) provides access to a wide range of ADAS courses. Taking the place of Subsea Training Centre which closed in July this…
The New Zealand based ADAS training school, Subsea Training Centre, ceased trading on the 9th of July 2021. The training school, based in Huntly, has closed its doors after many years of providing high quality training in a range of…
In an effort to understand and develop support for mental health issues affecting offshore workers, especially those affected by COVID-19, a tripartite Mental Health Working Group (MHWG) has worked with two major Australian universities to develop a mental health survey…