The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) launched a Resilience Awareness Program in January 2018 which is tailored for people in the marine contracting industry and aims to assist organisations and individuals to cope with challenging issues and to build resilience…
ADAS has developed a process which allows ADAS onshore supervisors who hold a partial Diploma of Hyperbaric Operations (Diving supervision) to gain a full Diploma by completing a program consisting of logged on-the-job experience and online learning in conjunction with…
Two ADAS diving supervisor training simulators continue to be available for existing and prospective diving supervisors to undertake training, verification of competency, or panel time. Since the introduction of the ADAS Diving Supervisor Training Simulators in late 2010, the diving…
In early February members of the South Australia Police Water Operations Unit and the Victoria Police Search and Rescue Squad undertook combined diving operations for a two week period near Mount Gambier, South Australia. These operations acted as a way…
ADAS is very excited to announce the accreditation of a new ADAS training facility located in Tasmania. Commercial Dive Academy (CDA) became operational in February 2018 and is located on the sites previously used by The Underwater Centre Tasmania (TUCT)…
The New Zealand based ADAS training facility, Subsea Training Centre (STC), recently conducted offshore diver training and assessment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The course, which was undertaken in partnership with the UAE based segment of Archirodon Construction Group…
The safety focus for this newsletter relates to a technical service bulletin issued by Broco/Rankin and a HSE safety alert regarding catastrophic failures of certain aluminium SCUBA cylinders. Broco/Rankin Technical Service Bulletin On March 13th 2018 a technical service bulletin…
Since the unexpected closure of The Underwater Centre Tasmania (TUCT) in September 2017, ADAS has been working hard to provide both financial and training assistance to students who were adversely affected by the closure. ADAS is happy to share that…
Updating personal details and completing application forms are tasks that all ADAS certificate holders will encounter at some stage in their careers. ADAS gives some advice about how to ensure both these areas run as smoothly as possible when the…
The ADAS Board recently established a working group to consider the provision of additional courseware that could be added to existing ADAS courses or delivered in their own right. These would be courses or skill sets beyond fundamental diver or…