AS ISO 24803:2021 pdf free.Recreational diving services – Requirements for recreational diving providers.
9 Organized and guided diving for certified divers
9.1 Provision of services to groups
A group may include scuba instructors or dive leaders who may take on some or all of the duties of providing proper briefing and supervision of members of the group in accordance with this document. Any such arrangement between the service provider and the group shall be agreed in advance of any underwater activity by both parties.
9.2 Organized dive
The service provider shall ensure that the competence of each diver shall be assessed prior to diving. Factors to be taken into account shall include the currency of the recreational qualification and of the last dive, the diving experience of the diver since the qualification was gained, e.g. as contained in the clients personal dive log, and current fitness to dive.
Organized dives which require specific qualifications (e.g. nitrox diving, night diving, wreck diving)
may only be carried out if each individual client has appropriate qualifications (speciality qualification)
or adequate logged experience.
If there are any doubts as to the competence of the diver to complete a particular dive, an assessment dive shall be undertaken or a dive leader or scuba instructor shall accompany the diver on that dive.
An individual of at least dive leader qualification shall be present at the dive site and in overall control of diving activities.
9.3 Guided dive
The service provider shall:
(a) provide a safety briefing,
(b) conduct a risk assessment,
(c) assign buddies,
(d) identify operational parameters,
(e) ensure an emergency support procedure is in place, and
(f) provide an environmental briefing that includes information and methods for minimizing the impact on the natural environment, particularly on fragile marine ecosystems.
In order to he entitled to participate in a guided dive, each individual client shall at least have the competencies of a level 1 scuba diver qualified in accordance with ISO 24801-1. The qualification and each client’s personal dive log shall be checked by the service provider prior to the dive.
Guided dives which require specific qualifications (e.g. nitrox diving, night diving, wreck diving) shall only be carried out if each individual client has appropriate qualifications (speciality qualification) or adequate logged experience.AS ISO 24803 pdf download.