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General Objective
The level of Scientific Diving Certifications is designed by Association of Diving School – International (ADS-I) Indonesia as a standard and procedure for Open Water Diver and above who want to be a Scientific Diver, and have a college background. The scope of the activities is mainly for underwater studies.
The competence that they must have is to carry and install underwater equipment, observe, record and photograph the conditions of the underwater ecosystem precisely, accurately and safely. In the activities planning, they still need the guidance and supervision from the Director for ADS-I Scientific Diving Indonesia Program.
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1. Basic Scientific Diver
a. Rapid Reef Assessment (RRA)b. Seagrass Assessment (SA).jpg)
2. Intermediate Scientific Diver
a. Mega benthos Assessment (MA)b. Reef Condition Assessment (RCA)c. Reef Fish Assessment (RFA).jpg)
3. Advanced Scientific Diver
a. Reef Health Monitoring (RHM)b. Reef Fish Identification (RFI)c. Artificial Reef Assessment (ARA)d. SPAG's & Megafauna Monitoring (SMM)e. Oceanographic Tool Installation (OTI)
Training and Certification Procedures
- Fill in the student application form & send a file of color photograph.
- Fill out and sign a statement/agreement form regarding the risks during the training.
- Fill out and complete the form about the condition and medical history, and if necessary, accompanied by medical certificate.
- All documents will be sent to ADS-I Indonesia Headquarters in Denpasar - Bali through the Director of ADS-I Scientific Diving Indonesia Program, and it will be forwarded to the ADS-I Headquarters in Yokohama – Japan.
- Approximately 2 weeks later, the issued certificates will be sent to the Director or the Instructors then continued to the students.
- The certificate is valid for 4 (four) years and for the renewal, the diver should contact to the ADS-I Scientific Diver Instructors and it will be continued to the ADS-I Indonesia Headquarters in Denpasar - Bali
