Requirements
Minimum Age
Adult/17 years old
Equipment
Scuba Set, Skin/wet Suit, Fin, Mask, Snorkel, Glove, Coral Boot, Life Vest, Weight Belt, Underwater Compas, Log Book
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.
1. Basic Scientific Diver
a. Rapid Reef Assessment (RRA)b. Seagrass Assessment (SA)2. Intermediate Scientific Diver
a. Mega benthos Assessment (MA)b. Reef Condition Assessment (RCA)c. Reef Fish Assessment (RFA)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)
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ADS-I Scientific Diver is an Open Water Diver and above, who has graduated from college with at least Diploma-1 (D1) or undergraduate student who still in the 3rd Semester.2
The prerequisites for the log before participating the training: a. Basic Scientific Diver: 4 logs, b. Intermediate Scientific Diver: 10 logs, c. Advanced Scientific Diver: 20 logs.3
Training until certification is about 10 – 18 hours with the following learning compositions: a. Basic Scientific Diver (10 Hours): • 3 hours for Academic Class Session • 3 hours for Confined Water Session • 4 hours for Open Water Session b. Intermediate Scientific Diver (14 Hours): • 4 hours for Academic Class Session • 4 hours for Confined Water Session • 6 hours for Open Water Session c. Advanced Scientific Diver (18 Hours): • 5 hours for Academic Class Session • 5 hours for Confined Water Session • 8 hours for Open Water Session4
The training and certification will be conducted by ADS-I Scientific Diver Instructors. The Director of this Program will supervise and receive the training reports, and give the certificate.
Standards and Procedures
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
- ADS International Instructor Manual Text Book
- ADS International Scientific Diver Manual
- ADS International Student Application Form
- ADS International Dive Table