Module 03

ISO management

The standards register. Every course, every skill, every certification traces back to a performance objective and a published version.

10
Standards in register
12
Performance objectives (ISO 24801-2)
10
Active
9
Insurer-recognised

Standards register

StandardVersionTitleObjectivesCoursesIn force from
EN 144672003Recreational diving services — Service requirements0001/01/2003
ISO 111072009Recreational diving services — Requirements for the training of recreational enriched air nitrox divers0101/01/2009
ISO 111212017Recreational diving services — Requirements for introductory programmes to scuba diving0101/01/2017
ISO 139702011Recreational diving services — Requirements for the training of recreational dive guides0001/01/2011
ISO 24801-12014Recreational diving services — Training of recreational scuba divers, Level 1: Supervised diver0101/01/2014
ISO 24801-22014Recreational diving services — Training of recreational scuba divers, Level 2: Autonomous diver12501/01/2014
ISO 24801-32014Recreational diving services — Training of recreational scuba divers, Level 3: Dive leader0101/01/2014
ISO 24802-12014Recreational diving services — Safety related minimum requirements for the training of scuba instructors, Level 10001/01/2014
ISO 24802-22014Recreational diving services — Safety related minimum requirements for the training of scuba instructors, Level 20101/01/2014
ISO 90012015Quality management systems — Requirements0001/01/2015

Performance objectives — ISO 24801-2 (Autonomous diver)

The atomic units. Every Open Water Diver sign-off references one of these.

CodeTitleAreaStandard
PO-OW-01Pre-dive safety check (BWRAF)knowledgeISO 24801-2
PO-OW-02Equipment assembly and disassemblyconfined-waterISO 24801-2
PO-OW-03Buoyancy control — neutral hoverconfined-waterISO 24801-2
PO-OW-04Mask flooding, clearing and removal/replacementconfined-waterISO 24801-2
PO-OW-05Regulator recovery — sweep and reach methodsconfined-waterISO 24801-2
PO-OW-06Regulator clearing — exhalation and purgeconfined-waterISO 24801-2
PO-OW-07Alternate air source ascentconfined-waterISO 24801-2
PO-OW-08Controlled emergency swimming ascent (CESA)open-waterISO 24801-2
PO-OW-09Free descent (no-line)open-waterISO 24801-2
PO-OW-10Compass navigation — reciprocal headingopen-waterISO 24801-2
PO-OW-11Decompression theory and dive tablesknowledgeISO 24801-2
PO-OW-12Surface interval and repetitive divesknowledgeISO 24801-2
Performance, not attendance. ISO 24801 is explicit: a diver is certified because they demonstrated each performance objective, not because they sat through the lecture. The platform refuses to issue a certification until every objective has a signed sign-off from an authorised instructor.