13Jun
2019
Posted: 13 Jun 2019

Distance Learning Techniques are Not Accepted by IMCA for the Delivery of Any Diving Division IMCA-Approved Training Courses

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IMCA has issued an information note (IMCA D 06/19) that 'Distance Learning Techniques are Not Accepted by IMCA for the Delivery of Any Diving Division IMCA-Approved Training Courses'. The issurance of this circulation is due to news that IMCA Trainee Air Diving Supervisor (TADS) courses are being offered through a distance learning package, and some certificates indicating satisfactory TADS course completions have been issued to persons who have not attended and passed complete face-to-face classroom-taught TADS courses.

Till date, IMCA has not approved, and does not approve, any distance learning training being the sole mode of study for any IMCA-approved courses:

  • Trainee Air Diving Supervisor (TADS);
  • Training Bell Diving Supervisor (TBDS);
  • Assistant Life Support Technician (ALST);
  • Diver Medical Technician (DMT); and
  • Diver Medical Technician Refresher (DMTR).

Distance learning techniques may be used as a supplement to the full-time classroom taught IMCA-approved courses, but it cannot be used to reduce the content or the duration of the training.

For more information, please click on IMCA's website.