1. Adventurous Training Diving Safety Symposium Wednesday 18 th March 2015 Wednesday 18 th March 2015

2. MoD Diving Safety

3. KEY ISSUES Gas Testing Diver Recall Signal (DRS) Military Qualifications V’s BSAC Qualifications Military Sub Aqua Branches

4. MoD Diving Safety GAS TESTING New JSP319 due for release Apr 15 Annual Lab Test mandatory (JSP319) United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) or UKAS Equivalent (ISO 17025) Test Standard – BS EN12021:2014

5. MoD Diving Safety UKAS Lab - Case Chemicals Sample bottle AC300 (1.1 Litre) Dispatched – Empty Returns – Low Pressure (2 bar) Meets international airline regulations for transportation in commercial aircraft (IATA) DE&S approved Cost of Test £300

6. MoD Diving Safety GAS TESTING – Factair F2235 HSE Diving Information Sheet No 9 (Revision 1) Minimum of every 3 months Suspect bad CNBA Work conducted on compressor Prior to any dive evolution at new site or location (Exped)

7. MoD Diving Safety GAS TESTING – Factair F2247 - P Requires annual calibration Bench mounted F2247 at JSSADC (RNRMSAA branches) DST x2 F2247 – P’s ASADA x1 F2247 – P RAFSAA x1 F2247 – P All F2235’s require annual calibration with F2247 or F2247 – P F2235 calibration test certificate required as part of DSEA audit

8. MoD Diving Safety GAS TESTING – BOC contract Due to expire Jul 15 Engaged with ACDS LOGOPS – DSFA Dev to find replacement Previous contract put in place by DFG, no longer exists Possibly AC300 with Case Chemicals?

9. MoD Diving Safety DIVER RECALL SIGNAL (DRS) DST DRS Trials Gib 2014 for MOD & BDSG Trials on Ocean Reef conducted on wreck & open seabed Units expensive & didn’t work in shadow of wreck OceanEars DSD – 6E trialled by FDU in US & approved Work in progress with TLSFx for underwater thunderflash Trials ongoing

10. MoD Diving Safety MILITARY QUALIFICATIONS V’s BSAC QUALIFICATIONS BSAC update after JSSADPAC meeting 17 Mar BSAC Statement of Alternative Training (SALT) for Military divers conducted in 07/08 JSSADC CI & DSO AT Military divers receive lecture OT1 before leaving DDS Return to Unit & join BSAC Military Branch HMS Temeraire fund x – over packs & available from JSSADC

11. MoD Diving Safety MILITARY SUB-AQUA CLUB BRANCHES Update on DSEA Level 3 audits MAC centre visits, CPD & leave DST only x 2 DSEA will form DSA on 1 Apr: DSA-DMR-DST-DSOAT@mod.uk DSA-DMR-DST-DSIAT@mod.uk

12. MoD Diving Safety Any Questions?