CMAS TC Update

Firstly I would like to inform you of how the TC is working. We meet approximately four times per year and the meetings are normally hosted by one of the TC member’s federations. Last year we met in Brussels, Dublin, Marseille, Rome and Vienna. In between meetings we communicate by telephone and e-mails. In this way we deal with ongoing matters and issues that require urgent attention.
For the past number of years a large emphasis has been placed on creating diving standards that did not exist in the CMAS system and in correcting or modernising our existing standards.

In the past year we have started a new project. This is to re-write all our standards in a new format. The reason for this work is to:

• It is the Vision and an Objective of the TC President
• Requested by the CMAS President and Secretary General
• All our standards are written differently in many different formats, this is NOT correct
• Introduce a degree of commonality and professionalism to our standards
• When finished all of our standards will be written in the same format and all will read in a similar way
• Standards should stand up to any scrutiny if ever they were to be audited in the future
• The CMAS should have world class standards
• And all the standards need to be in all 3 official languages.
  
   

The forward is written which is an introduction to the new project. In it one finds:

• Introduction written by the CMAS President and President of the T.C.
• Written to explain the process used in producing the standards
• Disclaimer of responsibility
• Contains the table of contents
  
  

Chapter 1 is also completed:

• Explanation on how to use the new standard documentation
• Outlines the foundation for our courses
• General rules applicable to all CMAS Diver Training and certification system
• Definitions and explanation of terms that are used
• Diver training Philosophy and general requirements of training programs
• CMAS Numbering System outlined
• Hand signals, protocol for DSMB and the 10 Golden Rules
  
  

Chapter 2 will contain all the standards. Each one of these standards will be no greater than three pages long. Chapter three will contain all the training requirements for each of the standards. We have the following completed and approved by the BOD:

• Introduction to Scuba
• Diver 1*
• O2 Administration
  
  

This is a long term project. Work is ongoing on Diver 2*, 3*, Nitrox and Instructor levels.

New standards that were created and approved during the last BOD meeting were:

• O2 Administration
• Recreational TRIMIX
• Altitude Diver
  
  

Modifications were carried out on existing standards:

• Night Diver
• Rescue Diver
• Disabled Diver
  
  

After all our standards are rewritten – what is next for the TC?? What is the future work then?

• Our desire is to make available all the required teaching material for all courses e.g.
• Instructor notes on each lecture
• Power Point presentation for each lecture
• Student notes that can be issued for each course
• The goal is to eventually have this for all standards.
  
  

This is a small update of that the members of the CMAS TC has work on for the last year and what you can expect to get from us in the near future.