ADAS Onshore Supervisor

You need at least 12 months' experience diving at the level you want to supervise, with a minimum of 100 logged commercial dives and 75 hours of bottom time overall. On top of that, the dive type you're qualifying to supervise has its own minimum within that total: for SSBA (Part 2), at least 50 dives and 40 hours must be SSBA; for SCUBA (Part 1), at least 50 dives and 40 hours must be SCUBA. Either way you still need to meet the overall 100-dive, 75-hour total regardless of stream. You also need to show a broad range of tasks and experience, and provide a letter of suitability from a diving employer. Training and recreational dives don't count: these need to be commercial dives logged against AS/NZS 2299. In practice most divers' logged time is all SSBA, so they qualify for Part 2 supervision but would need dedicated SCUBA hours to add Part 1.

No. It's hands-on. You plan, brief and supervise real dive teams at our Burra facility while being assessed yourself. The classroom component covers AS/NZS 2299, managing people, dive plans, risk assessment and incident reporting; the rest is on the panel.

Yes. ADAS Onshore Supervisor is a single course, but the level you're endorsed to supervise depends on your logged dive time. Depending on your hours you might be endorsed for Part 1 (SCUBA), Part 2 (SSBA to 30 m), or up to Part 3 (SSBA to 50 m), and the main distinction is SCUBA time versus SSBA time. Most commercial work is SSBA, not SCUBA, so most divers don't log much SCUBA time after training, which means SSBA supervision is the more common starting point. Once you've done the course, adding a level later doesn't mean repeating the course: you just need to be assessed again supervising the dive type you're adding.

You're responsible for the dive team: writing the dive plan, briefing divers and standby, running the panel, and signing off on the work. It's the next career step from working diver, with the pay bump and accountability that goes with it.

ADAS Onshore Supervisor covers AS/NZS 2299 onshore work: aquaculture, civil, inspection, construction. Offshore supervisor tickets sit on the ADAS Part 3 / Part 4 pathway and have different prerequisites.