World Recreational Scuba Training Council

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World Recreational Scuba Training Council (WRSTC)
Founded 1999
Association headquarters Jacksonville , FL
Official languages) English
Homepage www.wrstc.com

The World Recreational Scuba Training Council ( WRSTC , German Worldwide Recreational Diving Training Association ) was founded in 1999 in order to set worldwide minimum standards for the diving training of the various diving sport associations that offer certifications ( brevets ). The WRSTC limits its members to national or regional associations. These consist of individual training organizations, which together represent at least 50% of the annual diving certifications in the country or region of the members. A national or regional association is considered a RSTC ( Recreational Scuba Training Council , recreational scuba diving training organization called); there are currently four Recreational Scuba Training Councils , including the regional association RSTC Europe and the three national associations United States RSTC , RSTC Canada and C-Card Council ( RSTC Japan ).

The most important training associations that are not affiliated to the WRSTC as members of the regional RSTCs are Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) and British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC).

Member associations

RSTC Europe

RSTC Europe , founded in 1994, is currently a member of the European Underwater Federation . The following associations are organized in RSTC Europe:

United States RSTC

On the basis of previous attempts within the USA to regulate various aspects of recreational diving through legislative measures, the US RSTC was founded in 1986 to permanently coordinate the American diving training organizations. 1991 which replaced US RSTC the Association of Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association (DEMA, Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association ) as the secretariat for the ANSI Comitee for Underwater Safety (also Z86 Committee , ANSI committee for underwater security ). The Z86 Committee was gradually replaced by the Committee for Diving Instructional Standards and Safety (also Z375 committee , Committee for diving training standards and safety ). In 2007, ANSI appointed the Committee for Diving Instructional Standards and Safety as RSTC ASC Z375 as ANSI Accredited Standards Developer (ASD, ANSI accredited standards developer ).

The US RSTC - together with the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS, underwater and hyperbaric medical society ) - was responsible for the development of specified diving fitness certificates and minimum standards for diving training and recreational diving certifications such as Open Water Diver , Entry level Rescue Diver , Dive Supervisor , Assistant Instructor, Scuba Instructor and Scuba Instructor Trainer as well as technical certifications such as those for diving with Nitrox and standards for diving signs .

Membership in a diving association organized by the US RSTC is the minimum criterion of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) for the selection of diving instructors for training BSA members to achieve the Scuba Diving merit badge .

The following associations are organized in the RSTC USA:

  • IANTD - International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers
  • NAUI - National Association of Underwater Instructors
  • PADI - Professional Association of Diving Instructors
  • PDIC - The Professional Diving Instructors Corporation
  • RAID - Rebreather Association of International Divers
  • SDI - Scuba Diving International
  • SNSI - Scuba and Nitrox Safety International
  • SSI - Scuba Schools International
  • NASE - National Academy of SCUBA Educators

RSTC Canada

The following associations are organized in RSTC Canada - which is supported by PADI Canada:

C-Card Council (Japan)

The following associations are organized in the C-Card Council - which is supported by PADI Japan:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mission Statement . World Recreational Scuba Training Council. Archived from the original on October 18, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
  2. ↑ European Agencies . World Recreational Scuba Training Council. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  3. ↑ ACUC International Homepage .
  4. ↑ IDEA Europe Homepage .
  5. ↑ IDDA homepage .
  6. ↑ NASDS Homepage .
  7. ↑ PDA homepage .
  8. ↑ Professional Scuba Schools Homepage .
  9. ↑ SDI Germany homepage .
  10. ↑ Scuba Nitrox Safety International Homepage .
  11. ↑ VIT homepage .
  12. ↑ Alex Brylske: Training Standards: Understanding the "Why" Behind What Divers are Taught . Dive Training magazine. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  13. ↑ ANSI Accredited Standards Developers listing (pdf; 1.6 MB) American National Standards Institute. P. 150. Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved on April 16, 2009.
  14. ↑ Drew Richardson: THE RSTC MEDICAL STATEMENT AND CANDIDATE SCREENING MODEL . In: South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society (SPUMS) Journal . South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society. Pp. 210-213. 2000. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  15. ↑ Dive Standards & Medical Statement . World Recreational Scuba Training Council. Archived from the original on June 25, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  16. ^ Scuba diving, Note to the (Merit Badge) Counselor . Boy Scouts of America. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  17. ↑ United States Agencies . World Recreational Scuba Training Council. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
  18. ↑ Canadian Agencies . World Recreational Scuba Training Council. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  19. ↑ ACUC Canada website ( Memento of 25 June 2012 at the Internet Archive ).
  20. ^ SDI North America Homepage .
  21. ↑ Japan Agencies . World Recreational Scuba Training Council. Retrieved December 4, 2016.

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