Association of German Scuba Divers

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Association of German Scuba Divers
VDST logo
sport Diving
Founded 1954
Place of foundation Dusseldorf
president Uwe Hoffmann
societies 897
Members 83,701
Association headquarters Offenbach am Main
Homepage www.vdst.de

The Association of German Sports Divers e. V. ( VDST ) is a diving organization organized in the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), where it is the umbrella organization for diving . The registered association with its headquarters and federal office in Offenbach am Main is recognized as a non-profit organization.

Furthermore, the VDST is the only German representative of the CMAS . With its 72,508 club members in 897 clubs, 10,184 direct members, 98 diving schools and worldwide affiliated dive centers as well as the 17 state diving associations, it had a total of 83,701 members in 2018. The VDST is one of the largest non-profit diving organizations in the world.

founding

Until 1954 there was no umbrella organization for diving in Germany. Therefore, the editors of the diving sports magazine Delphin, published by the former diving company Barakuda (1949–1986), published a call in issue 6 (September) 1954, according to which all interested diving clubs should send at least one delegate to the federal meeting of German diving clubs on October 17, 1954 in Düsseldorf. The International Hunting and Fishing Exhibition took place there at the same time. This should be the framework for founding an umbrella organization for diving.

There were representatives of the following associations:

  • German Underwater Club Braunschweig
  • German Underwater Club Düsseldorf
  • Working group for underwater science of the Geographical Society Düsseldorf
  • German Underwater Club Hamburg e. V.
  • German Underwater Club Hanover
  • Diving group Kiel
  • German Underwater Club Krefeld
  • German diving club Munich
  • South German diving club 1950 Munich
  • German Underwater Club Münster
  • Diving and yacht club Saar
  • Underwater research group Bodensee, Überlingen
  • Scuba diving group North Rhine-Westphalia, Viersen-Essen

The delegates founded the Verband Deutscher Sporttaucher e. V. The first (provisional) board consisted of Klaus Meißner (Hamburg), Jens-Peter Paulsen (Hamburg), Hans Reinerth (Überlingen), Rainer Schwarz (Munich, chairman) and Herbert Völsch (Krefeld).

Goals of the association

The goals of the VDST are (according to the association's statutes):

  • the promotion of diving and its development, especially in its youth sector
  • securing professional and interdisciplinary qualifications in the field of diving
  • Promotion of environmental protection in diving
  • Training according to the guidelines of the VDST

Training at the VDST

VDST and CMAS Germany training scheme

Children's diving badge (VDST-KTSA)

The VDST offers children diving training for children from the age of 6 years in snorkeling and from 8 years old in scuba diving (in the indoor pool). From 12 years of "reason dip translucent " are acquired, which includes the basics of DTSA✶ (CMAS✶) in the indoor pool.

Children's diving badge (KTSA)
Snorkeling badge Scuba diving badge Apnea diving badge Children's special courses badge
Otter
(from 6 years) 		VDST sticker + certificate KTSA Bronze
(CMAS Junior✶; from 8 years) 		VDST sticker / credit card KTSA Junior Apnea✶
(from 8 years) 		VDST sticker / credit card Taring
(from 8 years + KTSA bronze) 		VDST sticker
Seal
(from 7 years) 		VDST sticker + certificate KTSA Silver
(CMAS Junior✶✶; from 10 years) 		VDST sticker / credit card KTSA Junior Apnea✶✶
(from 10 years) 		VDST sticker / credit card Habitat water
(from 8 years + KTSA bronze) 		VDST sticker
Trial dive
(from 8 years) 		Certificate KTSA Gold
(CMAS Junior✶✶✶; from 12 years) 		VDST sticker / credit card KTSA Junior Apnea✶✶✶
(from 12 years) 		VDST sticker / credit card Group diving
(from 10 years + KTSA silver) 		VDST sticker
- - DTSA basic diving license
(Basic Diver; from 12 years) 		VDST sticker for the diving pass - - Orientation
(from 10 years + KTSA silver) 		VDST sticker
- - Module for DTSA✶
(from 14 years + KTSA Gold) 		VDST sticker for the diving pass +
VDST-CMAS ID card 		- - Boot I
(from 12 years + KTSA Gold) 		VDST sticker
- - - - - - Boot II
(from 12 years + KTSA Gold) 		VDST sticker

German diving badge (VDST-DTSA)

Young people aged 14 and over and adults can acquire various German diving badges (DTSA) in the VDST . These badges are the VDST qualifications for recreational divers . There are three different directions, each with successive diving training courses and graded training certificates or official stickers for the diving license and CMAS ID cards: scuba diving , apnea diving and nitrox diving . Diving certificates from many other organizations are recognized as a prerequisite for acquiring the next higher level of education. In addition to the German diving badge , the clubs of the VDST offer various special courses (for example orientation diving , night diving , etc.).

German diving badge (DTSA)
DTSA devices badge DTSA apnea badge DTSA Nitrox badge
Discover Scuba Diving
(12 years;
Introductory training program in accordance with ISO 11121) 		Certificate - - - -
DTSA basic diving certificate
(Basic Diver; from 12 years;
Supervised Diver according to ISO  24801-1) 		VDST sticker for the diving pass Basic snorkel certification Certificate - -
DTSA✶
(from 14 years + KTSA Gold;
Autonomous Diver according to ISO 24801-2) 		VDST sticker for the diving pass +
VDST-CMAS ID card 		DTSA apnea ✶ VDST sticker for the diving pass DTSA Nitrox ✶
(corresponds to ISO 11107) 		VDST sticker for the diving pass +
VDST-CMAS ID card
DTSA✶✶ VDST sticker for the diving pass +
VDST-CMAS ID card 		DTSA apnea✶✶ VDST sticker for the diving pass DTSA Nitrox✶✶ VDST sticker for the diving pass +
VDST-CMAS ID card
DTSA✶✶✶
( Dive Leader according to ISO 24801-3.) 		VDST sticker for the diving pass +
VDST-CMAS ID card 		DTSA apnea✶✶✶ VDST sticker for the diving pass DTSA Triox VDST sticker for the diving pass +
VDST-CMAS ID card
DTSA✶✶✶✶ VDST sticker for the diving pass +
VDST ID card + certificate 		DTSA apnea✶✶✶✶ VDST sticker for the diving pass DTSA Trimix ✶ VDST sticker for the diving pass +
VDST ID card
- - - - DTSA Trimix✶✶ VDST sticker for the diving pass +
VDST-CMAS ID card
- - - - DTSA gas mixer VDST sticker for the diving pass +
VDST-CMAS ID card

DTSA qualification

The VDST represents and communicates the basic rule that you should never dive alone, but always in diving groups of at least 2 divers. The diving license levels (also: certification level) are intended to enable the recreational diver to experience dives in groups at certain depths and in a certain diving group composition. A general overview appears here, more precise provisions for the qualification of the individual VDST-DTSA diving license levels can be found in the current version of the VDST-DTSA regulations.

  • DTSA✶ (CMAS✶): Diving partner - no more than one DTSA✶ is authorized to dive under the guidance of a diver with DTSA✶✶ (CMAS✶✶)
  • DTSA✶✶ (CMAS✶✶): Autonomous diver - entitled to conduct a dive with a diving partner with at least DTSA✶ (CMAS✶)
  • DTSA✶✶✶ (CMAS✶✶✶): Diving group leader - authorized to lead a diving group with at least DTSA✶ (CMAS✶)
  • DTSA✶✶✶✶: Diving organizer - authorized to lead diving groups and club trips with several diving partners, each with at least DTSA CM (CMAS und) and an emphasis on safety and emergency behavior.

Depending on the composition of the diving groups, the VDST gives recommendations for the maximum diving depths:

  • Diver ** with diver * 20 m
  • Diver ** with diver ** 40 m
  • Diver *** with diver basic 12 m
  • Diver *** with at least diver * 40 m
VDST diving permit for diving groups (maximum diving depths in m)
LEVEL of
DTSA DIVING LICENSE 		basic DTSA✶ DTSA✶✶ DTSA✶✶✶ DTSA✶✶✶✶
basic No No No yes
(12 m) 		yes
(12 m)
DTSA✶ No No yes +
(20 m) 		yes 16–25
(40 m) 		yes 16–25
(40 m)
DTSA✶✶ No yes +
(20 m) 		yes
(40 m) 		yes
(40 m) 		yes
(40 m)
DTSA✶✶✶ yes
(12 m) 		yes 16–25
(40 m) 		yes
(40 m) 		yes
(40 m) 		yes
(40 m)
DTSA✶✶✶✶ yes
(12 m) 		yes 16–25
(40 m) 		yes
(40 m) 		yes
(40 m) 		yes
(40 m)
Notes: + = not more than 1 DTSA✶; 16-25 = DTSA✶ up to 16 years max. 25 m

Time required for training

Calculation of the time required

Time required in hours to reach the corresponding level, based on an inexperienced diver.

  • DTSA * 14 hours
  • DTSA ** 52 hours
  • DTSA *** 106 hours
  • DTSA **** 165 hours
Including all special courses and open water dives that must be completed before reaching the next level.
Each dive takes 30 minutes into account.
Preparation times as well as arrival and departure to the diving areas and the theory dates are not taken into account.
The actual time required will be higher.
The time is calculated from the time units and mandatory dives specified in the regulations

Diving instructor training

The VDST also offers training to become a diving instructor . The respective levels of diving instructor qualifications are based on the DTSA rubrics:

Instructor level abbreviation CMAS equivalence ISO standards tasks
VDST youth leader (scuba diving) JL Organize and lead diving events suitable for children and young people. Certification of youth swimming badges and youth achievement badges for fin swimming.
VDST-DOSB-Trainer C (scuba diving) Organization of basic swimming training and diving training. Accompaniment of open water dives and a general exercise offer.
VDST assistant diving instructor ATL ISO 24802-1 Teaching diving students in a swimming pool and accompanying them during open water dives, as well as theoretical training for beginners.
VDST-CMAS diving instructor * TL1 CMAS monitor * ISO 24802-2 The training and education of beginners (DTSA *). Teaching and certification of the specialty courses in navigation, group leadership and night diving .
VDST-CMAS diving instructor ** TL2 CMAS monitor ** ISO 24802-2 The training and education of divers (DTSA * to ***). Teaching and certification of all specialty courses, as well as mentoring and training with prospective diving instructors.
VDST-CMAS diving instructor *** TL3 CMAS monitor *** ISO 24802-2 Training and certification (with the exception of diving instructors) of all training levels (DTSA * to ****) and special courses. Take on projects or special tasks in associations and clubs.
VDST-CMAS diving instructor **** TL4 Take diving instructor exams and certify diving instructors. In addition, we train diving instructor candidates and take on projects or special tasks in associations and clubs.
VDST-CMAS-Nitrox diving instructor Nitrox TL CMAS monitor Nitrox ISO 11107 Training and conversion for diving with Nitrox .
VDST-CMAS-Nitrox-Instructor-Examiner Nitrox TLP Training and conversion of Nitrox diving instructors.
VDST-DOSB-Trainer C (apnea diving) Organization of basic training in swimming and apnea training in the swimming pool.
VDST-CMAS apnea diving instructor * Apnea TL1 CMAS Freediving Instructor ISO 13970 Teaching apnea diving in swimming pools and open water. (Deep and distance diving. DTSA Apnea * to ***)
VDST-CMAS apnea diving instructor ** Apnea TL2 CMAS Freediving Instructor ISO 13970 Teaching apnea diving in swimming pools and open water. (Deep and distance diving. DTSA Apnea * to ****)
VDST-CMAS-apnea diving instructor *** Apnea TL3 Take apnea diving instructor exams and certify apnea diving instructors. In addition, we train apnea diving instructor candidates and take on projects or special tasks in associations and clubs.
VDST medical instructor Teaching first aid , cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other medical content in diving courses.

CMAS Germany

In Germany , the VDST represents the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS). CMAS Germany is a work department of the VDST. The VDST takes on the German representation of CMAS International for the following organizations :

  • IAC - International Aquanautic Club (until 2012 Barakuda International Aquanautic Club)
  • DLRG - German Life Saving Society V.
  • FiT - Free international diving instructors
  • FST - Association of state-certified diving instructors
  • ICMC - International Committee od Marine Conversation
  • IDA - International Diving Association GbR
  • SUB - SUB Tauchsportservice GmbH - International Association for Diving Schools and Instructors
  • UDI - United Diving Instructors
  • VEST - Association of European Scuba Divers
  • VIT - Association of International Diving Schools
  • Barakuda Wassersport GmbH (since January 2017)

Association magazine

The association magazine Delphin , which was taken over by Barakuda (now IAC) in 1954 , with a circulation of around 20,000 copies, was initially transferred to Schmidt-Römhild-Verlag and shortly afterwards to Jahr-Verlag (since 2000: Jahr Top Special Verlag ), where it has been since 1978 relocated as diving .

In order to continue to have an association body independent of a commercial publisher, a new magazine was founded in collaboration with Schmidt-Römhild, Der Sporttaucher , which is still in existence today. In January 2006 Der Sporttaucher switched to Olympia-Verlag , in July 2009 to Publicom Z and since July 2018 it has been published by BWH GmbH (Buchdruckwerkstätten Hannover) under the name VDST-sporttaucher . The VDST-sporttaucher appears six times a year with a widespread circulation of 58,105 copies (as of 2017).

Personal details

President

  • Oct. 1954: Rainer Schwarz (acting)
  • 1954–1958: Hans Reinerth
  • 1958–1968: Jens Peter Paulsen (Berkemann)
  • 1968–1977: Hans-Joachim Bergann
  • 1977–1986: Paul Baumhaus
  • 1986–1996: Udo Radzei
  • 1996–2000: Friedrich Naglschmid
  • 2000: Ralf Specht (acting)
  • 2000–2003: Axel Kern
  • 2003–2019: Franz Brümmer
  • since 2019: Uwe Hoffmann

Honorary President

  • Hans Reinerth (1958)
  • Jens Peter Paulsen (Berkemann) (1968)
  • Hans-Joachim Bergann (1980)
  • Paul Treehouse (1986)

Honorary members

  • Hans Hass (1974)
  • Dieter Ertl (1991; honorary member of the board)
  • Jürgen Warneke (2007)
  • Hans-Joachim Roggenbach (2009)
  • Norbert Amm (2019)

See also

literature

  • Karl-Heinz Kerll : Chronicle of diving sports 1954-2009. Münster, self-published, CD edition 1, version 14, December 2008.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d VDST eV: VDST: Members. Retrieved August 11, 2019 .
  2. ↑ scuba divers . The members' magazine of the Association of German Sports Divers, No. 6/2014, p. 17.
  3. ^ Articles of Association. Verband Deutscher Sporttaucher eV, November 18, 2017, accessed on August 11, 2019 .
  4. ↑ VDST regulations KTSA, training regulations for the German children's diving badge (PDF; 257 kB) In: Downloads: Training - regulations . VDST (01/2018). Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f VDST regulations DTSA, training regulations for the German diving sports badge (PDF; 386 kB) In: Downloads: Training - regulations . VDST (01/2018). Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  6. ↑ VDST Ordinance Mixed Gas Diving 2017 (PDF; 257 kB) In: Downloads: Training - Mixed gas diving . VDST (01/2017). Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  7. ↑ Recreational diving services - Requirements for introductory training programs to scuba diving (ISO 11121). ISO , accessed April 29, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Recreational diving services - Requirements for the training of recreational scuba divers - Part 1: Level 1 - Supervised diver (ISO 24801-1). ISO , accessed April 29, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Recreational diving services - Requirements for the training of recreational scuba divers - Part 2: Level 2 - Autonomous diver (ISO 24801-2). ISO , accessed April 29, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Recreational diving services - Requirements for training programs on enriched air nitrox (EAN) diving (ISO 11107). ISO , accessed April 29, 2015 .
  11. ↑ Recreational diving services - Requirements for the training of recreational scuba divers - Part 3: Level 3 - Dive leader (ISO 24801-3). ISO , accessed April 29, 2015 .
  12. ↑ "Basic safety rules of the VDST / CMAS: never dive alone, never dive if you feel unwell, dive together, the weakest in the group limits the dive, maintain your position, stop if you freeze, dive if you lose a partner"
  13. ↑ a b c VDST examiner regulations (PDF) VDST (01/2018). Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  14. ↑ Relevant standards for the certification of training organizations / systems. EUF, accessed October 4, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Recreational diving services - Requirements for the training of scuba instructors - Part 1: Level 1 (ISO 24802-1). ISO , accessed April 29, 2015 .
  16. ↑ Recreational diving services - Requirements for the training of scuba instructors - Part 2: Level 2 (ISO 24802-2). ISO , accessed April 29, 2015 .
  17. ↑ Recreational diving services - Requirements for training programs on enriched air nitrox (EAN) diving (ISO 11107). ISO , accessed April 29, 2015 .
  18. ↑ Federations CMAS International , accessed May 29, 2012.
  19. ↑ CMAS Germany , accessed on June 6, 2012.
  20. ↑ International Aquanautic Club , accessed May 29, 2012
  21. ↑ German Life Saving Society e. V. (DLRG) , accessed: May 29, 2012
  22. ↑ Free international diving instructors , accessed May 29, 2012
  23. ↑ Association of state-certified diving instructors e. V. (FST) , accessed May 29, 2012
  24. ↑ International Committee od marine conversation (ICMC) , accessed May 29, 2012
  25. ↑ International Diving Association GbR (IDA)
  26. ^ SUB Tauchsportservice GmbH (SUB) , accessed: May 29, 2012
  27. ↑ United Diving Instructors (UDI) , accessed May 29, 2012
  28. ↑ Association of European scuba divers (VEST) , accessed May 29, 2012
  29. ^ Association of International Diving Schools (VIT) homepage , accessed: May 29, 2012
  30. ↑ Barakuda Wassersport GmbH is a new VDST licensee. VSDT, ​​January 21, 2017, accessed March 23, 2018 .
  31. ↑ a b The diving magazine "Delphin". Barakuda.org, accessed August 10, 2015.
  32. ^ Fritz Holzmann: German-language magazines. Verlag der Schillerbuchhandlung Hans Banger, Volume 29, 1983, p. 97.
  33. ↑ a b Imprint . In: scuba divers . No. 5 , 2018, p. 66 .