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  • What is recreational diving?
  • What is recreational technical diving?
  • Managing the risks
  • Diving related illnesses and conditions
• Occupational diving
  • Changes to competency requirements
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Diving industry codes of practice

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• Hazardous materials
• Manual handling
• Risk management

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What is recreational diving?

Recreational diving is any of the following underwater activities that use compressed air and are conducted for recreation:

• resort diving (such as an introductory scuba/dive experience or educational diving program conducted by a recreational scuba or dive training organisation)
• diving by someone undertaking recreational diving training (learning to dive)
• recreational diving by someone with a qualification in underwater diving.

Last updated 21 August 2008

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