International, interdisciplinary European Scientific Diving Training Course 2024

Oct 2, 2026

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International, interdisciplinary European Scientific Diving Training Course 2024 is organized under ESD regulations by multiple research and training institutions, providing intensive professional diving instruction for scientific purposes. The program covers theory seminars across legal, medical, physics, technology, and practical topics, followed by a training phase focused on diving fundamentals and scientific work techniques. A final examination combines theoretical and practical assessment by the German Examination Board for Scientific Divers. Participation requires academic and diving certifications, logged dive experience, health clearance, emergency training proof, and completion of required competence testing.

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International, interdisciplinary European Scientiﬁc Diving Training Course 2024 Course description In 2024, the Alfred Wegener Institute Centre for Scientiﬁc Diving (CSD) in cooperation with the Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, the training facility Teraqua in cooperation with the Hemmenhofen Training Center for Inland Water Archaeology at the State Ofﬁce for the Preservation of Monuments in the RP Stuttgart, and the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) offer an international, interdisciplinary course “European Scientiﬁc Diver”within the framework of the ESD regulations. The course includes an intense training in professional diving skills for scientiﬁc purposes and ends with a theoretical and practical examination by the “German Examination Board for Scientiﬁc Divers”(Deutsche Prüfungskommission für Forschungstaucher) . The course is divided into three parts: (1) Theory seminars, • all aspects of scientiﬁc diving in the areas of law, medicine, physics, technology and practice are presented and deepened. (2) Training phase (theory and praxis) • the basics of scientiﬁc diving and different scientiﬁc working techniques are taught. (3) Exam preparation phase (theory, praxis and examination) • the execution of more complex scientiﬁc working techniques under water is taught and discussed. Directly after part 3, the 2-day examination takes place. Theory seminars: • A total of 14 online theory units, starting in February 2024. • Taught across centres in weekly 1.5-hour webinars accompanied by e-learning seminars Training Phase 1: • The training phase takes place in a 14-day block course from 08.04.2024 to 19.04.2024 at the Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche (near Nice) . Training phase 2: • The exam preparation phase will take place jointly for all participants at CSD on Helgoland from 08.07-23.07.2024. Examination: • The professional examination by the “German Examination Board for Scientiﬁc Divers” will take place at CSD on Helgoland from 24.07 to 25.07.2024. Entry requirements for course participation 1. Being a master or PhD student, a postdoctoral fellow, an early career scientist or a technician in an aquatic science discipline. 2. Holding a valid recreational dive certiﬁcate on at least the level of PADI Rescue Diver, CMAS**/VDST T2 (Silver) or equivalent. 3. Proof of at least 70 open water dives with a dive time of 30 h, of which at least 10 dives are deeper than 15m and 5 dives deeper than 25m. 4. Proof of experience in diving with a dry suit (15+ logged dives) . 5. Valid health examination for work diving according to the respective countries’ health and work environment legislations1 (e.g. German G31.2) . 6. Full diving equipment incl. dry suit except for tanks and weight belts. In case parts of the equipment are not available, please contact the course coordinator. 7. Documented proof of CPR training1 no older than a year at the time of ﬁnal examination. 8. Documented certiﬁcation of “life guard” level 2 or a comparable recognised international pool life-guard training1. 9. Passing a practical and theoretical competence test on level CMAS** . The practical and theoretical test will be in Bremen at the 25.10.2023 from 14:00 – 18:00 hours. Application Applications with a letter of motivation and a diving curriculum vitae should be sent toesd2024@scientiﬁ[c-diving.eu](c-diving.eu) by 30.09.2023 at the latest. Written proof of access requirement1 must be submitted at the beginning of the course when the participation agreement is signed (October 2023) . Written proof of access requirements 2-8 must be submitted at the beginning of the training phase 1. Course fees The course fee is staggered according to the occupation of the applicant. • Students (with proof of matriculation) or unemployed persons: 900 Euros • Employees of scientiﬁc institutes and universities: 1300 € • Employees of other companies: 1600 € The cour

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What are the three parts of the course?

The course is divided into (1) theory seminars, (2) a training phase (theory and praxis), and (3) an exam preparation phase (theory, praxis and examination).

Where and when does the training and examination take place in 2024?

Training phase 1 runs 08.04.2024–19.04.2024 at the Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, and training phase 2 is 08.07–23.07.2024 at CSD in Helgoland. The examination takes place at CSD on Helgoland from 24.07 to 25.07.2024.

What requirements must applicants meet before participation?

Applicants must be master/PhD/postdoctoral/early-career or a technician in aquatic science, hold an appropriate recreational dive certificate, provide logged open-water dive evidence, dry-suit experience, valid health clearance for work diving, full equipment availability, and documented CPR and lifeguard level 2 certification. They also must pass a CMAS** competence test.

Oct 2, 2026

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