Diving and Shiphandling school

Many traditional skills are useful to Seasteaders, and many Seasteaders will have knowledge to pass to other oceanic industries.

SCUBA diving

There are several programs with similar but slightly different approaches to instruction and certification in self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, in addition to different specialties.

Among these are:

• PADI
• NAUI
• TDI/SDI

Surface Supplied Diving

Most industrial dive operations use surface supplied air, a very different skill from SCUBA.

• Divers Institute of Technology
• Commercial Diving Institute of Canada
• CDA Technical Institute

Commercial Diving Codes of Practice and Regulations

• DNVGL-OS-E402 Edition January 2017 Diving systems (Det Norske Veritas)
• Offshore units DNVGL-RU-OU-0375 Edition July 2017 Diving systems (Det Norske Veritas)
• Diving Health and Safety in the U.K.
• NORSOK STANDARD Manned Underwater Operations U-100

Shiphandling

Ship handling is subject to national and international standards. Most nations have adopted or based their regulations on The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (or STCW)

See also:

• Seastead_ventures