Commercial Diving & Underwater Operations Safety

[Akimbo]

Akimbo submitted a new resource:

Commercial Diving & Underwater Operations Safety - ADCI's International Consensus Standards for Commercial Diving and Underwater Operations

This document primarily focused at commercial divers but there are some useful nuggets for Scuba instructors, PSDs (Public Safety Diver), and marine science divers...

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[Alexa Bliss]

Underwater diving was practiced in ancient cultures to gather food and other valuable resources such as pearls and precious coral, and later to reclaim sunken valuables, and to help aid military campaigns. Breathhold diving was the only method available, occasionally using reed snorkels in shallow water, and stone weights for deeper dives.

Helpful resource about underwater and commercial diving:
History of underwater diving - Wikipedia

 

[Sam Miller III]

@Alexa Bliss

If it is not in "Wikipedia?"
...............................It never happened

I am reminded of a friend who was /is a professor of library science at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California.
His doctoral dissertation was on a famous author of the old south
So he was very knowledgeable on the gentleman's life.

One day he reviewed the individual's history in Wikipedia
Wrong! All Wrong

His first assignments for his incoming freshmen class were to go to Library to research the life of this famous author and present a paper.

Many returned to their dormitories. looked up the information on Wikipedia and wrote their papers, all based on false and misleading information. But there was also a segment who followed instructions went to the large Cal Poly research library for their information.

One segment failed the other received As--

Alexas-- welcome to the SCUBA Board and the Underwater world -- mal grin - mal bon !

SDM

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