Bulletin Board

Wishing all our friends serving overseas a safe and speedy return, we are proud of your accomplishments, dedication and sacrifices.

Providing quality equipment repair training to the dive industry, ROV pilot and technician programs plus diving equipment service world wide.

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Thanks to the work and effort of the International Association of Scuba Technicians, those of you on the Register have been amongst the first recognized by the diving industry as having achieved set standards and a level of expertise deserving the title of Scuba Repair Technicians.

The IAST has been put on hold due to the economic situation, the site can still be found at IAST.US under re-construction

CAUTION: A COPY OF THE IAST SITE HAS BEEN HIJACKED BY A FIRM OUT OF HAWAII, THE IAST IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING MONEY OR REGISTRATIONS, THE ONLY LEGITIMATE REGISTER IS ASSEMBLED AND REMAINS THE PROPERTY OF DIVING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL AND THE IAST, UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO OPEN AGAIN ANY OTHER CLAIMS ARE ILLEGITIMATE, PLEASE DO NOT BE FOOLED.

The Registry is designed to provide the public with a list of qualified technicians, the Technician with recognition as a professional in the industry, and with a source of peer access for networking on pertinent issues.

WHEN WE RE-OPEN: Initial registry application, including first year and membership in the IAST, is $35 and proof of recognition level. These records are maintained on file at Diving Technologies (IAST records have been transferred to Diving Technologies) and provide our certification of your level of recognition. Yearly membership and maintenance is $25. Training and service facilities may be recognized with a Technician for an additional $15.

You will receive certificates of membership in the IAST and recognition as a member of the International Register of Scuba Technicians and will be listed on the International Register.

ALL PRIOR MEMBERSHIP RECORDS ARE STILL HELD ON FILE AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO RE-ESTABLISHING THE ASSOCIATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE

application for FUTURE membership may be filled out and sent to DIVING TECHNOLOGIES, we will contact you with future developments, please SEND NO MONEY.

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Diving Technologies Teams up with ANDInternational

ANDInternational & Diving Technologies International announce a collaboration and opportunity! ANDI & DTI have teamed-up to provide the Professional Service Technician with an avenue for affiliation, training and certification in ALL levels of SCUBA equipment servicing. DTI brings to the table Mr. Rudy Mola, an industry expert in SCUBA equipment servicing and founder of IAST (International Association of Scuba Technicians). ANDI brings to the table it's years of experience in the Enriched Air Servicing procedures adopted around the world as the standard! Together you will soon see many programs available for Service Technician training for ALL forms of equipment. A full public announcement will be forthcoming!

As a prelude to this collaboration, we wish to announce an ANDI SafeAir Service Technician Program (CST) for oxygen cleaning of life support equipment followed by an ANDI SafeAir Gas Blender Program (CGB) to be conducted in Florida over the dates of June 6,7 & 8 (see details & Itinerary below). Both programs will be conducted by Charlie Johnson, VP ANDInternational and co-hosted by Rudy Mola (Diving Technologies Int.) and Laura Betts (Island Scuba Center, ANDI Facility #204).

Our new cylinder Inspector course will début On June 5 call for details.

ANDI CST: June 6 & 7 (*Cost $300.00)

ANDI CGB: June 8 (*Cost $275.00)

* Sign up for both $500.00

Location: Island Scuba Center

10092 NW 50th Street

Sunrise, FL 33351

Nearest Airport: Fort Lauderdale, FL

Contact: Charlie Johnson

cjohnson@andihq.com

Laura Betts

laura@123scuba.com

Rudy Mola

rmola@aol.com

www.divingtechnologies.com

Other programs on equipment servicing in general (e.g. Apprentice Service Technician, Cylinder inspection etc.) will be announced shortly by Rudy Mola.

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For information contact: Michael Zinszer, Diving Safety Officer, Underwater Crime Scene Investigation (850)872-4750 ext 286

Colleges and Universities wishing to participate in our collegiate diving equipment certification programs please contact us

First Caribbean based organization to provide quality cylinder safety program, now offering Diving Technologies International Cylinder Inspector program throughout the Caribbean.

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Diving Technologies International Inc. Instructors from the Dubai Police Department Dive Team, U. A. E., train Police Scuba Repair Technicians and establish the first scuba repair and inspection guidelines for Middle East

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DIVING TECHNOLOGIES provides specialty training to military, law enforcement and security personnel.

over 90 pages of historical facts and useful information. This is the manual for our one day "Technical Equipment Consultant" program and a prerequisite for the 40 hr "Repair Technician Program"

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TJ - TUMBLE JUICE: Tank and Regulator cleaner, Biodegradable, Non-toxic, Rremoves rust, aluminum oxide and salt corrosion, sold and used world wide, may mix up to 8 parts water, reusable. $40.00 gallon, contact Diving Technologies International at divetec@aol.com

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It appears that this article has become a permanent part of our bulletin board, however, we are still getting reports of the existence of these dangerous containers.

The IAST has been warning of these "TORPEDOES" for some time. Last Journal we did an article denouncing these dangerous storage containers, please understand that these are not cylinders, in fact, they are tubes with end caps that are actually a component of a WWII torpedo.

Clearly stated, this item was designed to be a bomb that would explode and kill people... it does. As was demonstrated by the unfortunate incident in the Caymans recently.

The Diving Industry has always sought to be self regulated, if we do not show the concern, knowledge and maturity to make the right decisions, even when they may prove costly to us, they will be made for us at an even costlier price.

The message is clear, unless action is taken individually to get rid of these containers, when the next one explodes, and I say when, not if, I feel we will see the loss or restriction of self regulation in the Dive Industry in matters of high pressure gas management, dispensing, and use.

With our actions we have a chance to prove to the government and the world that the Diving Industry has the maturity and right to he self regulated.

Recently the Industry has increased it's concern over tank visual inspections, more and more realizing that tank fill procedures, fill stations, fill operators and VIP's constitute a greater concern and requires a higher level of proficiency that had previously been paid.

· A note for thought: As a hydrostatic re-test facility with over nine years and thousands of tanks, we have yet to fail our first aluminum cylinder on a hydro.. .we have failed hundreds on the visual inspection due to corrosion, tread damage, neck cracks, pits, dings, gouges, fire damage, improper stripping and painting (using heat), galvanic action, bulges and bows. A hydro test performed by an incompetent technician can actually increase the hazard of a cylinder with a neck crack by further stressing it to 5/3 of its normal working pressure, releasing back to the client a more dangerous piece of equipment than initially.

When it comes to aluminum cylinders, the visual inspection is of even greater importance than the hydro test itself.

We see the Industry increasing it's proficiency in cylinder safety through education in Cylinder Inspector courses and the use of the Visual Plus machine to do a more thorough job of inspection. In all it adds up to a Safer Industry.

Some of these containers have markings, others have none, if markings were removed, that makes the cylinder not only dangerous but also illegal.

Some were recently tested in a hydro facility and all cracked at test pressures (note picture).

These torpedo components come in 5 ft, 10 ft, and 11 ft X21 in can be identified by multiple screw holes around the rim which hold the warhead and motor assemblies.

Please do the right thing and scrap these dangerous containers before someone else is hurt and we will he forced to get rid of them and lose much more in the deal.