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1 July 2007  ADAS
Executive Director Paul Butler announced today a new scale of initial
and renewal certification fees to be implemented as
of 1 October 2007.As you may be aware, ADAS income is currently dependent solely on certification fees and is not sufficient to operate it at the level of effectiveness and efficiency desired by the Board of ADAS. The ADAS Board has decided to raise certification fees to enable the Scheme to operate at a more sustainable level for the future. The new scale of fees now differentiates initial certification from ongoing renewal fees. Initial fees are currently based on the anomalous premise that a diver who undertakes a package course (say Parts 1, 2 and 3) only pays one fee whereas a diver who incrementally upgrades his/her qualifications pays a separate fee for each level of upgrade. From 1 October 2007 initial certification fees will, in general, be based on a fee of $300 per level of certification for the initial 5 year period. Exceptions are certifications for Part 4 diver and offshore supervisors, which are set at a higher rate. Renewal fees have been raised and set on scale based on the potential earning capacity of the certification level of the diver etc. It is recognised that the income of police divers is unrelated to diver certification and ‘Restricted’ level fees have been set at a lower rate in recognition of this. The new fees will be implemented commencing 1 October 2007. It is intended that all applications for certification or renewal of certification received after that date will attract the new level of fee. |
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