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The Rebreather Training Council (RTC) is an organisation which publishes standards and guidance for training recreational and technical diving divers for rebreather diving in cooperation with the International Standards Organisation. [1] [2] Like other ISO standards for recreational diver training, these are intended as minimum standards, and input from the specific certification organisation, to comply with their training philosophy, and the manufacturer of the specific rebreather unit, to comply with their minimum requirements for safety, are expected. [3]
The RTC is classified as a category C liaison organisation by ISO, meaning that they make a technical contribution to a working group and participate actively in the work of that group. [1] RTC has this status with Working Group 1 – Diving Services of ISO TC 228. [4] RTC also cooperates with with the Rebreather Education and Safety Association (RESA) through the Combined Rebreather Industry Standards Alignment Group (CRISAG). [4]
RTC has three categories of membership: [5]
The RTC published its first training standard, RTC Rebreather Level 1, in 2017. It specifies a minimum competence for a recreational diver to dive without supervision with a rebreather to a depth not exceeding 30 metres (98 ft) with no planned decompression stops. Member organisations of the RTC can stipulate that a training programme within their own system meets this standard, by which they assert that their course at least meets the minimum requirements of the standard. [2]
By November 2018 RTC had published two further rebreather training standards: [6]
PADI has asserted that the PADI Advanced Rebreather Diver course meets the minimum requirements of the RTC Rebreather Diver Level 1 standard. [2]
RAID General Diving Standards (RGDS) Version 58 issued in early 2022 contains new course standards and conforms to new industry norms, including the most recent ISO, Rebreather Training Council and Rebreather Equipment Safety Association standards. [7]