UK Diving Industry Committee – Risk assessment V7 released
Following annual review on 16th October 2025 the UK Diving Industry Committee released V7 of their risk assessment of cylinder periodic testing. The key changes in V7 are Section 9,…
New Additional Visual Inspection (AVI) label
IDEST are pleased to add a new Additional Visual Inspection (AVI) label to our catalogue for inspection and test centres. The idea of these labels has come about following requests…
New ‘Alerts’ page
We've added an Alert page to the website. This is where IDEST will highlight matters of concern to IDEST cylinder testing centres and/or the general diving community. This may include…
BS EN ISO 13341 updated
The standard for fitting of valves to gas cylinders has been updated, the current version is now BS EN ISO 13341:2025 (Gas cylinders. Fitting of valves to gas cylinders). It…
New ‘For Sale & Wanted’ page
At the request of some members we have added a for sale and wanted page to the website. Upon request we will advertise your surplus equipment related to cylinder testing,…
BS EN ISO 18119 Amendment 2
BS EN ISO 18119:2018+A1:2021 has been amended +A2:2024, the main changes are as follows: 2. Normative references: ISO 10286 title corrected “Gas cylinders – Vocabulary”; ASNT SNT-TC-1A, Personnel qualification and…
BS EN ISO 11623 updated
The standard for periodic inspection and testing of composite cylinders has been updated, the current version is now BS EN ISO 11623:2023 (Gascylinders. Composite cylinders and tubes. Periodic inspection and…
