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,…
Scheme related announcements (e.g. new standards)
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…
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 (Gas cylinders. Composite cylinders and tubes. Periodic inspection…
ISO 18119:2018 + A1:2021
On 1st January 2023 the new Standard for inspecting & testing of diving and breathing gas cylinders comes into full effect. The previous Standards BS EN ISO 1968:2002 and BS…
