Scheme related announcements (e.g. new standards)
The British Dive Safety Group (BDSG) including the UK Diving Industry Committee (DIC) met in October at Deep Campus, Chepstow and one of the topics for discussion was the risk…
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,…
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 18119:2018+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…
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…
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…
