Program Overview

Bachelor of Science in Diving Safety Management (Full-Time)

Overview

This course aims to offer its students an educational program having the fundamental elements of diving, tourism, and risk management combined. The final purpose of this new program is to have dive professionals and businesses grow their competence and better understand the risks associated with scuba diving, as well as increasing key business skills related to this specific industry.

Programme Learning Outcomes

• Comprehensively understand the concepts of risk assessment with respect to scuba diving and creatively propose strategies how to reduce risks.
• Systematically understand the human physiology and acknowledge how this is affected by regular/frequent diving activity (recreational, technical, and free diving).
• Comprehend the business elements, including the human resource management component and how does this operate in the leisure industry.
• Determine detailed knowledge on the various components making up diving equipment and specific equipment used for specific use (recreational, technical, and free diving, research diving, and other associated activities whilst diving).
• Systematically identify diving-related hazards/injuries and their treatment both in terms of basic first aid but also more advanced procedures, such as the use of the hyperbaric chamber.
• Deploy established techniques on how to assist and partner with re-compression chamber facilities, training, and emergency assistance.

Entry Criteria

• A combination of a minimum of 3 Advanced and Intermediate Levels, of which one needs to be an Advanced Level (MQF/EQF Level 4) pass. These must add up to a minimum of 44 points as per the provided matrix, AND passes at grade 5 (SSC&P Level 3) or better in the English and Mathematics SEC examinations.
• A full qualification at MQF/EQF Level 4, AND a portfolio evidencing relevant experience in the diving sector for at least 3 years, along with evidence of appropriate writing and analytical skills to ensure that the prospective candidate can fully and meaningfully participate in the course, and work experience at professional and/or executive level for at least 5 years.
• Any ITS Diploma or equivalent MQF/EQF Level 4 certification.
• Any ITS Higher National Diploma or equivalent MQF/EQF Level 5 certification.
• Apply as a mature student, at least 23 years of age by the beginning of the academic year applied for, and subject to proficiency and/or aptitude tests as per direction of the ITS. The ITS also reserves the right to subject the candidate for an interview and/or an RPL procedure prior to acceptance.

Applicants must also provide proof of their English proficiency at Level B2.

In addition to any of the above entry requirements and given that this course includes numerous practical (diving) components, it is mandatory for applicants to be in possession of an EN standard Level 2 diving certification (e.g., PADI Rescue Diver or an equivalent certification from a recognized certification agency) and have a minimum of 30 logged dives. Candidates who do not have both of these requirements may be allowed to enrol on the condition that they provide proof of having attained such requirements by the end of the first academic year.

Possible Career Opportunities

• Scuba Diving Instructor
• Director of Diving/Diving Business Manager
• Dive Safety Officer
• Diving Officer
• Research Diver
• Scientific Diver

Course Dates

Next intake will commence course on the 29th of September 2025.

Course Modules

• UG6071 Web2.0 and its Applications in Tourism, Culture, and Heritage
• UG6070 Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA)
• HNDFL Foreign Language for Hospitality
• UG6125 Tourism Economics
• UG6072 The Risks & Medical Aspects of Diving
• UG6073 Diving Technical Aspects and Diving Equipment
• UG6110 Qualitative Research and Innovation Methods
• UG6074 Occupational and Business Health & Safety in the Workplace
• UG6075 Insurance and Issue
• UG6076 Legal Aspects and Regulations Diving Industry and Legal Liability Issue
• UG6077 RCAPP (Recompression Chamber Assistance and Partnership Program) - 1
• UGD5211 Local Placement
• UG6078 Oxygen First Aid & Site Neurological Assessment for Divers and Freedivers - 1
• UG6079 Deep Diver 40/45/50
• UG6080 Basic Research Operator - 1
• UG6081 Dive Medicine for Divers - 1
• UG6082 Underwater Physiological Monitoring and Telemedicine Techniques - Wireless Sensor Network and Communication Systems - 1
• UG6083 Underwater Physiological Monitoring and Telemedicine Techniques - Sensor Network for Underwater and Surface Monitoring - 1
• UG6084 First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries - 1
• UG6139 Writing a Dissertation Proposal
• UG6086 Enriched Air Diver - 1
• UG6087 Gas Blender - 1
• UG6088 Underwater Physiological Monitoring and Telemedicen Techniques - Biomedical Signals and Sensors - 1
• UG6051 Tourism Economics 2
• UG6091 Equipment Specialist Lab - 1
• UG6119 Employee Engagement and Relationships
• UG6030 International Placement
• UG6108 Diver Medical Technician - 1
• UG6092 Freediver - 1
• UG6093 Divemaster Course
• UG6094 The DAN Hotline
• UG6095 Ecological Aspects- Awareness
• UG6096 Fire safety Awareness - 1
• UG6097 Rebreather Diver - 1
• UG6099 Deep Diver 65 - 1
• UG100 open Water Scuba Instructor - II
• UG6101 Research Diver (Scientific Diver) - 1
• UG6102 Paediatric Basic Life Support & AED and First Aid - II
• UG6105 Advanced Oxygen - II
• UG6045 Dissertation
• UG6112 Human Resources Management in Hospitality
• UG6118 Performance Appraisals and Training and Development
• LANGA1 Foreign Language for Hospitality
• LANGB1/LANGB2 Foreign Language for Hospitality
• UGD5287 Principles of Internal Marketing
• UGD5294 Corporate Governance and Workplace Wellbeing
• LANGA2 Foreign Language for Hospitality
• UG6123 Cost Control, Analysis, and Management
• UGD5288 Strategic Hospitality Information and Communication Technologies
• UG6138 Quantitative Research Methods

Fees

All prices are equivalent to a semester of studies. Local and International Internships are exempted from fees. If the course is offered online and on campus the price will vary, please contact the registrar's office for further information. This course is eligible for the Get Qualified scheme, whereby one can get up to 70% tax rebate of the course fee. For more information on this scheme, please contact Get Qualified. The scheme is subject to the T&Cs of the managing authority/body.