TS 13065

TS 13065 is a professional standard that defines the occupational framework for a skin diving (free diving) guide and instructor. Free diving is based on breath-hold diving rather than scuba equipment, so it places a strong emphasis on underwater orientation, supervision, technical skill, and a structured teaching approach. The focus of this standard is the professional role itself.

The role of the free diving guide and instructor

In general technical terms, a free diving guide helps participants move through the aquatic environment in a safe and organized way, while an instructor is responsible for transferring knowledge, building skills, and structuring practice. These roles are closely related but not identical: guiding is centered on managing field activity, whereas instructing is centered on planning the learning process. TS 13065 addresses this occupation within that combined professional context.

The occupational scope covered by the standard

The standard expressly covers the free diving instructor, and the title also includes guiding, so the occupation should be understood as combining both direction and teaching functions. Occupational standards of this kind commonly provide a shared language for task areas, core knowledge and skills, occupational safety awareness, and professional conduct. That makes diving-related training services easier to define in line with the participant’s level and the conditions of the activity.

This document represents a standard that brings the technical and pedagogical sides of free diving together in one occupational description. Controlled movement in water, breath management, awareness of the environment, and the organization of instruction form the basic context of the profession.