Ali Macleod
Technical Adviser – Diving
As such, ensuring they have relevant experience and have kept up to date with the latest industry information and guidelines is essential to both the industry and IMCA’s mission of improving safety offshore.
IMCA life support technician certificates can be checked via our verification portal.
The IMCA life support technician certification programme requires candidates to:
Find out more about career structure, certification requirements, and examinations in IMCA Offshore Diving Supervisor and Life Support Technician Certification Schemes (IMCA D013).
We regularly host examinations around the world for our diving certification programmes.
We offer a modern and user-friendly approach. Working closely with our examination partner TestReach, all our exams are taken using the latest online tools and are hosted in specialist invigilation centres.
Prior to booking, candidates are asked to read our certification handbook (IMCA D013), which includes exam rules and tips for success. Book your place for an upcoming exam by clicking the entry above.
Available since 1984, the Life Support Technician certification enables you to demonstrate your skills, knowledge, and expertise. It provides companies with the confidence that they are working with highly qualified experts who have kept their professional knowledge current and up to date.
The term ‘Life Support Technician’ has been chosen as being descriptive of the wide range of duties and responsibilities undertaken by these offshore personnel supporting divers in saturation. Other terms such as Chamber Operator or Panel Operator are used by some companies.
Find out more about Diving roles and responsibilities in Offshore Diving Supervisor and Life Support Technician Certification Schemes - Minimum Requirements for Certification (IMCA D013).
Several organisations run IMCA approved third-party preparatory courses for the Assistant Life Support Technician.
These can be found in our online directory of approved training courses.
Current fees for the certification programme are available here.
The IMCA Life Support Technician Logbook can be used by all grades of life support personnel and, if maintained correctly, will give full details of an individual’s experience as well as a brief daily work record.
The Logbook should be used to establish that required times have been spent at the relevant grades before promotion is considered.
Check above for the latest confirmed examination dates available. You can sit the Life Support Technician exam at any of the centres around the globe.
Please note that booking can be postponed owing to a lack of numbers. We ask that you book your exam at least two weeks in advance of any date. Email us to book your place or contact us via the website.
Full details of IMCA’s diving certification programmes can be found in Offshore Diving Supervisor and Life Support Technician Certification Schemes - Minimum Requirements for Certification (IMCA D013).
It offers details on all areas of the certification programme including content, examination procedures, results, and certifications.
You can also read the Life Support Technician Terms and Conditions.
Of course. Please feel free to contact us with any questions not answered on our website or in our Guidance. Please note that owing to workloads, some queries can take a few days to answer.
