The requirements of those courses vary depending on whether the program adheres to PADI, NAUI or another organization's guidelines, but certification programs typically last several days and involve several hours of onshore instruction, some training in a pool or shallow water and at least four dives in open water.
However, compliance with voluntary reporting guidelines and certification programs, along with legal changes, are beginning to change the normative environment of how businesses conduct themselves in terms of their environmental and social obligations.
Currently there are more than 11,000 groups receiving orientation, guidelines and certification from the MOH.
Guidelines for certification of competency will be developed in cooperation with the EULAR Standing Committee on Education and Training, the EULAR Committee on Musculoskeletal Imaging, and with other European institutions.
In Norway, the use of graded absence certificates was significantly stepped up in 2004, in response to a reform of the sickness certification guidelines, defining graded absence certificates as the norm after 8 weeks of absence.
When filling out this certificate the physician has to follow the cause-of-death certification guidelines of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
A European task force group on IGT might be necessary to further develop certification guidelines and establish requirements for IGT practice according to known standards, focused on common recommendations and certification guidelines.
There has been an effort to inhibit that effect, with restrictions, testing and certification guidelines.
The Namibians have offered to set up a technical committee to draw up certification guidelines.
"This board has always interpreted certification guidelines in the most sensitive, liberal and progressive way, reflecting the maturing sensibilities of our audiences," she said.
