IMCA - Trainee Bell Diving Supervisor

Course details

This four day course is for experienced commercial offshore Supervisors and/or Bell pers who wish to follow the IMCA scheme and become a  supervisor. IMCA  certification will allow commercial pers to supervise complex engineering tasks underwater, be globally recognised as a supervisor and enable them to work worldwide.
Eligibility

• Hold an IMCA-recognised closed bell ping qualification as set out in IMCA D013.
• Demonstrated competence as an offshore bell per (minimum 3 years) with a minimum 400 logged bell lock-out hours
• Hold an IMCA-approved Trainee Air Supervisor certificate.

CLOSED BELL (SAT) DIVING SUPERVISORS
Requirements:
Having attend and passed the IMCA Trainee Bell Supervisor course, you have qualified as a Trainee Bell ping Supervisor. However, to be appointed as a Bell ping Supervisor in writing by a ping Contractor,  you must additionally fulfill the following minimum requirements:

• Acted as a Trainee Air ping Supervisor on at least 10 offshore commercial air pes.
• Logged at least 350 panel hours (under direct supervision) offshore on a minimum of 50 bell runs over a minimum period of 90 days working as a Trainee Bell ping Supervisor.
• Logged at least 360 panel hours at any time working either as an LST or as an Assistant LST.
• Recommended by a company following satisfactory offshore reports confirming competence in accordance with the IMCA Competence Assurance and Assessment Scheme.
• Passed the IMCA Air & Closed Bell ping Supervisor examinations.

NOTE: Application to sit the IMCA examination must be made within 3 years of successful completion of the training course and at least half the required panel hours logged within the 2 years prior to the application.
UPGRADING FROM A QUALIFIED AIR DIVING SUPERVISOR TO BELL DIVING SUPERVISOR
A qualified Air ping Supervisor who has demonstrated competence in accordance with IMCA C 003 and supervised a minimum of 100 offshore air pes and who wishes to progress to Bell ping Supervisor does not have to re-sit the Air ping Supervisor examination module, but must fulfill the following minimum requirements before being appointed in writing by a ping Contractor as a Bell ping Supervisor:

• All aspects of Trainee Bell Supervisor- attended and passed the IMCA Trainee Bell Supervisor course.
• Have logged at least 150 panel hours (under direct supervision) working offshore on a minimum of 20 bell runs over a minimum period of 45 days working as a Trainee Bell ping Supervisor.
• Have logged at least 360 panel hours at any time working either as an LST or as an Assistant LST.
• Have been recommended by a company following satisfactory offshore reports confirming competence in accordance with the IMCA Competence Assurance and Assessment Scheme.
• Have passed the IMCA Bell ping Supervisor examination.

NOTE: Application to sit the IMCA examination must be made within 3 years of successful completion of the training course and at least half the required panel hours logged within the 2 years prior to the application. Updated on 02 April, 2026