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Welcome to KFT
The Commission for Research Diving in Germany (KFT) is a registered professional association of german research institutions which carry out scientific diving on the basis of the current national rules and regulations. Members of the professional association are in particular universities, non-university research institutions and companies which employ “certified research divers”, the training companies for research divers recognised in Germany according to GUV-R 2112, the examination commission for research divers of the DGUV and the Federal Ministry for Research and Technology (BMBF). Read More
News
New KFT Recommendation
The KFT has collaborated with the DGUV to produce two new recommendations for action. As always, these can be found in the download area.
Recommendation for action 06 deals with crossover procedures for the recognition of nationally and internationally comparable training courses as a ‘Certified Scientific Diver’ in accordance with DGUV Rule 101-023 ‘Scientific Diving’. Here, comprehensible criteria are used to enable crossover for most emergency services organisations.
Updated version of DGUV Rule 101-023
The current german version can be downloaded here as a pdf: DGUV Regel 101-023 “Forschungstauchen”. A translated english version will follow soon.
The old DGUV version from 2011 has thus lost its validity.
In addition to the many editorial changes that make research diving even safer, we would like to draw your attention to the new set of tables for calculating dives. The new DGUV Rule 101-023 describes some case studies for handling. The old tables are no longer valid.
New examination regulations from 01.01.2025
New examination regulations have been drawn up in collaboration with the Examination Commission for Scientific Diving of the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV). They will come into force on 01.01.2025. The old regulations will then lose their validity.
New form for medical examination
Appendix 2 of the new examination regulations contains a new form for the medical examination which reflects the new legal requirements. It is also available as a separate file in the download area. It replaces the old document formulated by the KFT.
(In German)
Revision of all KFT documents in the download area
The Speakers’ Board has revised all KFT documents in the download area. This concerns both the recommendations for action and the forms for applications. Please take a look at the new download area and in particular only use the new forms.
The speakers
Rebuttal / Correction
On 17 December 2024, the daily newspaper Kieler Nachrichten published the news that the diver Hubert Pinto de Kraus had been nominated as a direct candidate for the AfD Kiel in the 2025 Bundestag election in constituency 5 (Kiel, Kronshagen and Altenholz).
The report also states that Hubert Pinto de Kraus is President of the ‘International Association of Scientific Divers’. This designation is misleading and false. It suggests that Hubert Pinto de Kraus is connected to the German or European scientific research diver community. This is not the case.
In fact, the ‘International Association of Scientific Divers’ is a registered association that operates locally in Kiel. This association has no connection whatsoever with professional scientific diving in Germany or Europe. It is neither a member of the German Scientific Diving Commission (KFT) nor of the European Scientific Diving Panel (ESDP).