h�b``c`` During week one of the SCUBA Air course candidates will be required to meet the following fitness standards: The Clearance Diver Acceptance Test (CDAT), a 2-week course, is the first major hurdle that clearance diver candidates will face; colloquially known as ‘hell week’. Sailors (Other Ranks) within the clearance diver branch follow the same career path as other branches of the RAN: The RAN Diving School is an Australian Diver Accreditation Scheme (ADAS) accredited training establishment (ATE) and RAN graduates are entitled to ADAS certification on application. The RANs Clearance Divers are the ADFs specialist divers and they undertake a number of operations to fulfil their role, which includes mine warfare, reconnaissance, salvage and covert operations (Hartigan, 2009; RAN, 2010; RAN, 2015a); diving to depths of 54 metres (one source suggests this will be uprated to 90 metres). RAN (Royal Australian Navy) (2012a) Royal Australian Navy Audit Summary Report in Response to the Review into the Treatment of Women in the Australian Defence Force (Phase 2 Report) 2012. 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