ISO 24801-2:2014规定了水肺潜水员从培训机构获得水肺潜水员资格所需的能力，以证明他/她达到或超过了水肺潜水员2级（“自主潜水员”），并规定了这些能力的评估标准。 它还规定了提供培训的条件，以及根据ISO 24803提供休闲潜水服务的一般要求。 ISO 24801-2:2014适用于休闲潜水的培训和评估。

ISO 24801-2:2014 specifies the competencies required of a scuba diver in order to obtain a scuba diver qualification from a training organization attesting that he/she has met or exceeded scuba diver level 2 ("Autonomous diver"), and specifies evaluation criteria for these competencies. It also specifies the conditions under which training is provided, in addition to the general requirements for recreational diving service provision in accordance with ISO 24803. ISO 24801-2:2014 applies to training and evaluation in recreational scuba diving.