本国际标准规定了水肺潜水员必须达到的能力，以便培训机构颁发水肺潜水员资格，表明他已经达到或超过水肺潜水员1级 - “监督潜水员”，并规定了这些能力的评估标准。它还规定了必须提供培训的条件，以及根据ISO 24803提供的娱乐潜水服务的一般要求。本国际标准适用于娱乐水肺潜水的培训和评估

This International Standard specifies the competencies that a scuba diver has to have achieved in order for a training organisation to award the scuba diver qualification indicating that he has met or exceeded scuba diver level 1 - "Supervised diver" and specifies evaluation criteria for these competencies. It also specifies conditions under which training has to be provided, in addition to the general requirements for recreational diving service provision in accordance with ISO 24803. This International Standard applies to training and evaluation in recreational scuba diving.