Learn to Scuba Dive the BSAC Way
BSAC Schools have been training people to
dive for more than 20 years. The Diver
Training Programme is identical in content
to the latest BSAC Branch Diver Training
Programme. All the lessons equally suit the 'Dive School' environment of more intensive
instruction, meeting the needs of the diver
who prefers to go to a School for their
initial training. The programme builds
confidence and self-reliance, whilst keeping
safety uppermost.
Diving skills are taught progressively so
that each new experience is built upon step
by step. Following basic training in the
safety of a swimming pool or protected area,
students soon complete their first open
water dives and to start to build their
experience and confidence.
Ocean Diver
This course provides you with the essential
knowledge and skills needed to start open
water diving. Learning to dive is all about
learning to use your equipment properly and
safely. The course starts with practice in a
swimming pool or in sheltered water and
continues to include four or five open water
training dives (requiring a minimum of 120
minutes underwater) where open water skills
and techniques are further developed and
experience gained. The course material
includes the excellent BSAC publications
'The Diving Manual' and Student Workbook for
self-study and reference.
An Ocean Diver is defined as a diver who is
competent to conduct dives:
- with another Ocean Diver or with a Sports
Diver, within the restrictions of the
conditions already encountered during their
training
- with a Dive Leader or higher grade, to
expand their experience beyond the
conditions encountered during their
training, under the supervision of a Dive
Marshal.
- to a depth which is initially limited to the
maximum experienced during training, but
which can subsequently be extended
progressively under the supervision of a
Nationally Qualified Instructor (NQI), to a
maximum of 20m not requiring mandatory
decompression stops
- under the on-site supervision of a Dive
Marshal with respect to site selection,
conditions and dive plan
- where other divers, capable of providing
assistance and rescue, are available at the
surface
- within BSAC safe diving practices
To read more about the BSAC Ocean Diver course <Click Here>.
Training beyond Ocean Diver requires Full
Diving Membership of the BSAC.
Sports Diver
In Sports Diver training, the emphasis is on
further building a sound foundation of open
water diving and rescue skills and
experience.
A Sports Diver is defined as a
diver who is competent to:
- conduct dives with an Ocean Diver within the
restrictions of the conditions already
encountered by the Ocean Diver during their
training, and under the supervision of a
Dive Marshal
- conduct dives with another Sports Diver,
within the restrictions of the conditions
already encountered during their training or
previous experience
- conduct dives with a Dive Leader or higher
grade, to expand their experience beyond
that previously encountered, under the
supervision of a Dive Marshal
- dive to a depth which is initially limited
to 20m, but which can subsequently be
extended progressively, under the
supervision of a Nationally Qualified
Instructor (NQI), to a maximum of 35m
- plan and conduct dives requiring mandatory
decompression stops
- rescue a casualty and provide
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- conduct dives where other divers, capable of
providing assistance and rescue management
skills, are available at the surface
- conduct dives within BSAC safe diving
practice recommendations
To read more about the BSAC Sports Diver course <Click Here>.
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