OCEAN DIVER TRAINING PROGRAMME

The BSAC Ocean Diver Course includes theory lessons in a classroom, practical lessons in a swimming pool or similar sheltered water, and five open water dives.

The Ocean Diver Course consists of the following elements:

  - seven classroom lessons                - five Sheltered Water lessons

  - a theory assessment                        - five Open Water lessons

  - a basic swimming assessment

                        OCEAN DIVER - THEORY TRAINING

INTRODUCTION: OUR CENTRE & OCEAN DIVER TRAINING

      Our BSAC Branch/Centre

      BSAC - the organisation

      Benefits of BSAC membership

      Benefits of training with a branch/centre

      Benefits of diving with the branch/centre

      What will it cost?

      Ocean Diver training

      Further branch/Centre training

DIVING EQUIPMENT AND SIGNALS

      Air and the atmospheric pressure

      Water pressure

      Basic equipment - mask, fins and snorkel

      The difference between basic and scuba equipment

      Scuba equipment

      Diving signals

THE BODY AND EFFECTS OF DIVING

      Body metabolism

      Respiration - the lungs

      Heart and blood

      Breath hold diving and hyperventilation

      Respiration

      The ear

      The sinuses

      Teeth

      Buoyancy

      Density

      Buoyancy and divers

PLANNING TO GO DIVING

      Diving and effects of nitrogen

      Nitrogen absorption

      Nitrogen release

      Nitrogen management

      BSAC tables

      Dive computers

      Dive planning

GOING DIVING

      Buddy diving

      Overall dive organisation

      The dive marshal's role

      Before the dive

      Underwater pilotage

      Vision underwater

      Colour underwater

WHAT HAPPENS IF….?

      DCI

      Diver's first aid tool - oxygen

      The incident pit

      Preventing problems

      Prevention and resolution

      Surface support

ENJOYING YOUR DIVING

      Inland sites

      Underwater conditions, planning and preparation:

       - Sea diving

       - Shore & Boat diving

OCEAN DIVER SHELTERED WATER TRAINING

BEING UNDERWATER

Basic skills including: fit a face mask, fit and clear a snorkel, develop finning action and be comfortable breathing from a demand valve underwater.

BASIC SKILLS

Assemble and check SCUBA unit

Buoyancy control; while swimming underwater and while ascending and escending

Initial remove, refit and clear mask of water in shallow water

Use an alternate air source (AS), static, as both donor and recipient in

shallow water

DEVELOPING SKILLS

Consolidate clearing mask of water

AS ascent as a donor and recipient

Maintain true neutral buoyancy adjust and perform controlled descents and ascents in deeper water.

BEYOND THE BASICS

Further develop personal diving skills including

buoyancy, mask clearing etc.

SAFETY SKILLS

Consolidate AS ascent as both donor and recipient

Recover an unconscious buddy to the surface using a Controlled Buoyant Lift (CBL), secure at the surface, signal for help and tow the casualty

OCEAN DIVER OPEN WATER DIVES

DIVE ONE

Have an enjoyable dive!

Establish correct weight required for the conditions and the protective clothing worn.

Develop buoyancy control skills appropriate to the standard of protective clothing worn.

DIVE TWO

(if drysuit used) Recover from an inversion and disconnect their drysuit inflation hose in the event of the inflation valve sticking open.

Clear mask, retrieve and clear mouthpiece.

Static AS skills as both donor and recipient.

Further develop buoyancy control, finning action and swimming attitude

Develop an awareness of pilotage as a means of navigation.

DIVE THREE

Basic diving and emergency procedures.

DIVE FOUR

Recover an incapacitated diver to the surface, summon assistance and tow an incapacitated diver.

DIVE FIVE

Plan and lead a dive within the limitations of previous experience.

REQUIRED DIVING EXPERIENCE

Experience a range of four different diving conditions during a minimum in water time of not less than 120 mins.

OCEAN DIVER - THEORY TEST