BSAC ADVANCED DIVER

DEFINITION

A diver who is comprehensively trained, experienced and responsible and can manage and supervise a wide range of adventurous and challenging diving.

This will include organising diving expeditions to explore unknown locations and branch activities including dives utilising developing technology and techniques.

Training towards Advanced Diver relies much more on the progressive build up of experience than on 'formal' lessons.

COURSE CONTENT

The Advanced Diver course consists of

4 Classroom lessons
Theory assessment
2 Dry practical lessons
2 Open water lessons
20 dives post Dive Leader (which may include open water lessons) minimum 600 minutes underwater time

Open water diving should encompass each of the following, each on at least three occasion: planned two stop decompression dive, drift dive, dive in tidal waters.

In addition a further six dives should include at least three of the following: navigation dive, night dive, low (>2m) visibility dive, wreck dive, wall dive.

Of the 20 dives at least 10 should be carried out from boats, on at least 10 the student should act as dive leader and at least six dives should show experience of depths greater than 30m.

On at least five occasions, including at both known and unfamiliar sites, the student should act as Dive Marshal.

LESSON SUMMARY

Lesson Code	Lesson Title	Key components
AT1	The Role of the Advanced Diver	Senior diver and Dive Marshal for unknown sites, charts, tides, weather
AT2	Advanced Diving	Personal & equipment considerations, other diving gases/systems, developing own experience
AT3	Organising diving - different platforms	DM and organising, Cox'n/Skipper liaison, crewing on boats, ropework
AP1	Expedition Planning
AT4	Review of Diving Conditions & on_site first aid
AO1	Diving and Rescue skills Review
AO2	Rescue Management Review
AP2	Dive Planning and marshalling	For an unknown site

Notes:

1. BSAC DIVERS, Sports Divers and above, are Technical divers trained to undertake Decompression diving.

2. The award of a BSAC diving qualification is only made by the Branch Diving Officer / School Chief Instructor when the candidate is considered sufficiently competant after completion of all training and assessments. Completion of a training course does not infer qualification.

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