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THE BRITISH SUB-AQUA CLUB established 1953 - DIVING FOR DIVERS

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BSAC EXTENDED RANGE DIVING COURSE

AIM

To promote more efficient, successful and safe deep diving techniques. To encourage a responsible and flexible approach to extedned range diving. To identify the areas of potential problems, discuss the possibilities of management and resolution in practice. To provide a pool of information from which may be selected whatever is achievable and relevant to any specific extended range dive being considered.

DURATION

Three Days.

ENTRY GRADE

BSAC Dive Leader

BSAC Advanced Nitrox Diver

Certificate of Fitness to Dive.

COURSE

10 Classroom Sessions

3 Dry practical Sessions

3 Dives

SYLLABUS

Day 1

Assemble, Introductions, Administration

1. Classroom Lesson: ERDT1 An Introduction to Extended Range Diving

• What is ERD?
• Why do it?

• What does it require?
• The BSAC ERD Course

2. Classroom Lesson: ERDT2 Personal Preparation for Extended Range Diving
• Awareness, responsibility, attitude

• Training, self-reliance, physical and mental preparation
• Managing stress, coping with narcosis

3. Classroom Lesson: ERD3 Decompression Diving

• Tools - Tables, PC Software, Dive Computers
• Run Time Management

• Rich Nitrox mixes, Oxygen Tracking
• Good Decompression Practice

4. Dry Practical: ERDP1 Decompression Planning

5. Classroom Lesson: ERDT4 Personal Equipment

• Bottom Gas Systems
• Decompression Gas Systems
• Combining systems
• Configuring Regulators and Guages
• Buoyancy Compensators
• Diving suits
• Support equipment
• Surface survival
• Equipment Rigging and Configuration

6. Dry Practical: ERDP2Personal Equipment Preparation

7. Dive: ERDD1 Dive 1 10m

8. Classroom: ERDT5 Dive Debrief

Day 2

9. Classroom Lesson: ERDT6 Group Equipment

• The Platform: Hard Boats, RIBs, Liaison with skipper
• Decompression systems

10. Classroom Lesson: ERDT7 Extended Range Dive Planning

• Dive Team Agreements

• Dive Planning
• Support divers
• Emergency / Contingency plans

11. Dry Practical: ERDP3 Practical Dive Planning

12. Dive: ERDD2 Dive 2 20m

13. Classroom: ERDT8 Dive Debrief

Day 3

14. Dive: ERDD3 Dive 3 50m

15. Classroom: ERDT9 Dive Debrief

16. Classroom: ERDT10 Open Forum

• Course Debrief


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