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 Qualified BSAC Sports Divers are ready to take part in dives with other Ocean Divers or higher grade divers. Depth can be built progressively to a maximum of 35m after qualfying*. Sports Divers can embark on the first stage of the route of instruction.

Prerequisites
To enrol on the BSAC Sports Diver Course you must be 12 years or older.
You must have already successfully completed a BSAC Ocean Diver course (or qualifying certification from another recognised training agency).

What you'll learn
You'll hone your scuba skills and experience in various areas including rescue skills, Surface Marker Buoys (SMBs) and Delayed Surface Marker Buoys (DSMBs), navigation, techniques with equipment, and more about breathing gas. In addition, BSAC Sports Divers are taught how to support a Dive Manager by acting as their deputy as the first step in developing this important role in support of safe diving. The BSAC Sports Diver course has both practical and classroom lessons run in an integrated sequence. The course includes a sheltered water lesson and five open water lessons.

Qualification and what that means
A BSAC Sports is defined as a diver who is competent to:
• Conduct dives to 20m (if you choose to do the post qualification progress dives, the depth is increased in 5m increments to 35m)
• Conduct dives with a BSAC Ocean Diver within the restrictions of the conditions already encountered by the Ocean Diver
• Conduct dives with another BSAC Sports Diver, within the restrictions of the conditions already encountered during training.
• Conduct dives with a Dive Leader or higher grade, to expand experience beyond the conditions encountered during training, under the supervision of a Dive Manager.
• Use breathing gas mixes up to Nitrox 36
• Plan and conduct dives requiring mandatory decompression stops
• Rescue a casualty and provide basic life support
• Support the role of Dive Manager by acting as a competent deputy

Course cost
Spring Lakes £550 - This includes all necessary manuals, diving equipment and three months membership of BSAC.

Training will begin at Spring Lakes Watersports, Long Eaton before progressing to Stoney Cove, Leicester and Dosthill, Tamworth. 

Insurance
Whilst undergoing training with Diverstime, divers are fully isured anywhere in the world.

Please Note: Before undertaking any training with Diverstime, divers must complete a medical form. Contact us for further details.

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* To complete the depth progression you need be over 14 years old. Those under 14 years can qualify to Sports Diver but can dive to a maximum depth of 20m. 

 As a BSAC Advanced Diver you are a highly qualified branch diver. This course is for divers who are interested in extending still further their skills in planning and supervising diving groups, rescue management skills, whilst building seamanship and developing further leadership qualities.

The BSAC Advanced Diver course develops knowledge and skills. Divers gain experience in planning dives at different sites and circumstances. Additional skills will be gained in using small boats, chartwork and navigation and many other related skills. Advanced Divers who are Open Water Instructors are eligible to progress to Advanced Instructor.

Prerequisites
To enrol on the BSAC Advanced Course you must be 14 years or older. You must have already successfully completed a BSAC Dive Leader course (or qualifying certification from another recognised training agency).

What you'll learn
You will learn dive planning and managment skills through four classroom lessons, two open water lessons, two dry practical lessons and 20 dives (which may include the open water lessons) in a range of conditions, since qualifying as a Dive Leader.

• The BSAC Advanced Diver course covers:
• The role of the BSAC Advanced Diver
• Advanced diving
• Organising diving from different platforms
• Review of diving conditions and on-site first aid
• Expedition planning
• Diving and rescue skills review
• Rescue skills and management review
• Dive planning and management

The BSAC Advanced Diver course has relatively few 'formal' practical lessons and is much more heavily based on a structured broadening of experience, particularly dive management.

Experience dives
The BSAC Advanced Diver syllabus includes open water lessons and experience dives which should total a minimum of 20 dives and 600 minutes underwater time since qualifying as a Dive Leader. To ensure that students receive experience in a range of conditions, the open water dives must include the conditions in the following list. To ensure consolidation of the skill requirements, each of the conditions should be experienced on at least three dives:

• Planned decompression dive - dive involving at least two planned decompression stops
• Dive in tidal waters - dive involving a direct descent following a shot line, to dive on a specific site in a slack water window.
• Drift dive - dive to a minimum depth of 15m in water moving at a speed which precludes a return to the point of entry

Only one of the above conditions may be logged per dive. In addition to the above, a further six dives should include at least three of the following conditions:

• Navigation dive - dive requiring navigation around a site.
• Search dive - a dive involving the utilisation of underwater search techniques.
• No clear surface dive - a dive involving no clear surface, either cavern, wreck penetration or ice diving.
• Mixed gas dive - a dive involving use of mixed gas, either closed circuit rebreather or open circuit.
• Advanced decompression dive - a dive involving advanced decompression techniques and emergency gas deployment using decompression trapeze or lazy shot.
• Surface location dive - a dive involving the surface location of an unknown site using surface searching techniques, followed by suitable precautions when diving an unknown site.

Of the 20 dives:

• At least ten should be carried out from boats.
• On at least ten the student should act as dive leader
• At least six should show depth experience greater than 30m
• On at least five occasions the student should act as Dive Manager (including taking responsibility for carrying out all planning activities):
• At least two should be full day diving activities, to sites which are unknown to the student Dive Manager
• At least one should be for a duration of at least two days, involving overall planning of the event
• The remaining two may be to either known or unknown sites

Qualification and what that means
A BSAC Advanced Diver is defined as a diver who is comprehensively trained, experienced and responsible and who can manage and supervise:
• A wide range of adventurous and challenging diving activities
• Branch diving expeditions to explore unfamiliar locations
• Branch diving activities including dives utilising developing technology and techniques

While Advanced Divers do not necessarily need to be qualified to use emerging technologies themselves, they need to know sufficient about them to understand how to safely incorporate them within branch diving.

Course cost
Please contact us for details. Upwards of £150 per day. Course material not included.

Insurance
Whilst undergoing training with Diverstime, divers are fully isured anywhere in the world.

Please Note: Before undertaking any training with Diverstime, divers must complete a medical form. Contact us for further details.

Waste no more time, make it your time with DIVERSTIME!