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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.
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