LEVEL | TECHNICALPREREQUISITESCandidate should be certified as Advanced Nitrox Diver & Deco Procedure Diver
Possess a log book were dives are logged for reference
Liability releases and medical report will be requested prior to course enrollment.
Minimum age requirement: 18 years
100 logged dives at the time of certification
Complete personal SCUBA gear
COURSE BREAKDOWNAcademics: Minimum 5 Hours
OW: 2
Skills to be tested, acquired & expectation to learn:- Advanced decompression dive planning including:
- Gas planning based on equivalent narcotic depths, nitrogen and helium absorption and elimination, CNS and OUT limits, Isobaric Counter diffusion, volume requirements, etc.
- Decompression gas choices - Emergency and contingency planning (equipment failure, omitted decompression, etc)
- Decompression diving procedures
- Equipment selection
- Pre-dive checks and drills
- Stress analysis and mitigation
- Following a decompression schedule
- Gas switching
- Team awareness and communication
- SMB/lift bag deployment
- Proper trim, buoyancy and fining techniques
- Management of multiple decompression/stage cylinders
- Emergency procedures (equipment failures, catastrophic gas loss, omitted decompression, navigational errors, injured/unconscious diver, etc)
- Equipment considerations, cylinder labeling, analyzing Trimix, Nitrox and mixes, and gas blending procedures
RATECourse Fees are USD 750- (excluding Gazes & eLearning)
SCHEDULE Schedules are based on availability and your preferred timing.
Sessions will be scheduled sequentially after each previous session.
CERTIFICATIONNo certifications are to be issued unless all the below are met:
- Prerequisites met.
- Course fully completed: Online education system, Online exam, Successful Water training.
- Certification is earned.
- Courses fees completely paid.
CONTINUOUS EDUCATIONTrimix Hypoxic , CCR
RULESSkipping a pre-planned/approved session (within 24 hours) will result on a 150$ extra charge per course dive to reschedule the session
After 3 months from date of enrollment, if the course is not fully completed in terms of: Online Course, Online exam and water training dives, it will result on cancelling the course without any compensation.
The course fees are non-refundable in the event: Attendee Stopped, By-passed 3 months or Cancelled for any reason, and if the amount is not fully paid, the diver will be liable for the remaining unpaid balance.
- General SCUBA rules and regulations apply.