BSAC Dive Leader Course
Do you want to extend your personal diving skills and plan and lead dives for others?
Are you ready to learn how to manage groups of divers, and develop your rescue-management skills? If so, Dive Leader is the exciting next step in your development as a diver.
Also if you want to become an Open Water Instructor with BSAC you need to be a Dive Leader.
Also if you want to become an Open Water Instructor with BSAC you need to be a Dive Leader.
This course is perfect for BSAC members who want to take a more active role in their club. As a Dive Leader you become an essential team member helping to organise activities at your BSAC club.
The training also prepares you to dive to depths of up to 50 metres in a range of challenging conditions, following a series of post-qualification depth progression dives.
To enrol on a Dive Leader course you must have successfully completed a Sport Diver course (or have equivalent certification from another recognised training agency) and be aged 14 years or older.
Sports Divers aged between 12 and 14 can complete the elements of Dive Leader training that do not require diving deeper than 20m.
Core to Dive Leader training is extending your personal diving to depths of up to 50m so you can plan and lead more adventurous dives needing detailed planning for gas and decompression requirements. Other skills introduced include using ‘lift and shift’ techniques to recover underwater objects.
You’ll also gain the expertise to plan dives for groups of divers, manage dives, and manage a rescue situation in an emergency, including carrying out casualty assessment and administering basic life support with oxygen.
The course includes 12 theory modules, seven open-water training dives, two dry practical lessons and 20 experience dives (which may include your training dives) in a range of underwater conditions.
It’s a continually assessed course, so after your classroom and in-water training, and a theory exam, you’ll just need to complete a selection of experience dives before you can complete your depth progression to 50m.
What you’ll qualify to do
Qualified Dive Leaders are equipped to do more exciting exploratory dives in a wide range of conditions. They can dive with divers of any grade to expand their experience and support Ocean Divers in new conditions and locations, under the supervision of a Dive Manager.
If you are an Assistant Dive Instructor, once you are a Dive Leader you can take your instructing with BSAC to another level.
What diving experiences will this open up for me?
Being competent to dive to 50m opens up the opportunity to take part in more adventurous diving, off the beaten track. As a Dive Leader you’ll also be able to manage and supervise club dives to locations known to the club.
Leading dives and helping to extend the experience of divers in your club is hugely enjoyable – and of course the more experienced your fellow members are, the more fun you can all have.
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Location
As a BSAC Club member it will be a 4-6 month internship with lots of pool sessions, lots of theory sessions and lots of other stuff at the Swindon Sub-Aqua Club in Swindon or at our pool in Bristol depending on course dates. To reduce the overall course costs some parts may be completed by your own club. Get in touch for the full picture, we always meet up with our Dive Leader Candidates before they commit to this course due to it's length and the commitment required.
As a BSAC Club member it will be a 4-6 month internship with lots of pool sessions, lots of theory sessions and lots of other stuff at the Swindon Sub-Aqua Club in Swindon or at our pool in Bristol depending on course dates. To reduce the overall course costs some parts may be completed by your own club. Get in touch for the full picture, we always meet up with our Dive Leader Candidates before they commit to this course due to it's length and the commitment required.
Price
Dive Leader Course
£800*
*This price does not include the dive site fees for Open Water evaluations
Please feel free to contact us for any further information on 07920 556116 or click on our contact page to send us an email and for details on how to book.
Dive Leader Course
£800*
*This price does not include the dive site fees for Open Water evaluations
Please feel free to contact us for any further information on 07920 556116 or click on our contact page to send us an email and for details on how to book.
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