Scottish Sub-Aqua Club 2005

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Scottish Sub-Aqua Club 2005

• Clare Peddie
• BSAC National Diving Officer
• BSAC Update

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Introduction

• The BSAC National Diving Committee
• Aims for NDC
• Report on 2004

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National Diving Officer

• The National Diving Officer is a volunteer who
  is responsible for all the technical aspects of
  diving, safety and training.
• National Diving Officer heads a National Diving
  Committee.
• Five groups
• Diving
• Diver Training
• Instructor Training
• Technical
• Services

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Aims

• To promote going diving
• To build on the BSAC Diver Training Programme
• To produce quality support materials for quality
  skill development courses
• To maintain high standards in instructing and
  diving

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Aims

• To encourage wider knowledge
• To encourage expertise excellence
• To promote equality of standards in our branches,
  regions schools
• To be open minded, inclusive welcoming

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Diving Group

• Branch diving
• Expeditions
• Incident reporting
• Equality Accessibility
• Wreck respect archaeology
• Environmental education

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Diving Group

• BSAC Expeditions scheme
• 5000 a year to promote BSAC diving
• Expeditions in own territory
• Not holidays should involve research
• Report system - published
• Information gathering for the benefit of divers
• Role for our First Class Divers
• Encourage Jubilee Trust funding
• Look for sponsorship

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Diver Training Group

• Diver Training Programme
• All grades Ocean to First Class
• Skill Development Courses
• Safety and rescue skills
• Snorkel Diver Training

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Diver Training Group

• Release of new Boat Handling
• Diver Coxn materials
• Prepared by Combined Diving Associations
• BSAC took a leading role
• Recognised by the MCA
• International Certificate of Competence
• Commercial Endorsement

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Diver Training Group

• Development of new
• Skill Development Courses
• Ice Diving
• Wreck Diving
• Photography
• Marine Life
• Review of all current Skill Development Courses
• Suitable for Snorkellers

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Instructor Training Group

• National Instructor
• Advanced Instructor
• Open Water Instructor
• Instructor Training Scheme

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Instructor Training Group

• Completed National Instructor review
• Currently reviewing Advanced Instructor Course
  and Exam

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New Aspects of the National Instructor Exam

• Greater emphasis on teaching
• Pool work - Instructor Trainer group work
• Large Boat Exploratory dive
• Project Dive Advanced Skill Task
• Teaching Coaching AI and FCD
• Dry Practical Session Core Skills
• Rescue Scenarios

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New Aspects of the National Instructor Exam

• Assessment Skills
• Critically appraise Practical Instructor Teaching
• Assess Open Water Instruction and feedback
• Marshalling Skills
• Planning and marshalling in small boats

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Key changes to the National Instructor Exam

• More teaching of instructors
• More Assessment skills

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Technical Group

• SCR Rebreathers
• CCR Rebreathers
• Mixed Gas Diving
• Nitrox
• Gas Blending

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Achievements in 2004

• BSAC SCR Course Dräger Dolphin
• Controlled release June 2004
• Full release December 2004
• Flexible Course
• Built on DTP programme structure
• Visual Aids
• Detailed Instructor Manual
• Student Manual
• Prompt Cards
• Quality Assurance Support Materials
• Pilots
• UK
• Overseas
• Schools

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Achievements in 2004

• BSAC CCR Course APD Inspiration
• Full Release December 2004
• Flexible Course
• Built on DTP programme structure
• Lesson Content
• Confined Water 120 minutes
• Open Water 380 minutes
• 8 Lectures
• Dry practical 120 minutes
• Instructor rollout programme 2005

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Other progress

• Classic KISS Rebreather
• Max PO2 1.4 bar
• Rebreather use re-evaluated
• ITS
• SDC
• DTP
• Technical Safe Diving
• Streamlined Rebreather approval process

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2006

• Pilot first level mixed gas courses
• CCR
• Open Circuit
• Ongoing Developments
• New Rebreather Unit Specific Courses
• Gas Blending for Branches
• Nitrox SDCs revision update

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• Thank you very much for your time
• Any questions