Technical Diving
As a BSAC Technical Centre, we offer the complete range of technical training including Technical Instructor Courses.
Accelerated Decompression Procedures Diver Find out More
This is a new course and replaces the
older Advanced Nitrox course. The skills and procedures are quite
different. Using specially prepared tables, the course will concentrate
on the use of 50% and 70% nitrox mixes to shorten in water
decompression and include the practical skills and theory needed to
carry this out safely. ADPD has a depth range of 40 metres and the
minimum requirement is Sports Diver with Gold standard buoyancy or
equivalent. It is now the entry level to other technical coursesADP Workshop for
Advanced Nitrox Divers Find out More!
There is a workshop we can run for
divers who have already qualified as Advanced Nitrox divers and who
wish to upgrade to the new ADP qualification. Enhances what you have
already learned and this course is far more relevant to the type of
diving being undertaken by sports divers today!Gas Blender Find out More!
We run courses on gas blending and this can be done for just nitrox or all the way to full mixed gas. If you need compressor operation as well, we can run that at short notice for you.Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR) Air Diluent Find out More!
Using the APD Inspiration or Evolution CCR, this course covers all the theory, sheltered water exercises, practical workshops and dives needed to start diving this unit safely. You should allow 6 days for this course to cover all the elements. Minimum level of ADP is needed and an open mind! Starting to dive a rebreather is almost like starting again. After the course we recommend a regime of build up dives to enhance and embed the new skills learned on the course.
In return for your hard work, you gain extended dive times, less decompression, silent bubble free diving, getting closer to marine life and the positive effects of breathing a warm, moist gas.
Sports Mixed Gas - Open Circuit or Closed Circuit Rebreather
This
course teaches the skills and theory needed to increase your safety in
the 40 to 50 metre range with the use of normoxic trimix. Gas mixtures
with an oxygen content between 20% and 23% are described as normoxic.
Anyone currently diving in the 40 to 50 metre range on air should
consider this course because of the enhanced safety and lower narcosis
levels.The course can be extended by a further day to gain the Explorer Mixed Gas certificate, enabling diving to 60 metres.
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Explorer
Mixed Gas Diver - Open Circuit or Closed Circuit Rebreather
This
course can be done in place of, or as a 1 day extension to the Sports
Mixed Gas and gives you the knowledge and skills to use normoxic trimix
to 60 metres. The main difference is in the amount of gas / bailout
needed for the deeper diving and two sidemounts of minimum 7 litres are
recommended.Diver at 60 metres on wreck of UB65 - The Haunted U-Boat
If you want to dive with more safety in the 40 to 60 metre range then Trimix will add safety to your dive. The Explorer Mixed Gas course teaches the use of Normoxic mixes and depending on the level of training you select, has a maximum depth for the qualification of 60 metres.