How To Teach Advanced Scuba Diver

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How To Teach Advanced Scuba Diver

• UICC 56 / Mike Bove

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What is the Purpose of Advanced?

• To give a Scuba Diver more experience
• To produce a more confident diver
• To allow the Diver to try new areas of interest

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Its Only 6 Dives

• Be sure to make class enjoyable
• Make the student feel they are getting their
  moneys worth!

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What is an Advanced Class?

• How old does the student have to be?
• What are the ratios for an advanced class?
• Is there a written test?
• Which dives are required?

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What is an Advanced Class?

• What is the max depth for an advanced class?
• How many dives can be completed in a day?
• Can dives be combined?

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Resources

• S P Manual
• NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver Kit
• NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver Instructor Guide

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Logistics

• Where am I going to teach my course?

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Logistics

• Why a Local Dive Shop?
• Classroom
• Gear
• Rentals
• Assistants / Support
• Pool
• Referrals
• Dive Charter Boats

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Logistics

• Will you require any lectures for this course
• What dives will be offered
• What equipment will be required
• Do you have the necessary equipment for the dives

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Specialties

• Deep
• Navigation
• Night
• Search Recovery
• Boat Diving
• Hunting Collecting
• Ecology

• Wreck (non-penetration)
• Data collection
• Beach / surf / currents
• Shore Diving
• Photography

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Basic Course Structure

• You can always add to the course
• Buoyancy Clinic
• Gives an idea as the divers skill level /
  comfort
• Fine tune / correct any issues prior to dives
• Neutral buoyancy!

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Buoyancy

• REMEMBER
• Better buoyancy slower breathing better air
  consumption longer bottom time!

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Surface Air Consumption Rate

• SACR
• Why is this useful information?
• But how do we figure out air consumption?

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Getting the SACR

• First we must determine the DACR
• PSI BURNED / TIME PSI per MINUTE
• Lets say weve used 500 PSI in ten minutes at a
  depth of 33 feet. What is our DACR?

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Getting the SACR

• Now we must figure out our depth in ATA or
  atmospheres absolute
• ATA DEPTH / 33 1
• 33 / 33 1 1 2 ATA

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Getting the SACR

• SACR DACR / ATA
• SACR 50 / 2
• 25 PSI / minute

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The 3 Required dives

• Night
• Deep
• Navigation

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Night Dive

• Familiarization Dive
• Dive Should be Slow and Easy
• Special Considerations

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Night Dive Signals

• Distress

• Attention

• OK

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Deep Dive

• Dive Tables
• Cognition and Reaction Time
• Special Consideration

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Navigation Dive

• Practice on Land / Review
• Kick Cycles
• Make it Challenging!

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Questions