Technical Sidemount
Want to learn how to use your skills for technical applications while sidemount diving.
Prerequisites:
– Minimum age 18
– Minimum certification of Open Water Scuba Diver
What you get out of this course:
– Gain the knowlegde and skills to use sidemount diving for technical activities. (Activite to which you already previously certified)
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Course Requirements:
Theory
– Complete all E-learning Modules before any practical lessons start.
– Dive planning and dive organisation session. This will be completed either in person or through our online classroom
Land Skills
– Gear set up
– Cylinder donning and doffing
– Out of gas donations
– Regulator switching
– Shut down drills
– Gas management
In-water Skills
– Demonstrate various propulsion techniques: frog kick, modified frog kick, modified flutter kick, backwards kick, helicopter turns, and hand pulling if appropriate for the environment
– Demonstrate adequate buoyancy control; ability to hover at fixed position in water column without moving hands or feet
– Demonstrate adequate trim; ability to maintain proper position during the descent, bottom and ascent portion of the dive
– Demonstrate the ability to perform the following exercises while maintaining trim and buoyancy in the water column:
a. Unclipping and attaching sidemount cylinders
b. Perform gas switches with and without a mask
– Demonstrate the ability to safely manage gas in independent cylinders
– Demonstrate conservation, awareness, and back referencing techniques
– Deploy lift bag
– Carry additional cylinder(s); optional