Rickmansworth Sub-Aqua Club

Training

Rickmansworth Sub-Aqua Club is proud to have 5 high quality instructors.  We are able to train both beginners and more experienced divers and we are happy to run conversion courses for divers coming from other backgrounds.

BSAC Diver Qualifications

Ocean Diver
This course provides you with the essential knowledge and skills needed to prepare for open water diving. Learning to dive is all about learning to use your equipment properly and safely. The Ocean Diver training course concentrates on preparing you for this in the safety of a swimming pool or sheltered water and then introducing you to open water in a controlled and safe manner. This also gives you the opportunity to practice safety skills in the company of a qualified instructor or experienced diver.

Sports Diver
In Sports Diver training, the emphasis is on building a sound foundation of open water diving skills and experience through a series of structured practical lessons. Once you have gained this open water experience with a qualified instructor, you are ready to take part in dives with other Sports Divers or those of higher grades.

Dive Leader
Dive Leader training concentrates on the responsibilities and safety aspects of leading other divers on an open water dive. Practical lessons in rescue management and rescue skills will give you the confidence and ability to deal with those unforeseen emergencies. Leading a dive will develop your enjoyment, confidence and experience as a diver.

Advanced Diver
The Advanced Diver course further develops your knowledge and skills. You will gain experience in planning and organising dives at different sites and under different circumstances. Additional experience will be gained in using small boats, chartwork. navigation and many other related skills. The BSAC consider this grade a fully trained diver.

First Class Diver
The BSAC's highest diving grade which requires a higher than average level of theoretical knowledge, organisational and personal diving skills. The First Class Diver award is a culmination of a number of years' of diving experience. BSAC 1st Class Divers are assessed through nationally conducted examinations.

RSAC Training

We run a yearly Safety First Course which brushes up on the skills we use on a week to week basis in diving, including first aid and rescue skills.

BSAC will always encourage Divers to advance their diving skills. This will enable them to dive with more confidence, safety and enjoyment.  Many of these courses count towards a higher diving qualification.  Some examples are:

 

Oxygen Administration	Boat Handling	Diver Cox'n
Marine Life Identification	Life Saver Award	Search & Recovery
Practical rescue Management	Extended Rage Diving	Nitrox Diving
Dive Planning & Marshalling	Snorkel Training	Drysuit Diving

Details of these can be found here:     http://www.bsac.org/techserv/sdc/index.html

RSAC are part of the BSAC Eastern Region who run many SDCs locally.  These courses can be found and booked here.  

A number of Skill Development Courses can be run within RSAC, these include:  Boat Handling, Oxygen Administration, Drysuit Diving, Life Saver Award, Snorkel Training, Search & Recovery and the Dive Marshalling Courses.

We also write and run new lectures and practical sessions, the most recent was on Marine Distress Flares, and in the future we will be preparing lectures on The Global Positioning System (GPS) and Advanced Decompression Theory.

Aside from the SDC courses, RSAC run a number of lectures throughout the year on various subjects including 'Introduction to VHF Radios', 'Marine Distress Flares' and 'Weather to Dive'.