After completing Dive Leader training, the next step is Advanced Diver. This course covers planning dives, using small boats, using charts, navigation, managing groups of divers in the water and many other related skills.
Prerequisites
To meet the BSAC medical requirements, be confident in the water and to have completed the BSAC Dive Leader qualification or equivalent from another training agency.
The Course
The Advanced Diver course consists of:
- classroom lessons
- dry practical lessons
- dry practical lessons
- open water lessons
- twenty dives in a different range of conditions. These dives must be experienced since qualifying as a Dive Leader.
- a theory test
The club training officer and BSAC can provide more information about the Advanced Diver training course.