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Bradford on Avon Sub Aqua Club

The BSAC Training Syllabus

The British Sub Aqua Club (BSAC) Training Syllabus embraces the following diving/training grades. Further details about BSAC can be found at www.bsac.com

Diving grades:

1. Ocean Diver
2. Sports Diver
3. Dive Leader
4. Advanced Diver
5. First Class Diver

Instructor grades:

1. Assistant Club Instructor
2. Open Water Instructor
3. Advanced Instructor
4. National Instructor

Ocean Diver, Sports Diver and Dive Leader training are primarily done locally within the branch organisation. Instructor training and Advanced Diver training are normally done by attending external training courses. In addition a number of skill development courses are available including: Boat Handling, Diver Cox, Oxygen Administration and First Aid.

Our club normally only runs one full Novice intake each year, usually in November. The aim is to get the delegates to Sports Diver standard by the following Spring so that they can enjoy a seasons diving. As a Sports Diver, you can dive without supervision provided you have at least another Sports Diver as a buddy. The Sports Diver qualification is recognized world wide if you have plans for an exotic holiday and is broadly equivalent to the PADI Advanced Open Water qualification. Full details of the Club and Sports Diver syllabus are contained in our welcome booklet, which can be obtained by clicking here

At other times during the year we run refresher courses on such matters as Diver Rescue and carry out cross over training for prospective members who have non-BSAC qualifications and wish to acquire additional qualifications. Normally such persons are allowed to dive with the club prior to and during the cross over training to the limits imposed by their current qualification.