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SCUBA Course Descriptions
Refresher Course
The refresher is a flexible course, designed to restore your confidence
and reinforce skills that you may not have used for a while. The course
content will vary according to your individual needs.
Refreshers are run concurrently with open water classes, so check with Bryan about scheduling and availability.
Prerequisites
Program Description
- 1 classroom lecture
- 1 pool session
- 2 open water dives
Manuals and tables are supplied for the course. Full wetsuit, BCD,
regulator (including octopus and gauges) and weight belt are supplied.
Additional cost for ferry fare to Quadra.
Course Cost
Open Water Class
Earns the PADI Open Water diver certification, enabling you to buy/rent
SCUBA equipment, have SCUBA tanks filled and dive without instructor supervision.
Prerequisites
- Swim 200 meters, tread water for 10 minutes.
- Pass a medical questionnaire
- Minimum age - twelve years.
- Minimum weight - 100 pounds.
Program Description
- 5 Knowledge development sessions.
- 4 Skills Development sessions.
- 4 SCUBA dives in open water.
Full wetsuit, BCD, regulator
(including octopus and gauges) and weight belt are supplied for the Open
Water course.
Course Cost
Open Water Crew Pack
Advanced
Develops skills in and introduces you to night diving, deep diving, underwater
navigation and two other specialties that you and your instructor choose.
Prerequisites
Program Description
- 5 Specialty dives.
- Emphasis on learning during actual open water dives.
Students require full dive gear including: depth gauge, timing device,
compass and dive light. To rent basic gear for the advanced course is half price. Cost for the dive charter is extra.
Course Cost
Rescue diver Program
This program teaches you how to recognise and prevent a diving accident before it occurs, and how to respond if one does.
Prerequisites
- Advanced Open Water Course
- First Aid Course and CPR are needed for certification.
Program Description
- 12 open water training exercises
- Emphasises flexibility and adapting the diver to personal and environmental
conditions
- A demanding and serious, but fun and rewarding program.
Course Cost
- $299.00 includes The PADI Rescue Manual.
PADI divemaster
Qualifies you to assist PADI instructors with students in training, and
to conduct the Skin diver, Discover Local diving and Scuba Review programs.
Prerequisites
- Rescue diver certification.
Program Description
- A comprehensive program in three main phases: Waternmanship, Knowledge
Development and Practical Application
- Develops knowledge and watermanship to the instructor level.
Course Cost
Enriched Air diver
Have you ever heard of nitrox or enriched air? Ever wondered what
that was all about? Perhaps you find it annoying that your dives are
limited by short no decompression time. Wouldn't it be nice to extend
your bottom time safely?
In essence, nitrox is any breathing gas where the percentage of
oxygen has been altered in the gas mix. With elevated oxygen, you can
reduce the amount of nitrogen that is absorbed in your body during a
dive (compared to plain compressed air). This can give you more no
decompression dive time during your dive and it can accelerate the
off-gassing of nitrogen during your safety stops.
Prerequisites
- 15 years of age or older
- Open Water rating or higher
Program Description
- We cover enriched air compatible equipment, gear markings,
tank filling and analysis, air equivalency and using 36% and 32%
enriched air tables.
- There will be 2 check-out dives using enriched air.
Course Cost
- $199.99 per person includes the airfills for the dives, a
classroom session, 2 ocean dives, and the TDI
certification.
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DiveSafe International
Course information
This course will give the graduate certification to the CSA
standards for an Unrestricted Occupational Scuba Diver. This
certification allows the diver to conduct commercial diving
operations using scuba equipment to a maximum depth of 40
meters (130 feet). The scope of operations allowed under this
level are aquaculture diving, seafood harvesting, engineering
and environmental inspections, archaeological investigations,
public safety diving, search and recovery, police operations,
small vessel maintenance and underwater film/video production.
Course starts: October 2, 2006
Course length: 1 week theory, 4 weeks diving. 8:30 to 5:00 daily.
Course Prerequisites:
- 18 years of age
- Complete a WCB Divers Medical and be certified as “Fit for Diving” by a WCB
recognized physician
- Have certification in First Aid to WCB Occupational Level 1 or equivalent
- Have certification in WHIMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Identification
Systems)
- Pass Math Pre-test
- Certified as a basic recreational diver through a recognized agency
- Have 20 logged dives within the last 12 months
Dive Equipment:
- Students are required to supply all personal sport diving equipment except for scuba cylinders
- Students using dry suits must have a minimum of 5 hours dive time in a dry suit before start
date
- DSI will supply scuba cylinders, air full-face masks, underwater communications and other related equipment
- Call DSI for equipment purchase or rental options
Costs:
- Tuition: $4450.00, a non-refundable deposit of 15% of the course fee will hold your seat
(This amount will be applied to your tuition)
- Books and dive harness: $699.00 + GST
For more information:
www.divesafeintl.com
email: info@divesafeintl.com
phone: (250) 923-3838
fax: (250) 923-3838
WCB Commercial SCUBA Certification
North Island College offers a WCB approved commercial diving course. Please
check out NIC's course description for more information.
Prerequisites
- Basic Open Water Certification
