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Being Underwater - Pool Training OS1
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1. Briefing
2. Entry into shallow water without equipment by ladder or wading
3. Fit and practice with mask, fins and snorkel - standing depth
Mask demisting/fitting
Method of securing snorkel
Breathing through snorkel, face
submerged, static
Flood snorkel/clear by blowing
(static, standing)
Fit fins, finning action on
back and front
Flood/clear snorkel while finning,
face submerged
Remove fins, mask & snorkel.
4. Kit up with the SCUBA unit and carry out buddy checks
5. Breathing from a demand valve, standing depth
6. Buoyancy control - standing depth
Inflate and deflate the BC on
the surface, using the direct feed
7. Swimming on the surface on the back, BC inflated - standing depth
Finning action
Attitude in the water
8. Buoyancy check and swimming underwater - standing depth
Buoyancy check - fin pivot
Swim underwater
9. Swimming underwater - to/in/from deeper water
Buoyancy adjustment with changing
depth
Finning action and attitude
control
10. Remove equipment
11. Exit from shallow water by ladder or wading
12. Debriefing
13. Equipment care
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Basic Skills - Pool Training OS2
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1. Briefing
2. Prepare SCUBA unit
Assembly and functional check
3. Kit up and buddy check
4. Entry into shallow water by ladder or wading
5. Buoyancy check, standing depth
6. Swimming on surface, BC inflated
On back, BC inflated
On front, breathing from DV,
BC partially inflated
Swimming on surface changing
from demand valve to snorkel
7. Breathing without a mask, nose submerged, standing depth
8. Retrieving and clearing demand valve - standing depth
Demand valve clear - exhale,
perform twice
Demand valve clear - purge button,
perform twice
Retrieve demand valve and clear,
perform twice
(Competence/confidence performance
standard)
9. Mask clearing, standing depth
Initial clear
Progressive flood
Remove & replace
10. Use of alternative air source - standing depth
As donor and recipient
11. Swimming underwater to deeper water
12. Controlled ascent and descent using BC - deeper water
'Mini' ascent/descent
Ascent/descent
13. Swimming underwater to shallower water
14. Exit water by wading or via steps
15. Remove SCUBA unit
16. Debriefing
17. Equipment care
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Developing Skills - Pool Training OS3
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1. Briefing
2. Preparing SCUBA unit
Assembly
Functional check
3. Kit up and buddy check
4. Entry into deeper water using stride entry
5. Controlled descent into deeper water
6. Swim underwater to standing depth
Finning action
Buoyancy control
7. Mask clearing - recap in standing depth
Partial flood
Full flood
Remove & replace
8. Breathing from a free flowing demand valve - standing depth
9. Swim to deeper water
10. Mask clearing in deeper water
Partial flood
Full flood
Remove & replace
Competence/confidence performance
standard)
11. Use of alternative air source - deeper water
Static, as donor and recipient
AAS ascent, as donor and recipient
12. Buoyancy control
BC inflator stuck open
Mid water hover
(Competence/confidence performance
standard)
13. Normal ascent from deeper water
14. Deep water exit via ladder
15. Debriefing
16. Equipment care
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Beyond the Basics - Pool Training OS4
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1. Briefing
2. Prepare SCUBA unit
Assembly
Functional check
3. Kit up and buddy check
4. Entry into deep water using backward roll
5. Make a controlled descent in deep water
6. Mask clearing in deeper water
Remove & replace
7. Finning without mask
8. Forward rolls - deeper water
9. Ascent in buddy pairs
10. Remove SCUBA unit (and weights/belt) at surface and exit from
deeper water
11. Kit up in snorkelling equipment
12. Enter deep water by forward roll
13. Surface dives in deeper water
Surface dive/surfacing drill,
repeat several times
Snorkel clearing - displacement
method
Consolidation
(Competence/confidence performance
standard)
14. Exit as for a small boat
15. Debriefing
16. Equipment care
(Competence/confidence performance
standard)
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Safety Skills - Pool Training OS5
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1. Briefing
2. Prepare SCUBA unit
Assembly
Functional check
(Competence/confidence performance
standard)
3. Kit up and buddy check
(Competence/confidence performance
standard)
4. Enter deep water using a forward roll
5. Use of alternative air source - deeper water
AAS ascent, as both donor and
recipient
(Competence/confidence performance standard)
6. Towing a casualty - standing depth
Towing hold - static
Tow
7. Controlled buoyant lift (CBL) - deeper water
'Self' lift
'Mini' CBL
CBL
'Rescue' CBL
CBL and tow
(Competence/confidence performance standard)
8. Deep water exit, via ladder
9. Debriefing
10. Equipment care
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