Other Courses
The extra courses we can offer depend entirely on the qualifications and experience of the instructors we have in the club at any given time. Essentially a qualified instructor can run a BS-AC "skills development course" if they have been a student on that course themselves. There are some courses that have additional requirements.
There is a wide range "Skills Development Courses" offered by BSAC. Visit the BSAC website to see the full range.
Given sufficient demand any BSAC course can be organised by bringing in instructors from other Gulf countries.
At the moment the club is able to offer Oxygen Administration and Compressor Operator using just our own instructors.
Oxygen Administration Course
(at cost)
Minimum Entry Level: BSAC Ocean Diver
This is a one-day course and if you only ever do one extra diving course this should be it. The skills covered form an essential part of the Dive Leader course and students successfully completing the course can sign off 6 dive leader theory sessions in their qualification record books.
We all hope and pray we will never be involved in a "diving incident" but even with the best-laid plans it can happen. Many cases of Decompression Illness (DCI) have occurred even though the diver has kept within the limits set by the dive tables or their dive computer! The other possibility is an uncontrolled ascent leading to barotrauma (burst lung). In either case the symptoms are very similar and the first-aid treatment is identical - administer oxygen!