TO BE A DIVER

 POOL TRAINING WITH LOVELY DAVE                                                     LECTURES IN THE CLASS ROOM

If you are interested in learning to Dive checkout the Members Info section for Up To Date information on when the new training sessions start.

Before any diver can progress to the deep blue sea they must first undertake a certain amount of training to enable

them to have gained sufficient experience and knowledge to dive safely. The best and safest way for us to conduct

this training is in a nice warm swimming pool.  Pool training sessions are held in Hawick at the Teviotdale Leisure Centre,

starting in October through to April, on a Wednesday night between 7pm - 9pm. Diving theory lectures are organised

first at 7pm followed by in water pool training from 8pm - 9pm.

All training is Governed by the Scottish Sub Aqua Club ( ScotSAC ).

During your pool training these are just a few of the skills you will learn.

1. How to use a mask and snorkel.

2. How SCUBA equipment works

3. How to assemble and test SCUBA equipment.

4. How to clear a flooded mask underwater.

5. How to communicate with other divers underwater.

6. How the BUDDY system works and how important it is.

7. How the human body reacts to pressure underwater.

8. How to dive safely and to calculate decompression.

9. How to rescue other divers.

10. How to perform vital lifesaving skills.

  Did you know that SCUBA stands for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus? 

After you have completed your Pool training, its then onto the DEEP BLUE SEA where all them fishes swim.

Most of our club members dive all year round in all weathers - even when its snowing a certain few members still

choose to go for a dip !! , but open water training sessions usually start around April (weather and light permitting)

at St. Abbs.

For a Map and directions to St Abbs please click HERE.

Open Water training is basically going over all the skills you have learned in the pool and putting them into

practice in the sea.  Below are some extra skills you will learn during your open water training.

1. How to use a Drysuit ( yes it is dry and warm ).

2. How to navigate underwater using a compass.

3. How to use tide tables.

4. How to dive from a boat.

5. How to dive in reduced visibility.

6. How to work as a dive leader.

7. How to use a DSMB ( delayed surface marker Buoy)

8. How to carry out a simulated decompression dive.

Once you have successfully completed your open water training and you have gained the Sports Diver qualification

the world is your octopus and the deep blue sea can be yours!  BUT....... you don't have to stop learning there. 

There are various courses organised by ScotSAC, to help further your skills and fuel your enthusiasm for diving,

such as master diver, first class diver,  underwater archaeology, deep diving, wreck diving, drift diving, underwater photography, boat handling, oxygen administration and nitrox - to name just a few.

You can also carry on to become a Branch Diving Instructor and help the club train new divers who want to

learn to dive and experience the wonders of the sea.

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