Category Archives: Training Events

BSAC First Aid for Divers SDC

Another very enjoyable course run by Chris Woods this weekend with the help of Garry Bolland. The practicals in this course are always fun and those from this course were no exception. Plenty of practice tending to a variety of symptoms using anything to hand.

Great turn out again for this SDC, with lots of members having their first go as well as plenty returning as a refresher.

The BSAC First Aid for Divers SDC is a one-day course that teaches the basics of non-resuscitation first aid likely to be needed in the diving environment. There is lots of practice on the course giving you the confidence to give first aid in a real emergency. It includes making use of the resources likely to be available at the time including improvisation of dressings and splints using materials and equipment commonly found at the dive site or in a boat.
If you already have first aid training, this course is a quick and easy way to ‘practice, practice, practice’ your skills, while learning the best way to apply them in diving.

Contact Chris Woods for details on further courses.

BSAC Oxygen Administration SDC – March 2019

Another successful Oxygen Admin SDC was run by Chris Woods this weekend, ably assisted by Garry Bolland. The classroom was full with plenty of club members doing the course for the first time as well as a number returning for a refresher.

The course Chris runs is heavily biased towards practical sessions giving everyone plenty of opportunity to select the right equipment for the situation as well as to assemble and use the kit correctly in a variety of simulated scenarios.

Although the course has a serious side everyone enjoyed a fun day practicing with both the club kit as well as Chris’s own personal kit.

A successful day was rounded off with everyone passing the exam at the end of the course. Good result all round.

The BSAC Oxygen Administration SDC has a mix of classroom-based and practical lessons, teaching:
• Basic life support
• Use of the pocket mask
• Oxygen and diving incidents and how they benefit from oxygen
• Casualty assessment
• The use of oxygen administration equipment

Contact Chris Woods if you are interested in any future courses.

Chartwork and Position Fixing SDC
Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May 2019

By popular demand there will be another running of the BSAC Chartwork and Position Fixing SDC in May this year. This course builds on the Boat Handling SDC and helps towards the Diver / Coxwain assessment.

The course involves a number of classroom lectures and practical exercises followed by time out on the river putting it all to good use.

There is an entry sheet on the notice board if you wish to take part. A
£25 deposit will be needed before the end of January.

CCR Try Dive

Date: January 24th 19:30 to 20:30
Organiser: John Rice

Simon Fryer will bringing his CCR units to club and will be able to offer 4 CCR try dives in the hour available on club night. The cost will be £26.10 each diver.

Simon will hold further sessions if there is sufficient interest.

Contact John for a place.

Organiser: John Rice
Date: 19:30 – 21:30 Thursday 10th January

Another opportunity to learn to how to safely fill your own cylinders, and assist others with their tanks too. Alistair Reynolds will be running the course over a few weeks with the theory sessions delivered in the clubhouse, and the practical sessions in the compressor room/boathouse.

The theory side of this SDC has now been completed and practical sessions are taking place over the next few weeks.

Anyone interested in this course should contact Chris Woods to check when it will be run again.

Chartwork and Position Fixing SDC
Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th December 2018

This weekends Chartwork and Position Fixing SDC was a fantastic success. All those who attended really enjoyed the course put together by Gary Bolland and Geoff Oldfield.

Along with Gary and Geoff, Alan Jones, Alistair Reynolds, Stuart Langley, and Tony Fitz were also on hand to give lectures on Nautical Charts, Position Fixing, Tides, Locating Dive Sites and Passage Planning.

As well as the lectures there were plenty of practical exercises Gary had put together to put the theory into practice and building towards a usable voyage plan.

Geoff also gave us a demonstration of an amazing piece of software from Neptune Navigation, which for just over £100 gives access to all the UK charts, tides and many wreck sites details. Click here for more details.

Unfortunately the weather prevented us from taking the boats out on the river for the water based part of the course so this has been put off until Sunday 7th April.

Everyone who attended the course would like to thank all the instructors for giving up their weekend and passing on their extensive knowledge of all the subjects covered. Its great to have this about of experience available to club members.