Here are a few things you need to know about delivering BSAC training in your dive centre. If you have any questions please call 0151 350 6203 or email BSAC.
Training Ocean Divers
- Centres will need to provide a BSAC Ocean Diver Training Pack to each student, Packs are purchasable from the BSAC Shop.
IMPORTANT – Do not lose the Qualification page or the Qualification Card application instructions that are included in the Student packs. - Deliver the training, following the sequence outlined in the Instructor Manual.
- On completion of the course, complete the student’s Qualification Record Book, signing up all the elements of the Ocean Diver Course and the final Qualification page that was in the pack. Also complete the Qualification Card Application.
- It will be the responsibility of the centre to send the application form and student photograph to BSAC HQ.
Training Sports Divers, Dive Leaders and Advanced Divers
- For training to Sports Diver and above, it is essential that customers are current BSAC members prior to training. It is the responsibility of the centre to verify this with evidence that the customer must provide prior to the start of the course. If in any doubt contact BSAC HQ.
- If the customer is not a current member, they can re-join BSAC online.
- Centres will need to provide the appropriate Training Pack, per student, for the BSAC diver grade. Packs are purchasable from the BSAC Shop.
IMPORTANT – Do not lose the Qualification page or the Qualification Card application instructions that are included in the Student packs. - Deliver the training, following the sequence outlined in the Instructor Manual.
- On completion of the course, complete the student’s Qualification Record Book, signing up all the elements of the Ocean Diver Course and the final Qualification page that was in the pack. Also complete the Qualification Card Application.
- It will be the responsibility of the centre to send the application form and student photograph to BSAC HQ.
Referral training
A BSAC centre can part-train a customer by delivering individual elements of the training and recording what has been completed in the customer’s Qualification Record Book (QRB).
When the part-trained diver presents their QRB at any BSAC centre or BSAC club, the proprietor (or Diving Officer of a club) must recognise this as evidence of training and able to complete the training.
Often a diver may do classroom and pool/sheltered water training in a centre or club in the UK and wish to complete open water dives in warmer waters.
It is the responsibility of the centre or club providing the initial training to supply the customer with the appropriate Training Pack.
The customer must present their part-completed Qualification Record Book to the centre for inspection and the customer must also prove that they have the Student Notes and Qualification Page.
To receive instruction, the customer must also prove that they are a current member of BSAC.
