Qualify your Sports Diver trainees as Advanced Ocean Divers...
This form is to be used for divers who are progressing towards Sports Diver and wish to gain Advanced Ocean Diver as an interim qualification. It should be completed by the lead instructor.
You can find more information on this process here.
Students must:
- Be members of BSAC
- Be an Ocean Diver (or equivalent with Nitrox qualification)
- Possess a Sports Diver training pack
- Complete all training elements below
The following training needs to be satisfactorily completed before the AOD qualification can be awarded:
- AOT1 – Introduction to deep diving
- AOT2 or ST3 – Equipment and techniques
- AOT3 or ST4 – Deeper diving
- AOT4 or ST5 – Breathing gas planning and systems
- AOD or SD – Theory assessment
- AOO1 or SO2 – Use of surface marker buoy
- AOO2 and AOO3 or SO4 – Compass navigation and DSMB deployment
- AOX25 and AOX30 – Depth progression
Once this form has been completed then students can apply for their qualification using the Payment required qualification card form which will incur a small administrative fee.
All fields marked with * are required.
