The North of Scotland has a wide variety of diving sites with a large coastal area as well as a plethora of locks which can be dived.
All aspects of diving can be catered for be it reefs, walls, interest in marine life or wrecks with the most famous being the wrecks in Scapa Flow. Wherever you are, you’re not far from a dive site and despite the weather can usually find a site that is diveable.
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Your Regional Coach
About Robin Kirkpatrick, North Scotland Region Coach
Over the years Robin has been involved in and with many different diver training agencies, which complements his BSAC position today. He's a member of Dundee Sub Aqua Club where he currently holds the tech dive rep role on the committee, and is a former BSAC Council member. He is also a BSAC Advanced Instructor and Assistant Instructor Trainer.
As an open and closed-circuit diver and qualified to dive trimix at the maximum defined limits, I love expedition and adventurous type diving, especially shipwrecks, but, having said that, I’m just as happy snorkelling. Outside of diving, my professional life now involves me helping companies, organisations and people to develop and improve. You can see the natural synergy with this role.
How we help and support divers and clubs in the North Scotland Region
As Regional Coach my aim is to leverage the already impressive instructor capability that we have, extending from National Instructors all the way through to Open Water Instructors and across the full Skill Development Course (SDC) spectrum. This is a fantastic instructor resource and, with HQ staff support, it will form the resource team which will work hard to meet training needs and aspirations across the region. My role in turn is to lead and support the team.
Training and events in the North Scotland Region
North Scotland regional geography presents divers with amazing opportunities and also some interesting challenges, not least of which being how to deliver effective training and development for divers, at all levels and across such a large area.
For us to be effective we will need to know how we can best support each branch. What training and development is needed? What is essential to support branch development plans? What would be ‘nice to have’? How can we collaborate?
Of course, we need to be realistic and deliver and definitely avoid over promising. To this end, engagement is key and this needs to be a continual process supported by lots of branch visits and, oh yes, diving too.
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Want to join the regional coaching team?
We are always looking for any level of diving instructor to join the Regional team, the more the merrier due to the geographical spread of the region. If you are interested please email the North Scotland Regional Coach.
