Events around the Region

All year - Available Diving Spaces

Date	Details
Mon 21 Jan 2008	2008 SDC Events The list of this year's SDCs have been added to the list of events. In addition we will be running a Wreck Appreciation course on 26/27 April, Sports Mixed Gas Diver course 10/11/17 May. To book onto a course contact either Tim Holt s.sdco@bsac.com (01962 889467) or me southern.coach@bsac.com (07957 169027) Regards Mike PS ITS events are booked at BSAC headquarters.
Tue 29 May 2007	Dive Survey Each year the BSAC produces an incident report. The incidents are referenced to a background of two million dives carried out each year in the UK. The aim of this survey is to verify or otherwise the two million dives carried out. In June at various key sites divers will be asking you for you help in answering some general questions related to your experience and qualifications. Names will not be taken. To help us identify 8 key sites in Southern Region, can each branch identiy 3 sites it dives from or at within Southern Region. Please send an e-mail with your three sites to southern.coach@bsac.com. Title your e-mails with "Dive Survey" please. Thanks Mike
Fri 04 May 2007	Tim Holt - Southern SDCO Contact details Tim has recently moved house and has changed his telephone number. You can now phone him on 01962 889467. You can either e-mail Tim or me if you want to book onto a course. Our e-mail addresses are Tim - s.sdco@bsac.com or Mike - southern.coach@bsac.com Tim's address is 11, Springvale Road, Kings Worthy Hampshire SO23 7LT Regards Mike
Tue 24 Apr 2007	Mixed Gas Instructor & ERD Instructor Workshops BSAC Southern Region Sports Mixed Gas (“SMG”) and Advanced Mixed Gas (“AMG”) Instructors BSAC has introduced mixed gas diver training courses. The first is a Sports Mixed Gas diver course which can be completed in two days and qualifies a diver to 50m using mixed gas. If the divers completing the SMG course complete a third day of training they would be qualified to dive to 60m. The other course is the Advanced Mixed Gas course, which will qualify divers to 80m The region needs to ensure that it has sufficient SMG and AMG Instructors to meet the anticipated demand in the Southern Region from members who wish to qualify as SMG or AMG divers. It is expected that the initial demand from members will be for SMG training as this is a initial mixed gas course offered by BSAC. The region therefore needs to ensure, initially, that it has the requisite number of SMG instructors to meet the initial demand and then to develop the instructor base to meet the demand for AMG training. It is estimated that the region requires 10 SMG Instructors to meet the initial anticipated demand for SMG training which will hopefully increase over time. AMG instructors will also be needed and the estimated initial requirement is for 4 AMG instructors. We expect that the instructor requirement for the 2008 season will be primarily for SMG instructors and that the need for AMG instructors will start in the 2009 season. Instructors need to be approved by instructor trainers to teach these courses. The region will need to qualify instructors in order to run these mixed gas courses. The region has set up a programme to qualify instructors as SMG or AMG instructors. The programme is open to all BSAC Openwater Instructors who are also qualified advance nitrox instructors and have the necessary mixed diving gas experience. Anyone who qualifies as either a SMG or AMG instructor will also be granted approved ERD instructor status. The instructor standards for a SMG instructor are set out on the BSAC website at www.bsac.org/uploads/documents/Resources/Technical_Diver/SMG_Diver_Syllabus_v00.pdf. Please note that the standard states that the instructor requires 100 hours of varied mixed gas experience whereas the SMG syllabus at http://www.bsac.org/uploads/documents/Resources/Technical_Diver/SMG_Diver_Syllabus_v00.pdf states that the requirement is 50 hours of varied mixed gas experience. The region understands that the requirement as stated in the SMG syllabus of 50 hours is the correct level of experience needed i.e. 50 hours. The instructor standards for an AMG instructor are set out on the BSAC website at http://www.bsac.org/uploads/documents/Resources/Technical_Diver/Standard_BSAC_OC_AMG_Instr_V01.pdf. The region is inviting people who are interested in qualifying as either a SMG or an AMG approved instructor to complete the attached Mixed Gas Instructor Application Form (Appendix A) and return it to the Southern Region Technical Diver Training Co-ordinator, Angus Saunders, angussaunders@btinternet.com no later than Friday, 15th June Instructors who apply to be granted approved instructor status as either SMG or AMG instructor will be invited to attend the workshops being run by the Southern Region. The workshops consist of: • Training day where the required skills (which are clearly set out in the respective syllabi available from the BSAC website http://www.bsac.org/page/429/open-circuit-mixed-gas.htm ) will be demonstrated with the opportunity to practice these skills under the supervision of an Instructor Trainer (being planned for June 2007) • Training day for everyone to polish their skills in advance of the Instructor Workshop (being planned for August/September) • An Instructor Workshop under the supervision of an Instructor Trainer (September/October). The detailed content of the Instructor Workshop will be sent to all interested instructors once it becomes available from BSAC HQ. Candidates who successful complete the Instructor Workshop will be granted approved instructor status as either a SMG or an AMG Instructor. Any Nitox instructor who wishes to become an ERD Instructor can also join the training Angus Saunders 21 April 2007 BSAC Southern Region Mixed Gas Instructor Application Form Name Surname Forename Address and telephone Address1 Address 2 Address 3 Address 4 Post code Email address Telephone number (Home) Telephone number (Mobile) BSAC membership details BSAC membership number Diver grade BSAC instructor details Instructor grade Instructor number Other agency mixed gas instructor rating Agency Instructor qualification Mixed Gas Experience Qualification (Highest) Qualification agency Number of mixed gas dives Total mixed gas in water time Mixed Gas Instructor Application Form

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