TRAINING

As we are an amateur club, we aim to keep the cost of training to a minimum. However, our aim is to provide the same levels of safety, or better, than commercial training organisations, and to that end we share information with them, as well as taking advice from the Health and Safety Executive. Our Sub Aqua Association is affiliated to CMAS, an international diving organisation, and our qualifications are recognised and accepted worldwide. Your training will begin with a swimming ability and fitness assessment in the swimming pool.
Then you will be introduced to Scuba diving equipment, and shown how it works.
You will be taught all the individual skills you need to dive safely. At the same time you will partake in a series of informal lectures which will teach you all you need to know at this stage about the theory of diving and dive safety.
The emphasis will be on helping you to learn at your own pace. As soon as we think you are ready, you will then be taken to dive in a safe open water site, by an experienced and qualified Open Water Diving Instructor. After that, before qualifying as a Club Diver you will gradually build up your experience and diving skills over a number of dives with another diver who has been chosen, and well trained, to guide and advise trainee divers.
There are some medical conditions which cause problems for divers. If you have any sort of medical problem, you must tell us before you start training. We will advise you as to whether or not you need further advice from your own Doctor, or from a qualified diving medical specialist. Physical disabilities may well present problems, but we would like to see if we can work together to solve them.
We are currently reviewing our charges for training, but you should budget for about £200 in addition to your club membership fees.