Aithne offers her primary reg , performing the skill with perfect buoyancy
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There are some risk assessments to be made with primary donate in a COVID-19 world , and the instructor manual makes this clear with suggestions on how to simulate the skill . Luckily , the student was my partner , Aithne Atkinson , and since we come from the same household , we chose to practise the full skillset . Again with progressive steps and repetition , the student had a chance to condition the response both as donor and recipient .
Finally , on the important point of Duty of Care , not
‘ Our day was ultimately successful , with Aithne meeting and exceeding the required performance standards ’
all buddies will have seen this skill . Simply telling them you will dive in a primary donate configuration in the buddy check isn ’ t a sufficient way of deviating from a core skill . Instead , BSAC recommends you need to inform your buddy well before the dive , perform a dry run , and then repeat it at the surface .
In any case , if a buddy isn ’ t comfortable with primary donate , a method that both divers are comfortable with should be implemented . To finish the day , I informed my student that I keep an alternative souce retainer