Sports Diver , Dive Leader and Advanced Diver training . In the past year , we have run lots of Skill Development Courses , including compressor operator , gas bending , buoyancy and trim workshops , and accelerated decompression procedures . Most of this happens at our local inland sites : Eight Acre Lake ( 1m ), Ellerton ( 10m ), and Capernwray ( 25m ), all within a couple of hours drive from of our base .
PHOTO : ANDREW ARMSTRONG
What does your instructor team look like ?
We have an Advanced Instructor , an Assistant Advanced Instructor , four Open Water Instructors , two Assistant Diving Instructors , two Club Instructors [ Club
All smiles at the beach clean
Reeling around the Farnes
Instructor is a pre-2002 instructor who can teach open water lessons to their own diver qualification level , without the need for another qualified instructor to be present but who may not supervise assistant instructors in open water training ] and a Theory Instructor . We also have a Diving for All instructor . Our team of instructors are all fantastic , supported by our brilliant Training Officer , Marie Armstrong , who somehow manages to organise instructors and trainees every week . Having such a large instructor group has been really helpful as we have grown and has been something we have been keen to show in our recent successful grant applications .
What are you proud of from the past year , and what are you looking forward to next year ?
The move from our old premises to our new one was our focus last year . We would really like to grow our membership in the next few years and develop the type of diving we are doing . We hope to get that RIB , so that we can offer a more diverse range of diving locally and around the UK .
We have had a really fantastic year and hope we can continue to go from strength to strength next year as well . Our doors are open to divers of all levels , from enthusiastic trainees to seasoned experts . �
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Buddy checks in progress
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