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Does the club have many resources ?
Our main attraction has to be the compressor and gas-mixing facility , which benefits all members from our newest trainees to our mixed-gas closed-circuit rebreather divers . It enables us to offer specialised training such as compressor courses , nitrox mixing and gas blending . We have just negotiated time at a local school pool , which will allow us to more easily train students within the branch ,
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28 something that has been a barrier in the last couple of years . We have offered the school a series of try dives for their students , and have received a very positive response , so we are busy arranging dates .
How many active trainee divers do you have ?
We have two divers just starting training , with a potential four more starting Ocean Diver soon . We are fortunate to have a strong instructor team so we can organise
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At the Farnes training as needed rather than making students wait . A Sports Diver course is already underway with a different instructor team , another benefit of having plenty of instructors among our members . One Dive Leader trainee is in the middle of practical skills training and we have offered Advanced Diver training to five members . We have found the new BSAC app very useful because instructors can easily follow the progress of students as they complete each stage of the theory course .
Who is in the instructor team ?
We have 10 instructors just waiting to help you with your training : an Assistant Diving Instructor ; five Open Water Instructors ; four Advanced Instructors ; three of our team are also Snorkelling Instructors . Depending on how much time an Ocean Diver student has , we can arrange training with the help of our local partner commercial centre or in the traditional BSAC way on a weekly basis with the club . Two of our most recent new members used the centre partnership method .
What other training is popular with members ?
To start the season in January we ran a basic life support , automated external defibrillator and first aid update evening for our whole instructor team , to make sure we were all up to date . A recent photo workshop with upcoming underwater photographer Roisin Maddison proved very popular with members . Accelerated Decompression Procedures probably gets the most interest of the Skill Development Courses . Compressor courses are a must for anyone wanting to fill cylinders and we are encouraging all members to take part in a Rescue Management course in the near future .