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Accelerated Decompression Procedures ( ADP )
Take your diving to the next level with the Accelerated Decompression Procedures ( ADP ) qualification . This popular course gives you the skills to plan and conduct open-circuit dives with mandatory decompression using gas of up to 36 per cent nitrox on BSAC tables , or 50 per cent nitrox using a multi-mix programmable dive computer . Once qualified , you ’ ll know how to safely use deco gases of up to 80 per cent nitrox , to accelerate decompression , within the depth limits of your diver certification . ADP enables a qualified nitrox diver to use oxygen-rich decompression mixes to achieve optimum off-gassing at deco stops , and promotes self-reliance within buddy diving . To enrol you must have successfully completed a BSAC
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Sports Diver course with a 35m depth certification and nitrox training ( or have equivalent certification from another recognised training agency ). You also need to have successfully demonstrated buoyancy and trim to Gold standard (+ 0.5 m ), with 20 or more logged dives as a Sports Diver , including depth experience to 30m .
This short course delivers a mixture of theory , a dry practical session , dive-planning session , a shelteredwater lesson , and two open-water dives . Once successfully completed , you ’ ll have a better understanding of diving physics and physiology , and its implementation using the BSAC Ox-stop tables . Your practical skills will be improved too , with an awareness of new stage-cylinder diving techniques , including regulator switching , and run-time management , plus slicker kit configuration to achieve redundancy and self-reliance . The BSAC ADP course will give you the confidence to plan more adventurous diving , including gas selection and runtime schedules . To find out more , visit bsac . com / adp