Course
List with PSA or TDI
Basic Nitrox
Advanced Nitrox
Decompression Procedures
Extended Range
Mixed Gas Diver Level 1 - 60m (Trimix)
Mixed Gas Diver Level 2 - 75m (Trimix)
Mixed Gas Diver Level 3 - 100m (Trimix)
SCR Rebreather
Inspiration CCR MOD 1
Inspiration CCR MOD 2
Nitrox Gas Blender
Advanced Gas Blender
Other courses
include;
Self-Sufficiency
Specialty
Full Face Mask
Overhead-Cave
Overhead-Wreck
Service Technician
Divemaster
Assistant Instructor
Instructor
Instructor Trainer
Instructor Evaluator
Information
given on request
"Special Package Prices "
Take a technical course with your
buddy and discover the benefits of technical diving together!
Learn to use optimal nitrox mixes
and deco gases to safely go beyond 'no stop' limits...
Learn all about mixed gas diving,
stage bottles and decompression theory in a safe environment...
From nitrox to trimix, rebreather
and beyond, our instructors are some of the best in the business...
Take your diving beyond the limits
of recreational diving with our range of technical courses, and
rebreather try dives.
Some PSA programs
may require the candidate to travel to locations such as Stoney Cove, Vobster Quay, Portland, Plymouth,
Chepstow or even
Red Sea for training.
Please request booking forms through our contact
page.
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PSAI
Training Centre # 58.
Specialising
in the more advanced disciplines of diver training.
PSAI The
professional Scuba Association International is one of the oldest scuba instructional training
agencies in the world, and was the first internationally recognisd
agency to establish training guidelines for extended range recreational
diving. For many years it was small, specialized organisation
that was predominantly involved with diver training associated
with extended range, and deep air diving, originally founded
by Hal Watts (CEO) in mid 1980's. Joe Odom resigned from TDI
in 2004 and became the Chairman of PSA in November 2004. PSA
offers a wealth of training courses aimed at divers wishing to
go beyond the limits of recreational diving. From nitrox and
decompression diving to trimix and rebreathers.
Aims
and objectives of PSA International
- Performance
Based Training -
- Education through knowledge, Safety & Integrity - |
We
are shortly to become a TDI Dive Centre
TDI is the largest technical certification
agency in the world. As one of the first agencies to provide
training in mixed gas diving and rebreathers, TDI is seen as
an innovator of new diving techniques and programs which previously
were not available to the general public. Training with TDI
has provided divers with the opportunity to see such wrecks as
the Andrea Doria, Luisitania and the Prince of Wales. TDI divers
have explored underwater caves in Spain, Australia and Mexico
and assisted as support divers on world record freedives done
in the Red Sea.
TDI’s professionals are
held to the highest standard to ensure quality training throughout
the world. This means that as a diver taking a TDI course, your
instructor will have documented his experience and knowledge
prior to achieving that rating. As an instructor candidate taking
a TDI course, your TDI instructor trainer will have gone through
the paces to achieve the highest level of training that TDI offers.
TDI is committed to offering
the highest quality training supported by the latest materials
with the most up to date information and techniques. TDI’s
materials are written by authors that acutely conduct the type
of diving they are writing about. Those same materials are updated
as technology and equipment change.
Note:- Some programs
may require the candidate to travel to locations such as Stoney
Cove, Vobster Quay, Portland, Plymouth, Chepstow or even Red
Sea for training.
·Twin
Set Fundamentals Workshop £100
·Basic Nitrox
£150 - 1 Day
Course description:
The PSA Nitrox Diver Course is designed for those divers who
wish to utilise enriched air (Nitrox) at oxygen concentrations
up to and including 40% by volume (EAN40) as a breathing gas
to the limit fo their sport diving qualification or 130fsw/40msw.
There is no decompression diving on this course, but safety
stops are required at 6m for 3mins.
Course Format:
One-day course including 1 dive.
Course content:
History of Enriched Air Diving
Physical Principles of Enrcihed Air Diving
Physiological Principlse of Enriched Air Diving
Equipment for Enriched Air Diving
Dive Planning
Methods of generating Nitrox
Using Nitrox
Minimum Entry level:
15yrs and above, PADI Open Water Diver, BSAC Novice II diver
or Equivalent
·Advanced Nitrox
£250 - 3 Days
Course description:
The PSA Advanced Nitrox Course introduces the use of enriched
air (Nitrox) mixes for extending bottom times, and Rich Nitrox
Mixes (up to 100%) as decompression gas. This course covers dive
planning i.e. gas requirements, oxygen limitations and nitrogen
limitations, dive physics and physiology. Also the dedicated
equipment needed for mixes over 40% and common mixing procedures
for dives up to 130fsw/40msw. This program is designed
as a stand-alone course or it may be taught in conjunction with
other PSA courses i.e. Decompression Procedures.
Course Format:
Three-day course
6hrs classroom and practical
4 open water dives
Course content:
History of Enriched Air Diving
Physiological Principles of Enriched Air Diving
Advanced Dive Planning
Methods of Generating Nitrox
Using Nitrox
Minimum Entry level:
PSA Nitrox Diver, or Equivalent with 50 logged dives, Deep Diver
Training with 10 additional dives logged between 27m-40m
Open Water DIves:
4 Advanced Nitrox dives are required with a student to instructor
ratio of 3:1
The PSA
Decompression Procedures course may be combined with this course
at a special 'combined bundle' price of £475. Club Rate
£450.
·Decompression Procedures
£250 - 3 Days
Course description:
This course examines the theory, methods and procedures of planned
staged decompression diving. This program is designed as a stand-alone
course or it may be taught in conjunction with other PSA courses
i.e. Advanced Nitrox, Advanced Wreck or Extended Range. The main
objective of this course is to train divers how to plan staged
decompression dives not exceeding 150fsw/45msw using PC
Decompression Software and equipment requirements with more gear
setup considerations.
Minimum Entry Level:
Advanced Nitrox
Open Water DIves:
2 Deco Procedure dives are required with a student to instructor
ratio of 3:1
The PSA
Advanced Course may be combined with this course at a special
'combined bundle' price of £475. Club Rate £450.
·Extended Range Nitrox
£179 - 2 Days
Course description:
This course provides the skills for Deep Air Diving with
the use of more than one Rich Nitrox Mix (up to 100%) as decompression
gas. If you have already completed the Decompression Procedures Course you only have this short ERD version
to do, and no need to complete the full ERD Course below. Students
not originally taught by us may require evaluation dives. The course covers equipment configuration for
deep diving, trapeze use, and the use of advanced decompression
equipment. Plus the training and experience required to competently
utilize air for dives up to 180 fsw/55msw that require
staged decompression, utilizing nitrox mixtures and oxygen during
decompression.
Course Format:
Two-day course
One-half day classroom
One-day open water
Course content:
Advantages & Disadvantages of richer Nitrox mixes
Review oxygen physiology and tracking oxygen uptake
Hard copy deco tables, PC generated deco tables & Dive computers
Practical Decompression skills
Decompression good practice
Equipment configuration for deep air diving & use of stage
cylindersn and trapeze
Nitrox mixing and analysing gases
Advanced Dive Planning
Minimum Entry level:
Decompression Procedures Diver or equivalent
Non-Club
Members price £229.
Open Water DIves:
2 ERD dives are required with a student to instructor ratio of
3:1
·Extended Range
£350 - 3 Days
Course description:
This course provides the skills for Deep Air Diving with
the use of more than one Rich Nitrox Mix (up to 100%) as decompression
gas. The course is covers equipment configuration for deep diving,
trapeze use, and the use of advanced decompression equipment.
Plus the training and experience required to competently utilize
air for dives up to 180 fsw/55msw that require staged
decompression, utilizing nitrox mixtures and oxygen during decompression.
Course Format:
Three-day course
One-day classroom
Two-days open water
Course content:
Advantages & Disadvantages of richer Nitrox mixes
Review oxygen physiology and tracking oxygen uptake
Hard copy deco tables, PC generated deco tables & Dive computers
Practical Decompression skills
Decompression good practice
Equipment configuration for deep air diving & use of stage
cylinders, and trapeze
Nitrox mixing and analysing gases
Advanced Dive Planning
Minimum Entry level:
Advanced Nitrox Diver or equivalent
Open Water DIves:
6 ERD dives are required with a student to instructor ratio of
3:1
·Mixed Gas Diver - Level
1 (Trimix Fundamentals 60m)
£450 - 5 Days
Course description:
The PSA Mixed Gas Diver Course is designed for those who wish
to conduct dives using helium based bottom mixes with associated
advanced staged decompression techniques. This program is conducted
in three phases leading to dives of up to 330fsw/100msw.
Minimum Entry level:
PSA Extended Range Diver or equivalent Diver course that included
Advanced Decompression Procedures, with 100 logged dives with
50 deeper than 30m.
Trimix Open
Water Dives:
1. The PSAI Trimix Diver Course consists
of 3 phases.
2. A minimum of (4) helium based dives (with oxygen content
of 18% or great) are required for Level 1 - Trimix Fundamentals
certification to 61m. With a student to instructor ratio of 3:1
3. An additional (2) dives are required for Level
2 - Expedition Trimix certification to 73m. With a student
to instructor ratio of 3:1
4. Finally, a third set of (2) dives are required
for Level 3 - Explorer Trimix certification to 100m. With
a student to instructor ratio of 3:1
5. To achieve certification, one dive in each phase
MUST be within 3m of the desired certification level. (However,
no dives are to exceed the planned target depth).
·Mixed Gas Diver - Level
2 (Expedition Trimix 75m)
£275 - 2 Days
Minimum Entry level:
PSA Extended Range Diver or equivalent Diver course that included
Advanced Decompression Procedures, with Mixed gas Diver Level
1 and 250 logged dives with 50 deeper than 40m
·Mixed Gas Diver - Level
3 (Explorer Trimix 100m)
£275 - 2 Days
Minimum Entry level:
PSA Extended Range Diver or equivalent Diver course that included
Advanced Decompression Procedures, with Mixed Gas Diver Level
2 and 250 logged dives with 50 deeper than 40m
·Drager Rebreather SCR
£500 5 Days
Course description:
The Drager is a semi-closed rebreather perfect for recreational
diving. The course offers training in the use of the equipment
to gain the benefits a rebreather offers, reduced gas usage,
less bubbles, longer no stop time, reduced decompression and
all the other advantages Nitrox offers divers. For the underwater
photographer this is a great tool as you can get closer to Marine
life.
Course Format:
5 day course
Classroom and open water dives
Course content:
History of Rebreathers
What are Rebreathers?
The Drager Semi closed Rebreather
Rebreather physiology
Gas consumption and decompression
Emergency procedures and problem solving
Care and maintenance
Minimum Entry level:
Nitrox diver or equivalent
This is the entry-level certification course for recreational
divers wishing to utilize one of the Semi-closed circuit Dolphin,
Ray or Azimuth Rebreathers. The objective of this course is to
train recreational divers in the benefits, hazards and proper
procedures for using SCR Rebreathers.
Minimum Entry level:
Nitrox Diver or equivalent
·Re-Breather One Day Try
Dives from £20
- Includes use of both
SCR and CCR units, gas and sorb.
Option 1 - £20 per person (pool - minimum 6)
Option 2 - £60 per person (open water - minimum 4)
Plus lake entry fee or dive boat fees ( if applicable)
Please ask for dates.Contact
·Inspiration CCR MOD1
£650 6 Days
Course description:
This is the entry-level certification course for recreational
divers wishing to utilize the Inspiration Closed Circuit Rebreather.
The objectives of the course is to train recreational divers
in the benefits, hazards and proper procedures for rebreather
diving on the Inspiration CCR and to develop basic rebreather
diving skills appropriate to diving within the normal recreational
depth limits of 130 fsw/40 msw using an air diluent for
minimal decompression.
Upon successful completion of
this course, graduates may engage in diving activities utilizing
the Inspiration rebreather to a maximum depth of 130 fsw/40 msw,
utilizing an air diluent with safety/deco stops at 20 fsw/6 msw
to a maximum of five minutes duration.
Special Offer - Inspiration and
Training Bundle only £4984
·Inspiration CCR MOD2
(Mixed Gas)
£610 6 Days
Course description:
This is the highest level certification course for recreational
divers wishing to utilize the Inspiration Closed Circuit Rebreather
for mixed gas diving. The objective of this course is train recreational
divers in the benefits, hazards and proper procedures for mixed
gas rebreather diving on the Inspiration CCR and to develop advanced
rebreather diving skills appropriate to technical diving to depths
greater than the recreational limit of 130 fsw/40 msw.
Upon successful completion of
this course, graduates may engage in technical diving activities
utilizing the Inspiration rebreather to a maximum of 200 fsw/60
msw, utilizing any diluent appropriate to the dive plan.
In order to enrol, candidates must have logged a minimum of 100
rebreather hours distributed over a minimum of 100 dives on the
Inspiration, 50 of which must be deeper than 66 fsw/20 msw.
·Nitrox Gas Blender
£110 1 Day
Course description:
The objective of this course is to train candidates in the proper
technique equipment requirements and hazards involved in blending
nitrox gases for recreational scuba.
The PSA
Advanced Nitrox Gas Blender course may be combined with this
course at a special 'combined bundle' price of £220.
·Advanced Gas Blender
£135 1 Day
Course description:
The objective of this course is to train candidates in the proper
procedures needed for the preparation and blending of high quality
helium-based diving gasses.
The PSA
Nitrox Gas Blender course may be combined with this course at
a special 'combined bundle' price of £220.
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