"When the student is ready the master will appear" Tom Mount
NSS/CDS APPRENTICE CAVE DIVER Course
Apprentice Cave diver program is designed to provide a coverage of most of the academics and emergency skills required for full cave diving.
Students will make some simple explorations off the main line. Emphasis is upon dive planning and skills development through actual cave dives.
Prerequisites Must be qualified as an Advanced Open Water Diver, NSS/CDS Basic/Intro cave diver or equivalent, Nitrox diver recommended. Must be a minimum of 18 years of age.
Provides proof of certification in Technical Sidemount or some form of Basics/Fundamentals/Essentials from a widely recognized technical diver training organization
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LIMITATIONS: 40 m / 130 ft depth 1/3 r of doubles Limited Deco, No circuit or Traverses
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The Apprentice course level represent the first step to become a full cave diver a time limited training card is issued upon completion. This is really a mentor and student approach, the student and the Instructor may decide to keep diving at this levels till they are ready to enter the second step and enroll on a cave diver program.
Apprentice cave diver Course Description:
Classroom and lecture where your Instructor will discuss the following topics:
Environment conservation and limit of training, accident analysis, Cave dive planning including gas management and volume matching, psychological considerations, communication, equipment, techniques, problem solving, emergency procedures.
Land drills where your instructor will guide you on practical application such as: use of a safety reel and a jump and Gap reel.
Open water dive your Instructor will demonstrate new techniques and procedures to help you during the journey
Cave dives: eight cave dives where you will be practicing cave diving techniques, and emergency procedures guided, supervised and coach by your cave instructor.
Equipment needed for the course:
1) NSS/CDS Cavern Manual, NSS/CDS workbook student manual, IANTD cave diver manual, IANTD Nitrox or USN air decompression table.
2) Mask and fins (springs strap recommended)
3) Wet suit with hood ( 5 to 7 min) or dry suit
4) Double Scuba tank with DIN valve)
5) Two First stage regulators (DIN recommended) with 2 second stages (one hose must be 7 foot long 1 m 50 to 2 m)
6) Power inflator for buoyancy compensator
7) Submersible pressure gauge
8) Back plate with continuous strap recommended and back BCD inflation (wing type)
9) One Primary light, Two back-up diving lights
10) Dive Computer or watch and depth gauge,
11) Small knife or Z-knife
12) One Primary reel with a minimum of 350 feet/110m guideline per team
13) One Safety reel with at least 100 feet/30m of guideline
14) Jump or Gap reel with a minimum of 50 feet/15m of guideline
15) Underwater slate
16) Tools box with spare o-rings
17) Three line markers or line arrows
WDT dive can provide equipment rental if needed
pic@WDTdive Lucie Gawinowksi
Apprentice Cave diver program is designed to provide a coverage of most of the academics and emergency skills required for full cave diving.
Students will make some simple explorations off the main line. Emphasis is upon dive planning and skills development through actual cave dives.
Prerequisites Must be qualified as an Advanced Open Water Diver, NSS/CDS Basic/Intro cave diver or equivalent, Nitrox diver recommended. Must be a minimum of 18 years of age.
Provides proof of certification in Technical Sidemount or some form of Basics/Fundamentals/Essentials from a widely recognized technical diver training organization
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
LIMITATIONS: 40 m / 130 ft depth 1/3 r of doubles Limited Deco, No circuit or Traverses
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Apprentice course level represent the first step to become a full cave diver a time limited training card is issued upon completion. This is really a mentor and student approach, the student and the Instructor may decide to keep diving at this levels till they are ready to enter the second step and enroll on a cave diver program.
Apprentice cave diver Course Description:
Classroom and lecture where your Instructor will discuss the following topics:
Environment conservation and limit of training, accident analysis, Cave dive planning including gas management and volume matching, psychological considerations, communication, equipment, techniques, problem solving, emergency procedures.
Land drills where your instructor will guide you on practical application such as: use of a safety reel and a jump and Gap reel.
Open water dive your Instructor will demonstrate new techniques and procedures to help you during the journey
Cave dives: eight cave dives where you will be practicing cave diving techniques, and emergency procedures guided, supervised and coach by your cave instructor.
Equipment needed for the course:
1) NSS/CDS Cavern Manual, NSS/CDS workbook student manual, IANTD cave diver manual, IANTD Nitrox or USN air decompression table.
2) Mask and fins (springs strap recommended)
3) Wet suit with hood ( 5 to 7 min) or dry suit
4) Double Scuba tank with DIN valve)
5) Two First stage regulators (DIN recommended) with 2 second stages (one hose must be 7 foot long 1 m 50 to 2 m)
6) Power inflator for buoyancy compensator
7) Submersible pressure gauge
8) Back plate with continuous strap recommended and back BCD inflation (wing type)
9) One Primary light, Two back-up diving lights
10) Dive Computer or watch and depth gauge,
11) Small knife or Z-knife
12) One Primary reel with a minimum of 350 feet/110m guideline per team
13) One Safety reel with at least 100 feet/30m of guideline
14) Jump or Gap reel with a minimum of 50 feet/15m of guideline
15) Underwater slate
16) Tools box with spare o-rings
17) Three line markers or line arrows
WDT dive can provide equipment rental if needed
pic@WDTdive Lucie Gawinowksi
