Your diver training will probably start with a brief introduction to how the course will be structured and then you will be shown a series of instructional DVDs about all of the skills you will be learning during the course. After each DVD segment, your instructor will then spend time talking you through what you have seen, making sure that you understood what was discussed and ending with a brief multiple choice test to check that it has all sunk in.

All aspect of the training are discussed in the classroom based work, from how to kit up, the safety drills and procedures and a few dos and don'ts.

Pool Training

After the classroom work you are ready to progress to the pool work. You will be given for the first time the gear that you will be diving in and taken to a suitable swimming pool to learn how to safely use it. But, there is something to do before you start to kit up and that is the swimming tests! Nothing complicated - you just have to show that you can propel yourself through the water for a prescribed distance and then float for a prescribed amount of time. It does not matter whether you are a fast or slow swimmer.

Once this is completed, you can then assemble your diving equipment with the help of your instructor. There is a set order to put everything together in and you will need to learn this. Next you will enter the water, probably with only the mask and snorkel, and start the basic exercises.

These start with mask clearing. It is essential that you can clear water out of your mask whilst still underwater and you will learn and practice this technique. Once you and your instructor are happy, you will then completely remove the mask and replace and clear it.

There are then a few exercises to carry out with the full scuba gear, such as taking your first breaths under water, practicing altering your buoyancy to get it absolutely spot on and buddy breathing. They are all a fun afternoon in the pool!

Open Water training

Finally you are ready to take your scuba gear into the water for real. The first dive will be quite shallow and you will begin with practising some of those exercises again - mask clearing in the sea and so on. After that your instructor will take you on your first dive followed by logging it and then using the tables to calculate your nitrogen saturation.

After a suitable break you will return to the water for a further 3 dives, each one taking you deeper until on dive 4 you should reach around 18 metres.

Final Exam

The final exam can follow the classroom work, but finishing with it is better as there are some aspects to the test that you might only fully remember when you have tried them out. It is a simple multiple choice test and once all of these stages are complete, it is photograph time and you are a qualified diver!

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