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What is HSE scuba?
Approved qualifications Under the DWR, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) approves diving qualifications it considers suitable for ensuring the adequate competence of divers. Divers must hold an appropriate qualification for the class of diving required in a diving project.
What is the highest scuba certification?
Master Scuba Diver
Master Scuba Diver (sometimes referred to as “MSD”) is the highest level of recreational diving, To become a PADI Master Scuba Diver™ you must: Hold an Open Water Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver and Rescue Diver certification.
What is OC in diving?
When closed-circuit rebreathers (CCR) divers and open circuit (OC) divers buddy up, they are referred to as a “mixed team”. If you are an OC diver, you need to know some basics to ensure that you are diving safely and can assist your buddy if something goes wrong.
What does SPG stand for in scuba?
Submersible Pressure Gauge
SPG (Submersible Pressure Gauge): This is one you’ll want to keep your eye on while you’re underwater! Although the SPG is the device that indicates how much air is left in your tank, we use the term interchangeably to mean the whole console that contains your air gauge, depth gauge and sometimes a compass.
What is diving work?
Diving work is involved in a range of professions including construction work, maintenance work, scientific diving, photography, aquaculture and dive instruction / tourism. Injuries and fatalities from diving occur because of faulty equipment, poor crew training or diver error.
What type of divers are there?
The Different Types of Scuba Diving
- Open water diving. Unlike many of the other types of dives on this list, all certified scuba divers can go open water diving.
- Deep diving.
- Drift diving.
- Wall dive.
- Night diving.
- Wreck diving.
- Ice diving.
Is PADI The only scuba certification?
Most new divers say this because “Open Water” is the introductory course of PADI certification and so the phrase became synonymous to “I want to learn diving”. However, keep in mind that although PADI is an organization that teaches, among other things, scuba diving and it’s not the only one that does so.
What age is PADI certified?
10 years old
The minimum age is 10 years old (in most areas). Student divers who are younger than 15 earn the PADI Junior Open Water Diver certification, which they may upgrade to PADI Open Water Diver certification upon reaching 15. Children under the age of 13 require parent or guardian permission to register for PADI eLearning.
What are rebreathers used for?
A rebreather is a breathing apparatus that absorbs the carbon dioxide of a user’s exhaled breath to permit the rebreathing (recycling) of the substantially unused oxygen content, and unused inert content when present, of each breath. Oxygen is added to replenish the amount metabolised by the user.
What is nitrox gas?
In the broadest sense, Nitrox is any gas blend of oxygen and nitrogen. Air, of course, is basically a nitrox mix of approximately 21 percent oxygen and 79 percent nitrogen. For divers, enriched air Nitrox is any gas blend with more than 21 percent oxygen.
What does BC stand for in scuba?
Buoyancy compensator (diving)
| Jacket type BC on diving cylinder | |
|---|---|
| Acronym | BC or BCD |
| Other names | Buoyancy control device |
| Uses | To adjust and control the overall buoyancy of the diver |
| Related items | Backplate and wing |
Who is a professional scuba diver?
Professional scuba divers work for companies providing underwater repair, research, photography, and exploration services.
What is the HSE Scuba certificate?
The HSE SCUBA certificate is an internationally recognised Approved Diving Qualification under the Diving at Work Regulations 1997 (DWR). The possession of an Approved Diving Qualification is a legal requirement in the UK to undertake any paid diving activity, in particular HSE SCUBA satisfies the requirement for:-.
What is an approved medical examiner of divers?
Under the Diving at Work Regulations 1997 all divers at work must have a valid certificate of fitness to dive issued by an Approved Medical Examiner of Divers (AMED). AMEDs are approved by HSE to conduct statutory medical examinations on divers to ensure they are fit to dive.
What qualifications do I need to train to be a scuba diver?
Those students that already hold these or equivalent qualifications will receive a discount on the course cost. Before starting the HSE SCUBA Training Programme students must hold a valid HSE certificate of Medical Fitness to Dive. This must be valid for the duration of the course.
How do I get a UKDMC ‘fitness to dive’ certificate?
a medical examination from your own GP (in addition to the mandatory self-declaration process) or a medical examination from a UKDMC referee – and a UKDMC ‘fitness to dive’ certificate can be issued. Only a UKDMC referee can endorse a UKDMC ‘fitness to dive’ certificate.