Regional Events

Our club is part of the BSAC Ireland region. A number of events are run by BSAC at a regional level and can be found in the Regional SDC Programme of Events.

Boathandling course

The boathandling course is usually run each year as a 2-day course over a weekend in February or March. The course is open to Sports Divers or above. Completion of this course makes members “Assistant Boat handlers” which allows them to drive the club boats when in the company of a fully qualified boat handler.

VHF radio course

The VHF radio course can be run over one evening at any point in the year.

Chartwork and position fixing course

This will probably be run in some form every other year during the winter season. For the course syllabus, see Chartwork_Course.doc.

Oxygen Administration

This course is now given as part of the Dive Leader lecture course, which is run each year during the winter season.

Practical Rescue Management

This course is now given as part of the Dive Leader lecture course, which is run each year during the winter season.

Advanced Decompression Procedures

This new course for sports divers and above replaces the combined nitrox courses and brings students on from their basic nitrox diver training up to a level where they can use up to a 50% back mix and up to 80% decompression gas mix. This allows divers to reduce the amount of time spent decompressing.

Nitrox blending course

The Nitrox Blending course will probably be run in alternate years during the winter season.

Advanced Diving Techniques

BS-AC used to run an ‘Advanced Diving Techniques’ course, though this has now been discontinued. DUSAC still runs the course in modified form, and lectures forming this modified course can be found here.

First Aid for Divers

There are 12 lectures and practical sessions forming the First Aid for Divers course. There is also a revision lecture summarising the material covered in the other lectures. The latest version of the course can be found on the BS-AC website here.

Search and Recovery

This is only run every few years, so sign up when you get a chance. The course will teach you techniques for locating and recovering things lost on the seabed.