Advanced Diver Syllabus

Advanced Diver is the fourth grade in the BS-AC diving grade sequence, and the next after Dive Leader. BS-AC consider the Advanced Diver grade to be equivalent to the CMAS three star diver level.

Definition

A diver who is comprehensively trained, experienced and responsible and can manage and supervise a wide range of adventurous and challenging diving. This will include organising diving expeditions to explore unknown locations and branch activities including dives utilising developing technology and techniques.

Training towards the Advanced Diver grade relies much more on the progressive build-up of experience than on 'formal' lessons.

The Advanced Diver course consists of:

• 4 Classroom lessons
• Theory assessment
• 2 Dry practical lessons
• 2 Open water lessons
• 20 dives post Dive Leader- (which may include open water lessons) minimum 600 minutes underwater time

Open water diving should encompass each of the following, each on at least three occasions:

• planned two stop decompression dive
• drift dive
• dive in tidal waters

In addition a further six dives should include at least three of the following:

• navigation dive
• night dive
• low (<2m) visibility dive
• wreck dive
• wall dive

Of the 20 dives at least 10 should be carried out from boats, on at least 10 the student should act as dive leader and at least six dives should show experience of depths greater than 30m. On at least five occasions, including at both known and unfamiliar sites, the student should act as Dive Marshal.

Lesson Type	Code	Name	Contents
Theory Lessons	AT1	The Role of the Advanced Diver	Charts, tides and weather
	AT2	Advanced Diving	Personal & equipment considerations, other diving gases/systems, developing own experience.
	AT3	Organising diving from different platforms	Dive marshalling and organising, Cox'n/Skipper liaison, crewing on boats, ropework
	AT4	Review of Diving Conditions & on-site first aid
Practical lessons	AP1	Expedition Planning
	AP2	Rescue Management Review
Open water lessons	AO1	Diving and Rescue skills
	A02	Rescue Management Review
Assessments	AD Test	Theory Test	Miltiple choice

Instruction

Instruction for theory lesson AT1, and practical lessons AP1 and AP2 must be carried out by an Advanced Instructor or by an Assistant AI under on site supervision of an Advanced Instructor. For all other lessons, the instructor must be at least an Open Water Instructor and Advanced Diver.