PSAI Advanced Rebreather Diver
(Decompression Diving)
PSAI Advanced Rebreather Diver
(Decompression Diving)
The PSAI Advanced Re-breather Diver course is designed for those divers who wish to use a Semi-Closed or Closed Circuit Re-breather with Nitrox pre-mix or an air diluent during their decompression diving activities.
Note:
Depth Qualification following successful completion of this course is commensurate with the students own diving experience and choice of re-breather. These PSAI parameters are offered as maximum depths:
If PSAI Advanced Nitrox certificate is taught as part of the course the student will be assessed as diving to a maximum of 45 meters (150ft) and able to undertake correct decompression diving skills and stops. The PSAI Advanced Nitrox certificate will also be issued. If previous formal experience shows training in decompression skills diving then the additional Advanced Nitrox qualification need not be issued but 45 meters will still remain the maximum depth permissible.
Where a student wishes to undertake non-decompression diving on a re-breather following this standard, the maximum depth qualification will be maximum 40 meters (135ft). The qualification will be Sport Re-breather Diver, not Advanced Re-breather Diver.
Fundamentals Closed Circuit Rebreather Diver
(60 meters ~ 200 feet)
Fundamentals Closed Circuit Rebreather Diver
(60 meters ~ 200 feet)
The PSAI Fundamentals Mixed Gas Closed Circuit Re-breather Diver course is designed for those divers who wish to use a Closed Circuit Re-breather with a trimix diluent during their diving activities.
Expedition Closed Circuit Rebreather Diver
(100 meters ~ 330 feet)
PSAI DPV Diving for the Open Water Environment
The Professional Scuba Association International’s Sport Diver Propulsion Vehicle course is designed to teach divers to properly use a Diver Propulsion Vehicle for sport open water diving activities. It will discuss the configuration and the peripheral equipment, as well as accessories and maintenance.
MANUAL CONTENT INCLUDES:
The History of the DPV Diving.
Open Water DPV Use and Potential Hazards.
Overview of DPV System Configuration.
DPV Theory and Operation.
Practical Water Skills.
DPV Preparation and Maintenance.
DPV’s and Safe Operation.
PSAI Extended Range Nitrox Diver
PSAI Extended Range Nitrox Diver
The Professional Scuba Association International’s (PSAI) Extended Range Nitrox Diver course is designed for those divers who wish to conduct dives beyond 45 meters (150 feet) but not exceeding 55 meters (180 feet), using staged decompression techniques for both depth and extended bottom times. This course uses air as the primary back gas and nitrox(s) as decompression gas(es).
COURSE CONTENT INCLUDES:
Extended Range Nitrox Diving Equipment & Configuration
Enriched Oxygen Mixture
The Physiological Effects of High Oxygen Partial Pressures
Tracking CNS Exposure and OTU’s.
Hypercapnia.
Decompression Sickness.
PSAI Dive Planning and Execution Procedures for Extended Range Nitrox Diving.
PSAI Extended Range Nitrox Diving Skills.
PSAI Trimix Programs:
Trimix Fundamentals Diver
Expedition Trimix Diver
PSAI Trimix Programs:
Trimix Fundamentals Diver
Expedition Trimix Diver
The PSAI Trimix Diver courses are designed for those divers who wish to conduct dives using helium based bottom mixes with associated advanced staged decompression techniques.
The PSAI Trimix Program certification levels are:
TRIMIX FUNDAMENTALS – Level 1: Depth 60 meters (200 feet).
EXPEDITION TRIMIX – Level 2: 75 meters (250 feet).
COURSE CONTENT INCLUDES:
Trimix Usage Safety & Equipment.
Types of Trimix Mixtures.
Physiological Considerations Associated with the Use of Trimix.
Formulas for Trimix Diving.
Gas Management.
Tracking Decompression.
Omitted Decompression & Stage Cylinder Problems.
Use of the PSAI Extended Range Dive Planning Sheet.
Use of the PSAI Trimix Planning Charts & Worksheets.
PSAI Trimix training is the key to opening the deepest vistas of technical diving.
PSAI Advanced Nitrox Diver
PSAI Advanced Nitrox Diver
The PSAI Advanced Nitrox Diver Manual is written for those divers who training to utilize enriched air (Nitrox) at oxygen concentrations up to and including 100% by volume (EAN22 to Oxygen) in their diving activities, including stage decompression procedures.
COURSE CONTENT INCLUDES:
Nitrox Defined and the Benefits of Nitrox for Technical Divers.
The Physiological Concerns of Using Nitrox.
The Physics and Math of Nitrox for Technical Diving.
Decompression Diving Fundamentals.
The Equivalent Air Depth Concept.
Nitrox and the Use of Dive Tables.
Nitrox Compatible Equipment for Technical Diving.
Cylinder Labeling.
Gas Analysis.
Advanced Nitrox Safety Review.