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Rebreather courses & Technical Training at Deep Blue Tech
conducted by Richard Stevenson.
Richard was trained in the mid -90's by Instructor Trainers such
as Tom Mount, John Orlowski, Kevin Gurr and David Thompson. Richard
gained his qualifications after years of exploratory diving and
relies on this experience when running Technical level courses.
In turn Richard has been responsible for training Instructors since
1998 and continues to do so on a regular basis.
Training is very important at this level and Richard feels that
his personal experiences can make a difference to the abilities
of an individual diver as well as maintaining safety.
Our attitude to safety and quality of training was best summed up recently by a student enrolled on a Rebreather training course
''Dear Rich,
I would like to thank you for everything this week. Your approach to
training is perfect.
You offer training that only a diver with your experience can supply
and that cannot be improved upon.
I wish you all the very best of luck with your new boat and I am sure
you will make it a success.
I look forward to the next opportunity to dive with you again.''
If you enrol on a Deep Blue Diving Course you will be getting
personal attention as well as an informative and relevant training
schedule.
At Deep Blue all the training is carried out to be as realistic
and relevant to the type of diving you will be doing after your
training
5 day CCR Module 1 Training for the
Inspiration,Evolution and Sentinel is £650
when a new unit is purchased with training, or if you already have a unit or are buying a used one the training costs £750 please.
The 5 day training course for the KISS and rEvo costs £750 and for the 5 day Megalodon Rebreather course the cost is £800 due to the UK importer and Manufacturers demands.
Please note that either fee does not include all consumables for the course.
Rebreather Cost Comparisons (approximate)
Inspiration / Evolution (+) with Full specification is £5490
Megalodon 2.5 with cylinders, back plate, wing and harness and also import duty is £7200 at current exchange rate
For the new Megalodon APECS 2.7 with Shearwater onboard Deco add another £650 please
Level 3 Mixed Gas Sentinel £5750
Classic KISS with cylinders, back plate, harness and wing plus import fees is £5275
Please note that I keep CE marked Inspiration, Evolution + and Sentinel rebreathers in stock so no need to wait 2-4 months for delivery.
If you are looking at purchasing a non CE approved Rebreather then please contact me directly so I can advise what you need to do regarding purchase and delivery.
KISS and Megalodon rebreathers are delivered within 4 weeks to the UK direct from the US.
The aim of the IANTD Module 1 CCR course is to introduce safe diving
procedures for using Closed Circuit rebreathers
At Deep Blue we were one of the first companies to offer CCR training
and our safety record and satisfied customers speak for themselves.
As with all our training programs we pride ourselves on teaching
from experience and no other piece of equipment demands this approach
more than a CCR. The course lasts 5-6 days of which we spend 6-8
hours in Open Water and 2 hours in the pool if training in the Winter
time here in the UK.
Theory takes place in and around the diving to maximise time in
the water. Being based by the Sea makes this easy and stress free.
If the weather isn't playing we even have our own 16m deep fresh
water quarry we can use.
The prerequisite for this course is Advanced Nitrox diver but if
you haven't completed this prior to taking the CCR training you
can do it at the same time or even take the Advanced Recreational
Trimix Training Course for an additional £295
Please contact
us for more information on how to do this.
Skills
that we teach on the course are:
Solenoid failure drills.
Electronics failure
DSMB deployment
Open circuit bail out and mouthpiece drills
Open circuit bailout drills
Hypercapnia control
Semi Closed Circuit mode
Cell verification and linearity checks
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lus a comprehensive electronics workshop including cell removal
and checks with solenoid strip down.
We may be able to provide units for you to train on should you
wish to 'try before you buy', please contact
us directly at the dive centre to discuss your requirements.
CCR Crossover training courses available.
If you are already CCR trained and wish to use another CCR then
you will need a 3-4 day training Course for the unit you are crossing
over to
£400 for 3 day air diluent Cross-over course to the Megalodon
from Electronic CCR, i.e. Inspiration
£600 for 4 day air diluent Cross-over course to the Megalodon
from manual CCR, i.e. Kiss.
For the Mixed Gas Cross-over course please contact us directly so we can assess your needs more accurately and offer the best program possible.
4 day £650 CCR Module 2 Course which is equivalent to Entry
Level Trimix on Open Circuit.
Above; Closed Circuit rebreather
training at Deep Blue Diving
This course runs along the same lines as the Entry Level Trimix
course and all skills are the same as CCR level 1. There is no need
to have completed any Trimix Training on Open Circuit prior to this
course and as long as you have 40 hours on the unit you wish to
train on you can enrol on the course which will give you 60m max depth certification limits.
The most common mistake divers undertaking Module 2 training make
is to not have sufficient ascent and decompression time on their
units whilst using 2 stages.
It is imperative that your buoyancy is near perfect before entering
this training course as the decompression times can be up to 60
minutes long and all the skills are done mid water. If you put the
time in before entering this course you will get far more out of
the 4 days and stand a much better chance of success.
For the CCR Trimix course divers will need to bring 2 side mounted
stages with 02 clean regulators and a suit inflation system.
Equipment is exactly the same as the other Trimix diver programs.
3-4 day CCR Module 3 course which
is equivalent to Advanced Trimix on Open Circuit.
This course lasts 3 days if you have Module 2 CCR Certification
through us and costs £450 or 4 days and £650 if trained
elsewhere.
This is the final step on the CCR Trimix Training ladder and we
don’t dodge the issue on this course as we make 2 dives to
75m for final qualification. In all you will make 3 trimix dives
on this course and 2 Skills dives and the skills are exactly the
same as Module 1 and Module 2 just we do things a little deeper!
Please note that all training can take place from a variety of locations,
so the course prices include training, manuals and certification
only.
Extra costs will be advised once you have decided where you wish
to train.
We primarily use our new boat 'Ocean Venture'
for our training courses as she affords us the perfect platform
for teaching our courses.
We also use Underwater Video Camera for
playback debriefs on all training programs and will be introducing new through water comms in 2009.
We have found that students respond better
to input from the debrief when they can actually see what
they are doing.
By using our fast RIB 'Ocean Venture' we can get back from the dives quickly
to playback the footage immediately after the dive.
So far the feedback we have had has been very positive and
divers have found the video debriefs constructive and useful,
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'Ocean Venture' has been built new in 2008 with Sport and Technical
Diving in mind and we can get offshore to dive sites much more quickly making training logistics easier an giving students more valuable feedback time rather than rolling around at Sea all day.
To read more about 'Ocean Venture' please click
here
To learn more about rebreathers and rebreather diving before your
course check out our information page with downloads from external
sources that will be usefull learning before your course
. Rebreather information page
click here
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