  
Skill Development Courses
The BSAC provides a wide range of Skill Development Courses
for divers at varying levels of proficiency. These courses aim to expand the
range of activities open to divers, to introduce them to new subjects and to
guide them to higher levels of competence in specialist areas.
The Skill Development Courses are grouped into four main categories, and
cover the whole spectrum of recreational diving, providing something for
every diving interest.
Skill Development Courses are run both by the Regional Coaching Scheme and
by BSAC Schools. Most courses take place at weekends but some may be offered
as evening classes. Each candidate will be issued with a Student Pack
containing course notes, and will have their attendance recorded on a
database at BSAC HQ, who will subsequently send their logbook certification.
BSAC Branches may offer Skill Development Courses (SDC) to their members,
and may work jointly with other Branches to organise an SDC. The BSAC
Regional Coaching Scheme may be able to provide experienced leaders for
Branch run courses. However, if a Branch wishes to have official BSAC
approval and thus BSAC SDC Certification, the course must be approved and
registered in advance by BSAC HQ in accordance with the SDC Registration
Scheme, which involves the payment of a Registration Fee by each and every
student. Branches seeking to run their own SDCs are invited to request
copies of current SDC syllabus sheets and the 'Branch run Skill Development
Courses Information Sheet / Application Form'.
Members who attend a BSAC Skill Development Course, whether run by Coaching
Scheme, a BSAC School or a Branch, will have their attendance recorded on a
database at BSAC HQ, and are sent certification for their Qualification
Record Book and in most cases, a cloth badge and presentation certificate.
Where BSAC diver training lessons are covered within a Skill Development
Course, the Chief Instructor is authorised to sign these lessons in the
member's Qualification Record Book.
The following represents links to the list of courses offered.
Regional Coaching Scheme SDCs
The South-East Region runs a
programme of popular skill development courses.
Branch SDCs
Our Branch contains instructors
qualified to lead, teach, and examine a large proportion of the BSAC skill development courses.
We are happy, with reasonable notice, to arrange and run any course for our
members given that there is enough interest to make it financially viable at a
reasonable cost to the members attending, and there is not an identical course
being run within the region within a sensible time-frame.
Please contact the Diving Officer for further details
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