PADI courses provided by
Paul O’Connell, OWSI #624095

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Hounsdown After School Club Programme
* Discover Scuba & Open Water Diver Courses
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After School Diving Programme
 
 
 

Requirements

To start the course you will need to be:

  • The minimum of 10 years old (please see teaching ratios below)

  • comfortable in the water and have basic swimming skills.

  • in reasonable health but you do not need to be an athlete!

  • supported with home study and watching PADI DVD.

A Parent or guardian and the student will be required to fill in the following:

  • Liability release and assumption of risk agreement

  • Medical statement and questionnaire (if answered yes to any question, please speak to us)

  • Standard safe diving practises statement of understanding
 
 
 

Teaching Ratios
Groups including 10 -11 year olds
  • Groups of no more than four students
  • No more than two of the four students maybe 10 - 11 years old.

Groups including 12 year olds and over

  • Groups of no more than six students in confined open water sessions
  • Groups of no more than 4 students in open water sessions
 
 
   
 

Programme
This programme consists of PADI Discover Scuba Course, PADI Junior Open Water Diver Course and encourages students to continue diving with Liquid Divers in the future just for pleasure dives or to continue the their diving education.

Completion of the programme also allows the student to dive within their certification and experience anywhere in the world and at anytime by just walking into any of the PADI diving establishments.
 
 
 
   
 

Certification
The PADI Junior Open Water Course is a entry level certification which enables
  • 10 - 11 year olds to dive with a parent, guardian who is a certified diver or a PADI professional. Dives must not exceed 12 meters.
  • 12 -14 year olds to dive only when accompanied by another certified diver who is of legal age (normally 18 years and above) to the maximum of 18 metres

This certification is valid world wide within your training and experience for life.

Once the student reaches 15 years old they may upgrade the certification to PADI open water diver with no additional requirements.
 

 
 
 
  
 

What  we provide
First Step - The PADI Discover Scuba Course is an introduction to scuba diving in a highly supervised and relaxed manner. I dispels common misconceptions by letting individuals try in for themselves. Under the guidance of a PADI Professional, new diver learn basic safety concepts, put on equipment and swim around underwater in a closely supervised environment.

Second Step - The PADI Junior Open Water Diver Course requires you to learn about diving by a mixture of knowledge development, confined water diving and open water diving.

Knowledge Development is a mixture of :
  • Home study supported by the students parent/s or guardian/s.
  • Classroom quick quizzes and knowledge review questionnaires in a fun and relaxed way.
  • Focused review of what has been studied and final multiple choice exam in a comfortable environment.

Confined Water Dives

  • 5 confined waters dives taken over a period of 10 sessions within Hounsdown’s swimming pool.
  • The student will learn basic skills that all divers need conducted in a relatively low stress environment.
  • The student will practise and apply what they have learnt during their knowledge development training.

Open Water Dives

  • 4 open water dives taken over a period of two sessions at Horsea in Portsmouth. This is one of the UK’s leading diving training sites.
  • During these dives you will put in to practise the skills you have learnt during the confined water dives.

 
 
 
  
 

Schedule
1st Week - Discover Scuba Refresh

Classroom :
  • Who is PADI
  • What to expect from diving
  • Safety information
  • Basic scuba skills
  • About aquatic life
  • Set home study is start reading manual.

Pool :

  • Equipment introductions
  • Discover scuba skills - Breathing and use of equipment under water.
  • Debrief

2nd Week - Completion of Discover Scuba Refresh and start of Junior Open Water Course

Classroom (by side of pool this week) :

  • Questions and answers session
  • Equipment setup and breakdown
  • Set home study (Read chapter 1 of manual and complete quick quizzes)

Pool :

  • Swims
  • Mask Clearance
  • Breathing underwater
  • Regulator clearance
  • Regulator recovery
  • Equalization techniques
  • Debrief

3rd Week - Continuation of Junior Open Water Course

Classroom :

  • Question and answers for Section 1of manual
  • Quick Quizzes
  • Set home study (Complete Knowledge Review 1 of manual)

Pool:

  • Equipment setup and breakdown
  • confined open water dive 1 (basic scuba skills)
  • Debrief

4th Week - Continuation of Junior Open Water Course

Classroom :

  • Knowledge Review Section 1of manual
  • Set home study (Read chapter 2 of manual and complete quick quizzes)

Pool:

  • Equipment setup and breakdown
  • Complete Confined open water dive 1 (Review skills and sign log books)
  • Debrief

5th Week - Continuation of Junior Open Water Course

Classroom :

  • Question and answers for Section 2 of manual
  • Quick Quizzes
  • Set home study (Complete Knowledge Review 2 of manual)

Pool:

  • Equipment setup and breakdown
  • Confined open water dive 2
  • Debrief

6th Week - Continuation of Junior Open Water Course

Classroom :

  • Knowledge Review Section 2of manual
  • Set home study (Read chapter 3 of manual and complete quick quizzes)

Pool:

  • Equipment setup and breakdown
  • Complete Confined open water dive 2 (Review skills and sign log books)
  • Debrief

7th Week - Continuation of Junior Open Water Course

Classroom :

  • Question and answers for Section 3 of manual
  • Quick Quizzes
  • Set home study (Complete Knowledge Review 3 of manual)

Pool:

  • Equipment setup and breakdown
  • Confined open water dive 3
  • Debrief

8th Week - Continuation of Junior Open Water Course

Classroom :

  • Knowledge Review Section 3of manual
  • Set home study (Read chapter 4 of manual and complete quick quizzes)

Pool:

  • Equipment setup and breakdown
  • Complete Confined open water dive 3 (Review skills and sign log books)
  • Debrief

9th Week - Continuation of Junior Open Water Course

Classroom :

  • Question and answers for Section 4 of manual
  • Quick Quizzes
  • Set home study (Complete Knowledge Review 4 of manual)

Pool:

  • Equipment setup and breakdown
  • Confined open water dive 4
  • Debrief

10th Week - Continuation of Junior Open Water Course

Classroom :

  • Knowledge Review Section 4 of manual
  • Set home study (Read chapter 5 of manual and complete quick quizzes)

Pool:

  • Equipment setup and breakdown
  • Complete Confined open water dive 4 (Review skills and sign log books)
  • Debrief

11th Week - Continuation of Junior Open Water Course

Classroom :

  • Question and answers for Section 5 of manual
  • Quick Quizzes
  • Set home study (Complete Knowledge Review 5 of manual & Review manual ready for multiple course final exam.)

Pool:

  • Equipment setup and breakdown
  • Confined open water dive 5
  • Debrief

12th Week - Continuation of Junior Open Water Course

Classroom :

  • Knowledge Review Section 5 of manual
  • Question and answer session
  • Final Exam
  • Set home study

Pool:

  • Equipment setup and breakdown
  • Complete Confined open water dive 5 (Review skills and sign log books)
  • Debrief


Open water dives would then take place over the weekend (both days - all day)  at Horsea Training Centre, Portsmouth.

 
 
 
 

Cost & Payment Terms
Initial Payment of £85.00 is required at point of booking courses.

This payment will cover the PADI Discover Scuba Course and all the required course materials for the PADI Junior Open Water Course.

Weekly cost of £8.00 for the 12 weeks as laid out above, this payment includes:

  • Classroom materials
  • Kit Hire, Equipment and Air fills
  • Refreshments

Final Payment of £80.00 is require when the student books the final open water dives at Horsea Training Centre for a weekends diving.

This payment includes:

  • Dive site entrance fees
  • Kit Hire & Equipment
  • Refreshments
  • PADI certification card

Total cost £269.00 over the period of the programme.
 
 
 
 

 
This Programme has been design by Liquid Divers for the use at Hounsdown School only. Liquid Divers do not permit the passing on or copying of this information to other parties without Liquid Divers prior written consent.
 
 
 

 
Liquid Divers
83 Porchester Road
Woolston
Southampton
Hampshire
SO19 2JA
 
Tel: 02380 431967