Dive Control Specialist
"Prepared, Alert, In Position, and Ready to Respond."
Tuition: $795

Spring '09 Class dates:
TBA soon

Leadership level dive programs are where the focus of your diving career radically changes from self-directed to other-directed.

A very important part of leadership training involves altering your field of perception to include everyone around you, which can obviously increase your "worry" quotient. But if this sounds more like an interesting challenge than a problem to you, you may wish to begin climbing the dive leadership ladder. Gypsy Divers is an Instructor Training Center. DiveCon and Instructor training programs are put together by Laura and Dave as Gypsy Diver members indicate an interest.

The DiveCon course is for divers interested in bringing their dive skills and knowledge up to instructor level, whether or not they have any interest in being a dive leader. We cover instructor-level watermanship and demonstration-quality scuba skills, instructor-level information in all areas related to sport diving, assistant teaching, and leading dives.

Pre-Requisites:
Training: Master Diver level
Number of dives logged: 60 or more
Conditioning: 400 yard free-style swim in 9 minutes. 800 yard snorkel swim in 15 minutes.
Current First Aid/CPR certification
DAN O2 Oxygen Administration certification

Time commitment: Approximately 12 to 16 hours at home reading the manual and answering the questions; Two intense weekends in class and pool sessions. Several apprentice and outside assignments. Candidates have six months to complete the course.

Text: SSI Dive Control Specialist Kit, provided with tuition.

Required equipment: Personal snorkeling gear and scuba equipment with functioning BCD auto-inflator and alternate air source, dive computer, two cylinders, exposure suit, compass, slate, personal surface marking device (scuba tuba), whistle, and dive knife or shears, dive light, first aid kit with neuro exam slate.