Hackney Sub Aqua Club

Training Schedule - Summer 2008

All lectures start at 8.15pm (except the
dive leader lectures on 28 September or where otherwise informed).

Date	Ocean Diver	Sport Diver	Dive Leader
Sunday, 28 September 2008			Dive leader lectures with Rob and Rita
29 September 2008	Theory OT1 Ocean Diver Training	Pool session	Pool session
6 October 2008	* * * * * * * * * * * OCTOPUSH SESSION FOR ALL * * * * * * * * * * * Ending at 9.10pm for HSAC Open Meeting in The Approach
13 October 2008	Pool session	Theory ST1 ‚- Sport Diving	Pool session
20 October 2008	Theory OT2 Diving Equipment and Diving Signals Georgia	Pool session	Lecture (if any outstanding)
27 October 2008	Pool session	Theory ST2 ‚- Diver Rescue	Pool session
3 November 2008	Theory OT3 The Body and the Effects of Diving Caron	Pool session	Pool session
10 November 2008	* * * * * * * * * * * OCTOPUSH SESSION FOR ALL * * * * * * * * * * *
17 November 2008	Pool session	Theory ST3 ‚- Equipment and Techniques	Lecture (if any outstanding) or test
24 November 2008	Theory OT4 Planning to go Diving Richard	Pool session	Pool session
1 December 2008	Pool session	Theory ST4 ‚- Deeper Diving	Pool session
8 December 2008	Theory OT5 Going Diving Evan	Pool session	Pool session
15 December 2008	* * * * * * * * * * * OCTOPUSH SESSION FOR ALL * * * * * * * * * * *
22 December 2008	CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS
29 December 2008	CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS
5 January 2009	Pool session	Theory ST4 ‚- Deeper Diving (Part 2)	Pool session
12 January 2009	Theory OT6 What Happens If Tom	Pool session	Pool session
19 January 2009	Pool session	Theory ST5 ‚- Air Planning and Systems	Pool session
26 January 2009	* * * * * * * * * * * OCTOPUSH SESSION FOR ALL * * * * * * * * * * *
2 February 2009	Theory OT7 Enjoying Your Diving Mat	Pool session	Pool session
9 February 2009	Pool session	Theory ST6 ‚- Going Diving	Pool session
16 February 2009	Ocean Diver theory test	Sport Diver theory test	Pool session
23 February 2009	Ocean Diver theory test	Sport Diver theory test	Pool session
2 March 2009	Ocean Diver theory test	Sport Diver theory test	Pool session
9 March 2009	* * * * * * * * * * * OCTOPUSH SESSION FOR ALL * * * * * * * * * * *

Pool sessions – IMPORTANT

I appreciate that the starts of pool
sessions are often slow, so the following changes will take place;

If you intend to train on a Monday
evening, you must contact Rita by e mail or phone by the Saturday
beforehand. If you do not receive acknowledgement of your
e mail he will not have received it so phone him. You can make this
booking the week before at the club. If you do not book into training
you will be the last to be allocated kit by an instructor. These changes
are intended to make the sessions more efficient for everyone as we can
plan the training ahead of time. Please turn up early and get set up.
Owning your own mask, fins, snorkel and weights speeds things up.
Remember Club kit is allocated first to try divers, followed by new and
inexperienced members. Please try to start investing in your own kit;
good second-hand kit or the Dive Show are good places to start and we
can help you decide what to buy.

Cylinders

Only the payment of £3 IN ADVANCE will
secure you a cylinder. Please don’t put empty cylinders back in the
store. If there is less than 70 bar at the end of your session, please
place the cylinder near the pool exit. Volunteers are always required to
carry kit/cylinders outside at the end of pool sessions. Anybody willing
to take a few cylinders to fill now and again will be warmly thanked,
pointed in the direction of a local dive shop and reimbursed for the
cost of the air fills (ensure you get a receipt for the fills),
otherwise it tends to be the same poor sods (me included) doing it every
week.

Updated: As of September 2008
the air fee will be £3. The air fee charge has not changed in the past 7
years but the price of air fills has doubled in that time. Remember that
if you bring your own cylinder there is no charge!

Faulty Equipment

Please don’t put kit back if it is not
working correctly. It is dangerous.
Bring it to the attention of the Pool Marshall.

Open Water Training Days

2nd/3rd May (Sat/Sun)

30th/31st May(Sat/Sun)

Please inform Rita Parmar as soon as possible if you wish to attend. See
Below:

How to Book

To sign up for a training session, please
contact Rita ASAP. You will need to give a cheque for

£20 per day for each day you
wish to train, dated for the day of the trip. If you turn up your cheque
will be returned to you, otherwise it will not. Please book on
NOW so that the appropriate
number of instructors can be booked. See the Welcome pack for a list of
kit required for the trip. Make sure if you hire club kit it is working
correctly (best to borrow the kit you used in the pool) and also make
sure the cylinder is in test (your responsibility). We are unlikely to
be able to put things right on the day. Please set up kit before the
trip to test it out and also set up your weight belt beforehand. This
saves YOUR training time. You will have noted we have few weights/weight
belts in the Club. These are relatively inexpensive to buy, as dive kit
goes, and will save you huge inconvenience in constantly changing things
around. See Rob W, for advice on purchasing your own. If you do not have
other items of kit this is your chance to ask other members to lend you
bits of kit. Most will oblige, but do ensure they get it back.

Lifts to the training site are your
responsibility, but there are usually people offering lifts and willing
to share petrol. Ask Rita early.

Equipment and Organisation

If you are going on a training day, please be at the pool on the Monday prior
to the training day:

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	<!--mstheme-->Liaise with the other divers and the trip coordinator (usually the Training Officer - Rita Parmar) to arrange your travel and accommodation. Travel is by private car, so if you have a car, offer the other divers a lift (they can share the travel costs). If you do not have a car, make sure you find someone who does! <!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist-->

With the exception of cylinders, the equipment is hired out at £4 per item
per day.

Cylinder hire is per cylinder, per weekend as per the table below:

<!--mstheme-->Description<!--mstheme-->	<!--mstheme--> Cost £<!--mstheme-->
<!--mstheme-->Take an empty cylinder and return it full<!--mstheme-->	<!--mstheme--> 0<!--mstheme-->
<!--mstheme-->Take an full cylinder and return it full<!--mstheme-->	<!--mstheme--> 4<!--mstheme-->
<!--mstheme-->Take an empty cylinder and return it empty<!--mstheme-->	<!--mstheme-->

4

Take an full cylinder and return it empty

8

Take empty means a cylinder with less than 150 bar. Return
full means a cylinder with more than 200 bar.

Previous Training
Schedule - Spring/Summer 2008

Below is the list of the rest of lectures for the course.

They will be held in an office meeting room at 18 Victoria Park
Square - this very close to the pool. Please see the map on this link:

18 Victoria Park Square

The lectures will start at 7.15pm. Please be there on time, as there
is no reception staff at that time and I will have to let you in.

19th May 08 OT2 Diving Equipment and Diving Signals: Iain

2nd June 08 OT3 The Body and Effect of Diving: Paul

9th June 08 OT4 Planning to go Diving: Rob. Held at the Gallery Cafe.

30th June 08 OT5 Going Diving: TBC

2nd July OT6 What Happen If .? : Paul McBride

7th July OT7 Enjoying Your Diving: Rita. 18 Victoria Park Sq.

In addition to the lectures and pool sessions there will be 5 open
water dives required to make up your Ocean diver skills.

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Previous Courses

Spring 2008

2007