Have fun, build confidence and expand your diving opportunities by enrolling on a BSAC Boat Handling Course .
This course is aimed at people whom have no previous boating experience, also will further the training of more experienced users and will teach you both the theory and practical side on controlling a power boat in confined area i.e. in a marina and at high speed in open water.
We also added in an introduction to Chartwork & Position Fixing (as part of a BSAC SDC Course) where you will also have the benefits of understanding charts, tides and the weather, also how to prepare and execute a route passage plan to go to sea.
You will be out and about in boats on both days of this two-day course, which includes a mix of four theory, two dry practical and three open-water practical sessions aboard a RIB. You will learn about the responsibilities of owning, towing and driving a boat, and how to launch and recover it.
With a maximum of three students per instructor in sessions on the water, you will learn how to drive the boat and will have plenty of hands-on time to practise a range of boat manoeuvres to improve your boat-handling skills and safely drop off and recover divers on a dive site.
Practical skills include high-speed driving, slow-speed manoeuvring, anchoring and coming alongside. You will develop your overall seamanship skills, including voyage planning, essential rules of the road and learn the actions to take in an emergency.
This is a great fun and enjoyable course for all.....
Our next scheduled dates :-
DATES FOR 2025
14th & 15th July
11th & 12th August
1st & 2nd September
6th & 7th October
1st & 2nd December
Cost £285.00 + £65.00 for a printed training pack (while stocks last, before going digital).
Further weekend dates to be added…
Additional dates can be easily added for club or group bookings of 3
This is a two day workshop for students who have completed the BSAC Boat Handling Course, specially designed to enable them to develop their skills in both theory and practical elements with a minimum of 5 hours behind the helm to gain confidence, so they then will be able to attend the Diver Coxswain Assessment (DCA).
This workshop creates an avenue for those who don’t have access to a Rhib or wish to fast track their training to gain the Diver Coxswain Qualification (please note the DCA is not included within this course). The workshop is based on maximum number of two students.
This workshop can also be run for individuals over one day, simply contact us for details ...
Our next scheduled dates :-
Dates for 2025
22nd & 23rd September
3rd & 4th November
Cost £330.00
Further weekend dates to be added…
Additional dates can be easily added for club, group or individual bookings....
This is a one day workshop to refresh your practical boat handling techniques and theoretical skills with chart work, passage planning and seamanship knowledge, along with open water sessions to enhance your skills as a skipper and a navigator in preparation for the Diver Coxswain Assessment.
The following skills will be covered:
Our next scheduled dates :-
DATES FOR 2025
21st July (FULL)
18th August
15th September
20th October
17th November
8th December
Cost £180.00
Additional dates can be easily added for club or group bookings of 3….
Open to anyone aged over 16 who has completed a BSAC Boat Handling Course or RYA Level 2 and has since logged a minimum of five hours boat-handling, or can demonstrate 20 hours or more of previous boat-handling experience.
We would require a written confirmation from the Diving Officer of the 20 hours Boat Handling experience.
In the Diver Coxswain assessment you will be orally tested on your theory knowledge of boat safety equipment, what to do in an emergency, knots and rules of the road.
You will be practically assessed on your skills covering:
Boat Handling is a great way to get non-divers involved in the club, especially if they have family members that dive. No diving qualification is necessary to take part.
On completion you can apply for the ICC International Certificate for Operators of Pleasures Craft available via BSAC HQ.
Our next scheduled dates :
22nd July (FULL)
19th August
21st October
18th November
9th December
Cost £170.00 + £20.00 (Assessment Pack)
Plus you need to purchase your BSAC Diver
Assessment Pack from the BSAC Shop.
https://www.bsac.com/shop/digital-training-materials/workshopexamination-
Additional dates can be easily added for club or group bookings of 3…
Want to fast track your training…?
This bespoke BSAC intensive course, takes you from Boat Handling to Diver Coxswain Assessment in only 5 days…
Course is based on a maximum of two students per boat.
Day One & Two : BSAC Boat Handling Course
Day Three : BSAC Post Boat Handling Workshop
Day Four : BSAC Diver Coxswain Preparation Workshop
Day Five : BSAC Diver Coxswain Assessment
Our next scheduled dates :
11th - 15th August (1 space)
22nd - 26th September
Other dates available contact us for details.
Cost £1,500.00 + £20.00 (Assessment Pack)
Plus you need to purchase your BSAC Diver
Assessment Pack from the BSAC Shop.
https://www.bsac.com/shop/digital-training-materials/workshopexamination-
This two-day course, which includes a day afloat to consolidate your practical navigation skills following a day of theory sessions, dry practical sessions, and planning.
You will develop your overall knowledge of planning for more exciting exploratory diving, including:
Dates for our next Chartwork & Position Fixing Course
Our next scheduled dates …
DATES FOR 2025
28th & 29th July
8th & 9th September
13th & 14th October
10th & 11th November
15th &16th December
Cost £285.00 + £65.00 for a printed training pack (while stocks last, before going digital).
Additional dates can be easily added for club or group bookings of 3….
This one day Oxygen Administration course is a classroom based theory and practical sessions. You will learn how to give basic life support as a solo rescuer or two-person team, with or without a pocket mask.
You will refresh your knowledge of the diving-related injuries burst lung, decompression illness, drowning, carbon monoxide poisoning and shock and find out how they benefit from oxygen first aid.
Practical skills include casualty assessment and the use of oxygen administration equipment for breathing and non-breathing casualties. The skills practice will be on a manikin.
There is a practical and theory assessment at the end of the course.
Contact us for dates…
Cost £165.00 (plus training pack)
Additional dates can be easily added for club or group bookings…
This one day course will give you the confidence to use first aid in a real emergency, including improvising dressings and splints using materials and equipment commonly found at the dive site or on a dive boat.
Contact us for dates ….
Cost £165.00 (plus training pack)
Additional dates can be easily added for club or group bookings…
This course consists as a one day classroom based with theory and practical lessons to refresh the use of Oxygen Administration and Basic Life Support to a casualty and the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). Being qualified in its use gives you the confidence to treat a diving-related injury either on a boat or on dry land.
Contact us for dates….
Cost £165.00 + £45.00 for a printed training pack (while stocks last, before going digital).
Additional dates can be easily added for club or group bookings…
£10.00 including postage.
Paperback copy of the current edition of this comprehensive manual covering every aspect of seamanship a diver coxswain is ever likely to require, which is also a vital revision manual for First Class Divers and Instructors.
A comprehensive "Seamanship: A Guide for Divers" manual which covers various aspects of boa
£10.00 including postage.
Paperback copy of the current edition of this comprehensive manual covering every aspect of seamanship a diver coxswain is ever likely to require, which is also a vital revision manual for First Class Divers and Instructors.
A comprehensive "Seamanship: A Guide for Divers" manual which covers various aspects of boat handling, from basic terminology to emergency procedures, making it essential for dive boat operators. The manual also includes information on weather, charts, VHF operations, and boat maintenance, all in a format suitable for divers.
Key areas covered in the manual:
ISBN: 0953891976 (March 2020)
PLEASE NOTE: This book is included as part of the course material in the Boat Handling skill development course, available in electronic format only…
Contact us for your own bespoke Club training, including training workshops for Boat Handling Instructors and Diver Coxswain Assessors…
This workshop is to make sure divers are fully prepared for diving in the sea in the UK and Ireland.
The aim is to reduce serious incidents and fatalities at sea.
Covering dive planning, rescue skills, sea survival and calling for help at the surface.
The workshop includes two dives which will cover key UK diving skills as well as the basics of sea survival techniques. Divers will have to plan dives thoroughly; we will cover other topics like how to call for help as well as how to increase visibility on the surface in a lost diver situation.
This workshop is aimed to provide not only a refresher of key safety aspects but also teach divers new safety skills.
This is a two day workshop with a days classroom theory and a practical day in water.
Cost £260
This is a three hour session, which is simply an introduction into the basics of boat handling.
The session will cover pre-boat safety checks, use of the basic controls, how to steer and manoeuvre the boat from a pontoon and control the boat at slow & fast speeds within the safety of Portland Harbour.
Cost £300