Which skills are required to complete the Independent Diver course Confined Water sessions?
Students must have completed all required skills in the table below by the end of the Confined Water sessions. It is essential to introduce skill types, such as mask skills, logically.
For example, mask partial flood comes before mask full flood, and so on. However, the specific timing of when to teach these skill types during Confined Water sessions will depend on the confidence levels of your students and logistical considerations.
Students must complete each skill in Confined Water before repeating them in open water.
See Suggested Schedules for recommendations on how to organise training dives.
Numbered skills in bold must be completed in order.
| Mask Skills | Buoyancy Skills | Snorkel Skills | Equipment Skills | Regulator Skills | General Skills |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Partial mask flood and clear | 1. BCD inflation and deflation at the surface. | 1.Snorkel Clearing | Equipment assembly and disassembly (x3) | 1. Breathing underwater | Equalisation techniques |
| 2. Fully Flooded mask clear | 2. Neutral Buoyancy | Snorkelling dive | Disconnect and reconnect LPI | 2. Regulator clearing | Predive Check |
| 3. Mask removal and replacement | 3. Hover | Snorkelling team skills | Weight system removal and replacement at the surface | 3. Regulator Recovery | Controlled descent |
| 4. No mask breathing | Snorkel swim | Emergency weight drop | 4. Alternate Air Source Ascent (donor and receiver) | Ascent | |
| 5. No mask swim | Resecure a loose cylinder band | Air depletion | Cramp release | ||
| BCD removal and replacement at the surface | Free flow regulator | Tired diver tow | |||
| Weight check | Snorkel to regulator exchange |