Surface Supplied Diving

[rmediver2002]

Sorry that was a typo - the class runs from 7:00 am on the 12th until 5:00 pm on the 15th, minimum 40 training hours.

The prereq. are advanced open water, first aid and CPR training are also prefered.

Upon completion of training a certificate of training, memorandum for verification of training hours, and a Kirby Morgan equipment inspector certification.

Jeff Lane

 

[ZackD]

im very interested, but im about 7 hours away, and i might not be able to skip classes on friday.

 

[MantaRey]

I'm very interested in the summer class. a few questions: aside from the prereguisites do we need any special equipment? or is everything provided? and does this open the door for more advanced surface supplied dives? (like heliox)

 

[rmediver2002]

All equipment for the course is provided.



We do not offer surface supplied mixed gas training as an independant course. If required for a specific project then some advanced medicine and physiology training to include hyperbaric operations would be required prior to any diving operations.

Jeff Lane

 

[Tom Winters]

---> Surface Supplied Diving, the first thought that went though my head was SNUBA which triggered painful flashbacks of doing that on Oahu helping my friend who owned the SNUBA franchise there. He used aluminum 100's which weighed close to 500 pounds at the end of the day when you had to schlep them back up the beach to the van. Plus most of the lazy divemorons ...oops, I meant to say divemasters that worked for SNUBA tended to heavily overweight their customers to keep them on the bottom. Since there was no bc attached to the rig, in the course of a day, the SNUBA herds would slowly level the bottom of any given area they were diving on. There was a gorgeous protected patch of finger corals in Waimanalo Bay that was reduced to a flat sandpile after a few hours of SNUBAdozers. The concept had potential, and PADI and NAUI signed off on it, but I had a lot of problems with the actual operation of these things.

 

[rmediver2002]

http://www.snuba.com/

Not sure I understand your post, is this meant as a comparison to my training program or just an observation based on your experience?





SNUBA appears to be a violation of the commercial diving standards unless all the requirements of 29 CFR 1910 subpart T are met... (from the pictures on the homepage it would appear this was never considered)

http://www.osha-slc.gov/pls/oshaweb...DARDS&p_id=9977

1910.401(a)(2)(i)

Performed solely for instructional purposes, using open-circuit, compressed air SCUBA and conducted within the no-decompression limits;

http://www.osha-slc.gov/pls/oshaweb...DARDS&p_id=9978

"SCUBA diving": A diving mode independent of surface supply in which the diver uses open circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.

Of course this standard would only apply in a situation that an employee employer relationship has been established (dive masters, instructors, etc.)

It appears unnecessarily dangerous to me...


Jeff Lane

 

[Tom Winters]

No Jeff - not at all meant as a comparison to your program. Just scanning through the thread titles and seeing "Surface Supplied Diving) brought back the SNUBA divemares. It always seemed like an accident waiting to happen. I remember once off Ala Moana beach park, they had a weightlifter guy for a customer - huge, solid guy - the divemorons thought that he was just fat, so they put 36 pounds of weight on him ---> NO WETSUIT! to keep him down. I had to ditch my weightbelt, fully inflate my bc, and still kick like a banshee to get him back up since they had thoughtfully tied his weight belt on to make sure that it didn't fall off.

"It appears unnecessarily dangerous to me..." - Amen to that!
:sharky:

 

[Bob3]

they had a weightlifter guy for a customer - huge, solid guy

I used to be able to dive saltwater, no wetsuit, and need no lead.
Couldn't float motionless in freshwater.
Thank goodness I've added the necessary layers of insulation/bouyancy material.:tease:

From the SNUBA site:

"No prior snorkeling or diving experience is required. After a 15-20 minute orientation ..."

Holy CRAP !! Those guys must employ the "Mike Nelson" style of instruction: "put this in your mouth & breathe..."

 

[rmediver2002]

Additional course dates added spring 2004...


The Florida State University, Marine Lab - Academic Diving Program surface supplied diving 40 hour certificate course. http://www.diveweb.com/uw/archives/arch/031.02.shtml

http://www.adp.fsu.edu/SurfSuplRequest.html On-line training request

Photo's from training:

http://www.adp.fsu.edu/pics/SurfSupl030727/index.html
http://www.adp.fsu.edu/pics/SurfSupl030418a/index.html
http://www.adp.fsu.edu/pics/SurfSupl021111/index.html
http://www.adp.fsu.edu/pics/SurfSupl020920/index.html


Training date:

Spring 2004 session #1-2 March 12 - 15 2004 (ADP-SSD-002)

Spring 2004 session #1-1 March 5-8 2004 (ADP-SSD-001)

Please specify training dates your interested in (each class size is limited to first ten registered applicants)

Training as Kirby Morgan Diving Systems International http://www.kmdsi.com/index.html equipment inspector certification is available at no additional charge (additional training hours may be required the evening of training day one)

Dormitory style lodging is available at the training site for $15.00 an evening, coordinations made through the ADP.

The course fee for the training is $350.00

This session is limited to the first 10 registered participants.

(please complete the attached forms packet and return with $100.00 deposit to complete registration)

For more information or to reserve a training seat contact:


Jeffrey M. Lane
Diving Engineer
Florida State University
Academic Diving Program
315 Stadium Dr. West
Tallahassee, FL 32306

Office 850-644-8299
Fax 850-644-8297
jlane@adp.fsu.edu
Web site www.adp.fsu.edu