NASE Open Water Course Flashcards
Teaching Option 1
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OW Training Option 2
Option 2: Introductory Scuba Experience
With this option, students can begin by taking part in an introductory scuba experience and, if they choose, continue working with their instructor until all in-water performance objectives are met.
Specific requirements include:
- Prior to any in-water training, students demonstrate aca- demic mastery of The Six Rules by successfully completing the NASE Scuba Experience pre-dive quiz.
- Prior to any open-water dives, students demonstrate both comfort in the water and mastery of the following skills:
- Establishing positive buoyancy on the surface by inflating a BC
- Breathing from a regulator
- Regulator recovery and clearing
- Breathing from an alternate air source
- No-mask breathing
- Mask clearing
- Equalization
- Students are also to demonstrate buoyancy control through proper weighting. This is a task they will likely accomplish with instructor assistance.
- Students who elect to extend their introductory scuba experience into a full fledged Open Water Diver course can continue working with their instructor until all confined and open-water skill performance objectives are met, and they have logged at least 100 minutes of Actual Bottom Time in open water.
- Students are to understand, however, that they will not be awarded NASE Open Water Diver certification until after they have successfully completed the eLearning course. If students are on vacation, this can be done after they return home.
Instructors who take advantage of this option are to issue students an Open Water Diver course eLearning sign-up code, monitor their progress on line, and issue nal certi - cation through the eLearning system.
- Students who take advantage of this option will have a maximum of six months in which to complete the NASE Open Water Diver eLearning course. Should they allow this opportunity to pass, they will need to start over again.
Teaching Option 1
- Prior to any in-water training, students complete the NASE Open Water Diver eLearning course in its entirety.
- Prior to any open-water training, students complete all required skill performance objectives in confined water.
- Students complete 100 minutes of open-water training and all required skill performance objectives for open water.
At this point, students receive immediate NASE Open Water Diver certi cation.
Minimum Age for OW Course
Be at least twelve years old by the start of the course
TEN & ELEVEN YEAR OLD STUDENTS
- Students’ parents or legal guardians are to read and sign the NASE Parental Responsibility for Minor Divers form.
- The maximum student-to-instructor ratio for confined or open-water training dives is 4:1 if a 10-11 year old is enrolled
- No more than two ten or eleven-year-old students are to participate in any in-water training at the same time.
- A parent or legal guardian is to be present during all course activities in which a ten- or eleven-year-old is tak- ing part.
- The maximum depth limit for divers under the age of twelve is 12 m/40 ft.
Minimum Age for OW Course
Be at least twelve years old by the start of the course
TEN AND ELEVEN YEAR OLD STUDENTS
- Students’ parents or legal guardians are to read and sign the NASE Parental Responsibility for Minor Divers form.
- The maximum student-to-instructor ratio for confined or open-water training dives is 4:1 if a 10-11 year old is enrolled
- No more than 2 ten or eleven-year-old students are to participate in any in-water training at the same time.
- A parent or legal guardian is to be present during all course activities in which a ten- or eleven-year-old is tak- ing part.
- The maximum depth limit for divers under the age of twelve is 12 m/40 ft.
Watermanship and Comfort Level Assessment (NASE IM 193)
Demonstrate, to their instructor’s satisfaction, that: they are comfortable and relaxed in the water; that they can maintain themselves in water too deep to stand; and, that they possess adequate overall fitness for safe diving. Methods for doing so may include, but not be limited to:
- Swim a distance of 180 m/200 yds without equipment, using any combination of strokes.
- Swim a distance of 275 m/300 yds using mask, snorkel
and fins. - Tread, float or drownproof in water too deep to stand for at least ten minutes.
OW Student/Instructor Ratios and Supervision
- Students are to be under direct instructor supervision during all phases of Open Water Dive One.
- Certified assistants may independently supervise and guide students during the non-skill-assessment portion of subsequent dives, as long as the students have demonstrated competency:
* mask clearing,
* regulator recovery and clearing,
* alternate air source use, and
* !the ability to maintain depth through buoyancy control. - A ratio of no more than two students per certified assistant must be maintained, while also being under the indirect supervision of a NASE instructor with active Teaching status.
- Certified assistants may also independently escort student divers to and from entry and exit points on the surface and temporarily attend to remaining students while an instructor conducts skills w/other divers.
- Current NASE Worldwide Assistant Instructors may conduct skill assessments during confined and open-water training, provided both they and the students are under the direct supervision of a NASE Worldwide Instructor.
- There is no maximum student/instructor ratio for academic knowledge development and assessment.
The maximum allowable student/instructor ratio during confined water training?
ten students per instructor (twelve students if one or more certi ed assistants are used).
The maximum allowable student/instructor ratio during open water training is?
eight students per instructor, regardless of whether or not certified assistants are used. This ratio may be further limited, depending on how much in-wa- ter training the student has received and other factors.
Special Ratios for Introductory Scuba Experiences
Until students have accrued at least 60 minutes of in-water time (con ned and/or open water), and have demonstrated both the overall comfort in the water, the ability to follow instructor directions and the ability to remain in close proximity to the instructor at all times, the maximum student-to-instructor ratio is two-to-one.
Once these conditions have been met, the maximum student-to-instructor ratio may increase to four-to-one, given ideal conditions.
Only when students have demonstrated mastery of all con ned-water skill performance objectives does the ra- tio increase to eight-to-one.
Bear in mind, however, that in most circumstances, NASE recommends a maximum student-to-instructor ration of four-to-one.
What are options Students have for preparing for the OW quiz,
They include
- Reading the NASE Scuba Experience eBook
- Watching the NASE Scuba Experience video.
- Going through the NASE Scuba Experience Power Point presentation with their instructor
AND, completing the e-quiz when they return home.
What skills do students taking part in a NASE Introductory Scuba Experience have to demonstrate in confined water prior to taking part in any open-water training or experiential dives:
- Regulator recovery and clearing
- Partial mask clearing
- Breathing from an alternate air source second stage provided by the instructor
- Equalization while descending
OW Requirements for OPENN WATER Bottom Time and Number of Entries/Exits
Accrue a minimum of at least 100 minutes of Actual Bottom Time (ABT).
Assemble and disassemble their scuba units a minimum of three times.
Enter and exit the water completely a total of at least three times.
Log a minimum of three distinct open water dives.
OW DIVER Open Water Minimum and Maximum Depths
- . The minimum depth for skill assessments during open-wa-
ter training dives is 5 m/15 ft. - The maximum depth for the first 50 minutes of open water training is 15 m/50 ft.
- The maximum depth for all subsequent bottom time is 20 m/65 ft.
The 3 OW DIVER Skill Performance Objectives Only Done In Confined Water
- Remove and replace a scuba unit under water.
- Remove and replace a weight system under water and at
the surface in water too deep to stand. - Simulate an independent emergency (out-of-air) ascent.
