Fall 2022 SCUBA Course Schedule

Notice:If you are interested in getting certified for SCUBA or
if you are certified and want to go diving, please contact: Luke Springman by email: lspringm@bloomu.edu

  1. All meetings are mandatory. It is very difficult to make up missed meetings, so please take extra care to check your calendar. If there is a conflict, contact the instructor immediately.

  2. Homework preparation is required. You may be dismissed from the course if you do not prepare for class. There are no refunds for the textbook if already paid.

  3. The course consists of at least ten sessions: classroom, pool and open water.

You must watch this video before the first class (link below). You will be quizzed on the content of the video. Failure to review the video will disqualify you for the class. Only students with a commitment to the sport will be allowed to participate.

Link: Risk Awareness Video

Dates and times are tentative.

Session #1

date day time location
10 September 2022 Saturday 1:00PM-3:00PM Bloomsburg Univerity Arts and Administration Building Room TBA

  1. Introduction
  2. Paperwork: liability waivers, health forms, survey
  3. Textbook distribution
  4. Payment for textbook due: $75

Academics:

  1. Business: risk waivers, forms, etc.
  2. Risk Awareness Video (viewed before session): quiz
  3. SCUBA equipment, part one
  4. SCUBA skills, part one
homework: for chapters 1-3 watch DVD and complete workbook.

Session #2

date day time location
17 September 2022
 Saturday 8:00AM-1:00PM Nelson Fieldhouse Pool

  1. briefing
  2. new skills
    1. swimming skills
    2. skin diving skills
    3. buddy system
    4. assemble, check, don equipment
    5. pre-dive check for self and buddy
    6. defog masks
    7. entries and exits
    8. buoyancy and weighting check
    9. surface communication
    10. orally inflate and deflate BC for self and buddy
    11. regulator skills part 1
    12. mask skills part 1
  3. debriefing

Session #3

date day time location
17 September 2022 Saturday 2:00PM-5:00PM classroom in the Arts and Administration Building

Academics:

  1. dive equipment, part 2
  2. SCUBA skills, part 2
  3. SCUBA physics
homework: for chapters 4-5 watch DVD and complete workbook.

Session #4

date day time location
8 October 2022 Saturday 8:00AM-1:00PM Nelson Fieldhouse Pool

  1. briefing
  2. review:
    1. assemble, check, don equipment (full wet suit)
    2. pre-dive check for self and buddy
    3. defog masks
    4. entries and exits
    5. buoyancy and weighting check
    6. surface communication
    7. orally inflate and deflate BC for self and buddy
    8. mask skills
    9. regulator skills
  3. new skills:
    1. weight belt removal and replacement (surface)
    2. integrated weight system removal (surface)
    3. SCUBA unit removal and replacement (surface)
    4. finning (scissor, dolfin, modified frog)
    5. descent skills (equalize pressure, surface dives)
    6. ascent skills (safe ascent, safety stop)
    7. underwater communication (air supply, commands)
    8. regulator skills part 2
    9. mask skills part 2
    10. buoyancy training part 1 (hover)
  4. debriefing

Session #5

date day time location
8 October 2022 Saturday 2:00PM-5:00PM classroom in the Arts and Administration Building

Academics:

  1. SCUBA physiology
  2. decompression theory
  3. using dive tables
  4. dive planning using tables
  5. dive computers
homework: for chapters 6, 7, and 8 watch DVD and complete workbook. (Chapter 9 will be covered during the next class.)

Session #6

date day time location
15 October 2022 Saturday 8:00AM-1:00PM Nelson Fieldhouse Pool

  1. briefing
  2. review:
    1. assemble and don gear
    2. entries and exits
    3. mask skills
    4. regulator skills
    5. communication skills
    6. descent skills
    7. ascent skills
    8. remove and reattach weight belt as surface
    9. remove and replace SCUBA unit at surface
  3. new skills:
    1. retrieve unconscious diver
    2. share air both as donor and receiver
    3. emergency ascent
    4. deploy "safety sausage"
    5. remove and retrieve SCUBA unit at depth
    6. remove and retrieve weight belt at depth
    7. surface rescue tows
    8. underwater navigation with compass (practice outdoors)
  4. debriefing

Session #7

date day time location
15 October 2022 2:00PM-5:00PM Saturday classroom in the Arts and Administration Building

Academics:

  1. decompression sickness
  2. dive planning
  3. using dive computers
  4. discuss chapter 9 "dive activities"
  5. TEST: 80 multiple-choice questions,

Session #8

date day time location
12 November 2022 Saturday Arrive by 8:00AM, all day Willow Springs Scuba Park:
Directions: Follow these directions, or enter the address in your GPS app: 199 Millardsville Rd / Richland, PA 17087-9718

NOTE: all students will have pay for their own admission: $65/day.

  1. set up, site survey, briefing, planning

  2. dive #1
    1. assemble, don gear, check self/buddy
    2. stride entry
    3. weight check
    4. weight belt removal / replacement on surface only
    5. SCUBA unit removal / replacement on surface only
    6. safe descent on line to platform, equalizing and controlling air spaces
    7. mask skills
    8. regulator skills
    9. buoyancy
    10. communications / monitor air
    11. safe ascent with safety stop

  3. dive #2
    1. assemble, don gear, check self/buddy
    2. shore entry
    3. safe descent, equalizing and controlling air spaces
    4. retrieve unconscious diver
    5. share air as donor and receiver
    6. emergency air ascent
    7. communications / monitor air
    8. buoyancy skills
    9. safe ascent with safety stop

  4. dive #3
    1. assemble, don gear, check self/buddy
    2. shore or stride entry
    3. safe descent, equalizing and controlling air spaces
    4. environmental navigation
    5. group diving
    6. buoyancy skills
    7. communication / monitor air
    8. random practice of mask and regulator skills
    9. safe ascent with safety stop
  5. break down equipment and pack
  6. debriefing, fill out log books

Session #9

date day time location
19 November 2022 Sunday Arrive 7:00AM, all day Willow Springs Park

NOTE: For Willow Springs all students will have to pay for their own admission: $65 / day.

  1. set up, site survey, briefing, planning

  2. dive #4
    1. assemble, don gear, check self/buddy
    2. stride or shore entry
    3. safe descent, equalizing and controlling air spaces
    4. compass navigation: reciprocal course
    5. surface rescue tows
    6. buoyancy
    7. communications / monitor air
    8. safe ascent with safety stop

  3. dive #5
    1. assemble, don gear, check self/buddy
    2. shore entry
    3. safe descent, equalizing and controlling air spaces
    4. leadership dive
    5. communications / monitor air
    6. buoyancy skills
    7. safe ascent with safety stop

  4. break down equipment and pack
  5. debriefing, fill out log books, issue temporary certification cards