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BSAC Skill Development Course (SDC) in Thailand
Dec 26th
BSAC Skill Development Course (SDC) in Thailand
Thursday, December 24th, 2009
Big Blue Tech and BSAC Thailand completed Skill Development Courses for Ash Dunn and Mark Slinn during a workshop in Koh Tao on the 23rd of December to ehnace their abilities as scuba diving instructors.
A SDC is a course that teached instructors the ability to deliver different or signature courses. For example, a nitrox course could be considered a SDC because it delivers a specific skill set rather then enhancing day to day diver skills.
BSAC Thailand took Mark and Ash through the BSAC Oxygen Administrator Instructor and BSAC Compressor Operator Instructor SDC during the day long workshop. During this time the students had to demonstrate their overall knowledge and ability in both disciplines to the instructor examiner.
After a written and practical exam they were issued their certification cards and received authority to begin teaching the courses.
Andy Cavell, our other intern, missed this event because he was teaching a PADI Deep and Nitrox Specialty Course. He will complete this workshop on the 29th of December.
The rest of the SDC will be earned in February with titles such as Gas Blender Instructor, Mixed Gas Diver Instructor and various other accompanying disciplines like service technician skills.
For more information or to attend our next cross-over, sdc workshop or instructor course please contact us or www.bsacthailand.com
Tags: BSAC Compressor Operator, BSAC Oxygen Administrator, bsac thailand, diver instructor, diver skills, diving instructors, gas blender, instructor course, instructor examiner, koh tao, oxygen, service technician, signature courses, skill development courses
Big Blue Tech release new PADI TecRec courses for 2010
Dec 10th

Big Blue Tech have revised their website to include the release of the new PADI TecRec courses we’ll start offering in the new year of 2010.
In September of 2009 PADI released the new technical diving cirriculum to the public with a new name and new standards. Many say PADI have made a move to follow the trend of modular teaching which are already in place with other diving agencies like TDI and IANTD. Additionally PADI have invited Cave Diving Instructors to develop their own courses called “TecRec Cave Diver” which will be specific to the instructor/author and suit the local conditions and methods.
With this change it appears PADI have also dropped the name “DSAT” which stood for “Design, Science and Technology” which didn’t really suite as the cover for their technical diving branch.
In January of 2010 Big Blue Tech will be releasing PADI Cave Diving courses designed for technical divers. This course will be distinctive to Big Blue Tech as it has been written by us. The other TecRec courses have been released for quite some time and can be seen below:
PADI TecRec
PADI Tec 40
PADI Tec 45
PADI Tec 50
PADI Tec Trimix 65
PADI Tec Trimix Diver
PADI Gas Blender
PADI Trimix Blender
PADI Tec Cavern
PADI Tec Intro to Cave
PADI Tec Cave
You can also read more on the PADI TecRec blog:TecRec Cave Diver
