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Sample Noaa Diver Training Schedule SAMPLE NOAA DIVER TRAINING SCHEDULE Week 1 Monday___________________________ Thursday__________________________ 0730 - Start 0730 - Start AM - Classroom: Course Introduction. AM - Classroom: Decompression Theory - Gas Laws and Physical Properties - Pool: SCUBA II in Diving Lunch Lunch PM - Pool: SCUBA II - Classroom: Charging Procedures PM - Classroom: Skin Diving Equipment and Waterworks Safety. 1800 - Finish - Equipment Fitting 1800 - Finish Friday_____________________________ 0730 - Start Tuesday___________________________ AM - Classroom: Diving Gases 0730 - Start - Pool: SCUBA III AM - Classroom: Barotrauma Lunch - Pool: Swim Test Lunch PM - Pool: SCUBA III - Classroom: Diving Physiology & PM - Pool: Skin Diving Skills Maladies - Classroom: SCUBA Equipment 1800 - Finish 1800 - Finish Saturday___________________________ Wednesday________________________ 0730 - Start 0730 - Start AM - Classroom: Review and Evaluations AM - Pool: SCUBA I - 130' Chamber Dive Lunch Lunch PM - Pool: SCUBA I PM - Classroom: Nav. & Search Techniques, - Classroom: Diving Procedures DUI and Compass, NOAA No-Deco Tables 1800 - Finish 1800 - Finish SAMPLE NOAA DIVER TRAINING SCHEDULE Week 2 Sunday (Elective)______________________ Thursday______________________________ 0900 - Start 0730 - Start AM - Classroom: Nitrox AM - Classroom: NOAA Diving Regulations - Salt Water Dive 1200 - Finish Lunch Monday______________________________ PM - Salt Water Dive 0730 - Start 1800 - Finish AM - Classroom: Oxygen & Backboarding Lunch Friday_________________________________ PM - SCUBA Checkouts & Basin Dives 0730 - Start 1800 - Finish AM - Classroom: Exam and Review Lunch Tuesday______________________________ 0730 - Start PM - Deep Dive - Lecture: Drysuit Fundamentals AM - Classroom: Air Consumption - Lake Swim 1800 - Finish Lunch PM - Basin Dives Saturday (Elective)________________________ - Drysuit Fitting 0730 - Start 1800 - Finish AM - Pool: Drysuit Lunch Wednesday___________________________ 0730 - Start PM - Drysuit Checkouts & Basin Dives AM - Classroom: Rescue Techniques. 1800 - Finish - Rescue Practical Rotations Lunch PM - In-water Extraction Rotations Dinner PM - Night Dive 2100 - Finish SAMPLE NOAA DIVER TRAINING SCHEDULE Week 3 Sunday (Elective)_______________________ Wednesday ___________________________ 0730 - Start 0730 - Start AM - Classroom: Full Face Mask AM - Classroom: Hazardous Aquatic Life - Pool: Full Face Mask - Projects Dive Briefing Lunch Lunch PM - FFM Basin Dives PM - Underwater Projects Day II 1800 - Finish 1800 - Finish Monday ______________________________ Thursday ____________________________ 0730 - Start 0730 - Start AM - Classroom: Ships Husbandry AM - Classroom: NOAA DUSA’s - Ships Husbandry Hull Dive - Projects Dive Briefing Lunch Lunch PM - Line Tended Diver Instruction PM - Underwater Projects Day III - Line Tended Dives 1800 - Finish 1800 - Finish Tuesday _______________________________ Friday ______________________________ 0730 - Start 0730 - Start AM - Classroom: U/W Equip. and Techniques AM - Classroom: Final Exam and Review - Projects Dive Briefing Lunch Lunch PM - Inventory and Cleanup PM - Underwater Projects Day I - Graduation 1800 - Finish 1600 - Finish .
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