Standards and Procedures Version 5.0a March 2020 UTD Scuba Diving, LLC 4653 Carmel Mountain Road, Suite 308-301 San Diego, CA, 92130 USA [email protected] www.utdscubadiving.com +1 760-654-5533 © 2020 UTD Scuba Diving, LLC v5.0a All Rights Reserved Table of Contents 1.0 General ...................................................................................................................................7 1.1 Overview .............................................................................................................................7 1.1.1 Our Mission ......................................................................................................................7 1.1.2 Unified Team Diving (UTD) Ethos ....................................................................................7 1.1.3 The UTD Covenants .........................................................................................................8 1.1.4 The UTD Certification Philosophy ....................................................................................8 1.1.5 Overall UTD Teaching Philosophies .................................................................................9 1.2.1 Training Steps ..................................................................................................................9 1.3 Training Process and Definitions .........................................................................................9 1.3.1 Overall Process ................................................................................................................9 1.3.2 Definitions Relevant to Standards and Procedures .......................................................10 1.3.3 Evaluation .......................................................................................................................11 1.3.4 UTD Diver Certification Re-evaluation ............................................................................11 1.3.5 UTD Training Categories ................................................................................................11 1.3.6 Training Procedures .......................................................................................................12 1.4 General UTD Training Limits .............................................................................................13 1.4.1 PO2 Limits ......................................................................................................................13 1.4.2 Equivalent Narcotic Depth Limits ...................................................................................13 1.4.3 Procedures for Demonstration and Critical Skills ...........................................................13 1.4.4 Other Certifications ........................................................................................................14 1.4.5 Side Mount Prerequisites ...............................................................................................14 1.4.6 Back Mount Prerequisites ..............................................................................................14 1.4.7 Rebreather Prerequisites ...............................................................................................14 1.4.8 Teaching and Rebreathers .............................................................................................14 1.4.9 Steel Cylinders ...............................................................................................................14 1.4.10 Steel Stage Bottles .......................................................................................................15 1.5 General Diving Skills and Evaluation Scoring ...................................................................15 1.6 General Prerequisites for all UTD Courses .......................................................................17 1.7 Cylinder Marking Standards ..............................................................................................17 2.0 Quality Assurance .................................................................................................................19 2.1 UTD Instructor Evaluations ...............................................................................................19 2.2 Instructor and Diver Membership Renewals .....................................................................19 2.2.1 Expired Instructor Renewals ..........................................................................................19 2.3 Complaints ........................................................................................................................19 2.3.1 Complaint Submission ...................................................................................................19 2.3.2 Complaint Procedure .....................................................................................................20 © 2020 UTD Scuba Diving, LLC v5.0a All Rights Reserved Page 2! of !235 2.3.3 Penalties and Remedial Actions .....................................................................................20 2.3.4 Rights of Appeal .............................................................................................................20 2.4 Conduct Policies and Procedures .....................................................................................20 2.5 Records .............................................................................................................................21 3.0 Standards and Procedures for UTD Compliant Diver Classes .............................................23 3.0-1 Minimum Equipment for all UTD Classes ......................................................................23 3.0-2 Minimum Equipment for UTD Open Circuit Classes ......................................................23 3.0-3 Minimum Equipment for UTD Rebreather classes .........................................................23 3-1 Recreational ..........................................................................................................................25 3-101 Extreme Scuba Makeover .............................................................................................25 3-110 Open Water Diver ..........................................................................................................27 3-111 Recreational 1 Diver (Open Water + Nitrox) ..................................................................29 3-113 Recreational 2 (Advanced Diver) ..................................................................................36 3-114 Recreational 3 (Advanced OW + Trimix 25/25) .............................................................39 3-150.1 Essentials of Recreational Diving............................................................................... 42 3-150.3 Essentials of Tech Diving ...........................................................................................44 3-150.4 Essentials of Rebreather Diving .................................................................................46 3-150.5 Essentials of Scientific Diving ....................................................................................49 Specialties & Minis ......................................................................................................................51 3-200 Ratio Deco ....................................................................................................................51 3-202 Nitrox Diver ...................................................................................................................53 3-203 Rescue and Emergency Procedures (Rescue Diver) ...................................................55 3-204 First Aid/CPR/AED/O2 ..................................................................................................58 3-206 Scooter/DPV .................................................................................................................60 3-208 Scubatics Competition Diver .........................................................................................63 3-210 Survey & Recovery Diver ..............................................................................................65 3-220 SMB/Surface Marker Buoy MINI ...................................................................................67 3-221 Back Kick MINI ..............................................................................................................69 3-222 Night Diver MINI ............................................................................................................71 3-223 Navigation MINI .............................................................................................................73 3-244 Technical Gas Blender ..................................................................................................75 3-246 Cylinder and Valve Technician ......................................................................................77 3-248 Regulator Repair and Field Maintenance ......................................................................79 3-280 Drysuit MINI ..................................................................................................................81 3-281 Doubles MINI ................................................................................................................83 3-282 Side Mount MINI ...........................................................................................................85 3-283 Guideline MINI ..............................................................................................................87