HSE Diver Prerequisites

Platinum:

Open Water Diver certification

Drysuit Diver certification

First Aid at Work certification

Oxygen Administration certification

Additional 5 dives

Gold:

Drysuit Diver certification (Drysuit hire included)

First Aid at Work certification 

Oxygen Administration certification 

Additional 5 dives

Silver:

Drysuit Diver certification (Drysuit hire not included)

First Aid at Work certification 

Oxygen Administration certification 

Additional 5 dives

Bronze:

First Aid at Work certification 

Oxygen Administration certification 

If you are looking to do any underwater work in the UK and be paid, you will require a HSE qualification. The HSE Professional SCUBA course is the minimum requirement if you wish to work on scientific, archaeological or media diving projects.

The professional qualification is different to a recreational qualification. You will learn about equipment and procedures that are not taught in the recreational environment to this level, including full face masks (AGA), communication systems, lifeline signals and decompression procedures.

Please note: Here at DNQY we do not teach HSE diving, these are prerequisites needed to be able to enrol in a HSE Diving course.

Minimum age 18

Open Water Diver:

The Open Water Scuba Diver Course will cover all of the necessary skills and knowledge for open water scuba diving, including:

The aquatic environment: vision, light, sound, heat loss, tides, currents, waves, surge, etc.

Physics and physiology: buoyancy, pressure, air spaces, breathing compressed air, mixed gases, etc.

Dive equipment selection, assembly, use and maintenance.

Dive planning.

Basic scuba skills including mask and regulator skills, swimming underwater, buoyancy control, basic rescue techniques, and emergency procedures.

Drysuit Diver:

The Dry Suit Diver course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more:

Types of dry suits

Shell style

Crushed neoprene

Neoprene

Types of seals

Latex

Neoprene

Features

Self don

Rear entry

Boots

Zipper guard: protect waterproof zipper from chaffing

Warm neck collar

Suspenders

Dive wear insulation (often times called undergarments)

Cut to be close to the skin

Compression resistant

Components

Dry suit valves

Inflator and deflator considerations

Buoyancy control

Maintenance and care

Cleaning

Zipper care

Minor repairs

Dry suit emergencies

The required skills you will have to demonstrate include all of the following and more:

Planning a dive

Proper donning of a dry suit

Review functions of the dry suit

Buoyancy check and proper weighting

Practice dry suit skills

Inflate and deflate dry suit

Roll out from an inverted position

Buoyancy skills such as hovering in a fixed position

Emergency procedures for dry suit malfunction

Safety stop

Ascend and exit

Log dive

HSE First Aid at Work:

The Workplace CPR/AED program is designed to train layperson rescuers for:

CPR administration for children, infants and adults

AED use for children and adults.

Oxygen Administration:

The Oxygen Administration program is designed to train layperson rescuers for:

Identification of DCI

Administration of emergency oxygen

Upon successful completion of the course, graduates may:

Enrol in any HSE Diving course hosted by qualified instructors