Boat Handling, Chartwork and Position Fixing, and Outboard Engine and Boat Maintenance Courses in UK and Worldwide
Established in 1953 and headquartered in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UK, the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) is the is a worldwide group of people who share a passion for scuba diving and is the largest and most successful Scuba Diving Club in the world. BSAC has been recognized since 1954 by the Sports Council as the national governing body of recreational diving in the United Kingdom.
It is a diver training organization that operates through its associated network of around 1,100 local, independent diving clubs and around 400 diving schools worldwide. BSAC diver training agency consists of instructors which are volunteers, giving up their spare time to train others.
From absolute beginner to the more experienced, BSAC provides an extensive training program that enables divers (and snorkelers) to progress through skills and qualifications at their own pace. Apart from diving, BSAC also provides seamanship courses so that divers can learn how to find dive sites, set divers down and recover them efficiently and safely.
Training Programs
Seamanship Courses
- Boat Handling: It’s a practical boat-based course that gives each student plenty of time at the helm of a small dive boat to practice their skills, including how to drop and recover divers safely. Some boat insurers require any person driving a boat to have an approved boat-handling qualification. After completing the Boat Handling course and consolidating your skills, you can be assessed to become a qualified Diver Coxswain.
- Chartwork and Position Fixing: BSAC’s Chartwork and Position Fixing course is a hands-on course designed for anyone wanting to learn and practice the navigation skills needed to plan more adventurous diving and put diving projects with a purpose into action within a club or center.
- Diver Coxswain Assessment: BSAC’s Diver Coxswain Assessment recognizes a high level of seamanship knowledge and boat-handling ability, including working with divers in the water. The Diver Coxswain Assessment is open to anyone aged over 16 who has completed a BSAC Boat Handling course and has since logged a minimum of five hours boat-handling or can demonstrate 20 hours or more of previous boat-handling experience.
- Outboard Engine and Boat Maintenance: SAC’s Outboard Engine and Boat Maintenance course is a great way to learn how a typical rigid-hulled inflatable dive boat or RIB works, including fault identification and potential fixes.
Other Training Programs
- Try scuba diving
- Learn to scuba dive
Last Updated: Jan 23, 2023