1.5 General Diving Skills
The following diving skills are required in ALL GUE courses, with an evaluation grade of three (3) or better. Any additional and/or course specific diving skills, as well as any deviation from a particular diving skill, will be listed under the appropriate section for the specific course.
1. Demonstrate proficiency in safe diving techniques; this would include pre-dive preparation, in-water activity, and post-dive assessment.
2. Demonstrate awareness of team member location and a concern for safety, responding quickly to visual cues and dive partner needs.
3. Efficiently and comfortably demonstrate how to donate air to an out-of-air diver in multiple air-sharing episodes, with one or more experiences to include a distance of at least 30 feet/9 meters.
4. Demonstrate a comfortable demeanor while swimming for at least 100 feet/30 meters, without a mask, while air-sharing.
5. Be able to comfortably demonstrate at least two propulsion techniques that would be appropriate in delicate and/or silty environments.
6. Demonstrate the efficient deployment of a reserve light following a primary light failure.
7. Demonstrate a safe and responsible demeanor throughout all training.
All GUE instructors are encouraged to exceed minimum training standards when by doing so they are promoting the best interests of the student. Instructors are actively encouraged to deny qualification to students when students when students have not met the standards of the certification level they are pursuing to the satisfaction of the instructor.
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