Course Details
Ultimate Cave Package
Price
Dives
Days
CAVERN + INTRO TO CAVE + FULL CAVE
PRICE 100,000 THB
DURATION 10 DAYS
20 DIVES
ANDI CAVERN DIVER TRAINING
ROLE DEFINITION
The Cavern Diver Training course helps to develop the minimum skills and knowledge required to dive in the overhead environment safely. The course explains the dangers and risks involved while diving in the overhead environment. The course develops and establishes minimum skills, problem solving, knowledge, and the ability to safely cavern dive.
NOTE: This course require a great deal of instructor attention and evaluation. Instructors conducting this course are at the apex of instructor ability and experience.
LIMITATIONS
This course follows the scope of a Level 2 program. This program prepares the student to enter a cavern with in the day light zone not exceeding a maximum depth of 30 msw (100 fsw). There is a minimum bottom time of 160 minutes and run time of 200 minutes. For all dives conducted as part of this training program 1.45 Bar / ata PO2 will be considered the bottom mix limit with the maximum exposure to Oxygen for at-rest / light work activities is 1.6 Bar /ata PO2 . Students must be able to swim side by side at all times. All dives must be done on the primary line.
CERTIFICATION TITLE
ANDI Certified Cavern Diver (CVN)
YOU WILL LEARN TO
1. Theory and techniques of cavern diving
2. The planning, organization, procedures, problems, and dangers of cave diving
3. Specific equipment for this type of dive, including lifelines, handling of reels, lighting, and redundant breathing systems
4. Use of the reel, handling line
COURSE OVERVIEW
The ANDI Cavern Course consist of (3) parts performed in sequence.
1. Theory Session
2. Land skills
3. 4 Cavern Dives.
Part I – Theory
1. Minimum theory time is 5 – 8 hours. This includes general Cavern
Diving information.
2. There are no limits to the number of students that may participate in
this aspect other than what the instructor is personally able to handle.
3. There will be a written test covering Cavern diving aspects. The
student must score an 80% or better in order to pass the exam.
Part II – Land Skills Training:
1. For new Cavern Diver’s, One Hour minimum covering the skills in
Land Skills Development section of this document.
2. Instructor to student ratio is 1:4.
Part III – Openwater Training (Parts I & II must be complete before
openwater):
Part 3 is comprised of the following practical application topics or exercises
to be supervised and evaluated by the ANDI instructor:
1. Gas analysis and record keeping.
2. Dive planning skills
3. For Level 2 Cavern, Four or more Cavern dives must be conducted.
4. No more than two dives may count towards certification on any given day.
5. For Level 2 Cavern divers, a minimum of 160 minutes of bottom and 200 minutes bottom time must be logged during the Cavern diving course.
6. In order for a dive to count towards certification, a dive must be at least 30 minutes bottom time.
7. Instructor to student ratio for Level 2 Cavern is 1:3 and is
obviously conditions dependent.
PREREQUISITES
1. Advance Open Water Diver certification or equivalent
2. Minimun 30 logged dives
3. Sidemount Certification (Optional)
(Dive site : Sa Kaew, Krabi)
INTRODUCTION TO CAVE DIVER
ROLE DEFINITION
Introduction to Cave Diver course is an introduction to the basic principles of cave diving. This course helps to develop the skills and knowledge required to dive in the overhead environment safely, while not exceeding the specified standards set forth. The course explains the dangers and risks involved while diving in the overhead environment going beyond the daylight zone. This introduction to cave diving is not intended to train divers for all facets of cave diving.
LIMITATIONS
The certification depth limit approved for Introduction to Cave Diver is 40 msw (130 fsw).
YOU WILL LEARN TO
1. Cave Awareness and Hazards
2. Equipment Considerations & Configuration Methods
3. Cavern/Cave Diving Techniques
4. Dive Planning
COURSE OVERVIEW
1. Policy for cave diving
2. Gas management procedures and management to include dissimilar volumes
3. Psychological considerations of cave diving
4. Equipment considerations
5. Communication (light and hand signals)
6. Swimming techniques
7. Physiology
8. Cave environment
9. Cave conservation
10. Problem solving
11. Accident analysis
12. Cave diving etiquette
13. Review of dive tables and decompression theory
PREREQUISITES
– Minimum age 18 years or older
– Certified Cavern + TSD or equivalent
– Minimum 100 dives
FULL CAVE DIVER
ROLE DEFINITION
Full Cave Diver course is the most challenging and extreme from of diving and this course is tailored to develop your skills, dive techniques, knowledge, planning and procedures in order to prepare you for diving at the highest level.
LIMITATIONS
The certification depth limit approved for Introduction to Cave Diver is 40 msw (130 fsw).
YOU WILL LEARN TO
1. Diving techniques
2. Problem Solving
3. Communication (light and hand signals)
COURSE OVERVIEW
1. Equipment selection
2. Pre-dive checks and drills
3. Stress analysis and mitigation
4. Following and making dive plans
5. Team awareness and communication
6. Proper trim, buoyancy and fining techniques
7. Emergency procedures (equipment failures, catastrophic gas loss, lost line, lost buddy, cut lines)
8. Line laying, reel usage, jumps & gap procedures
9. Markers and arrow use and disciplines
10. Navigation
11. Hazards and problem solving
12. Zero and limited visibility
PREREQUISITES
– Minimum age 18 years or older
– Certified Cavern Diver and Intro to Cave Diver or equivalent
– Certified Advanced Nitrox & Decompression procedures diver or equivalent
– Minimum 100 dives
