Lecture Notes & Handouts
Over a period of time MVSAC are aiming to upload a complete set of Lecture Notes for our training programme. Keep checking back to get the latest updates. They will be mentioned on the Mole mailing list and receive an email notification of the update, along with the other goings on in the club. Rest assurred that the webmaster takes a dim view of anything sent to the list that is not diving related. To subscribe click this link.
The list of available lecture notes are below. You will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader (PDF) or Microsoft Word (DOC) to view them.
| Title | DOC | |
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| The Boathandlers Course | 2.87Mb | |
| Pilotage and Lights | 2.75Mb | |
| Tides | 3.98Mb | |
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| Lecture Summary (Identical to the below list) | 47kb | 31kb |
| Snorkeller Lecture Handouts | ||
| S1 - Introduction to diving and basic equipment | 42kb | 37kb |
| S2 - Ears, sinuses and air filled spaces | 74kb | 43kb |
| S3 - Respiration and circulation | 40kb | 35kb |
| S4 - Protective clothing | 40kb | 36kb |
| S5 - Accident avoidance and rescue | 70kb | 39kb |
| S6 - Basic first aid, artificial ventilation and chest compression | 79kb | 40kb |
| Elementary Diver Lecture Handouts | ||
| E1 - Physics and the diver | 66kb | 38kb |
| E2 - Principles of SCUBA | 38kb | 35kb |
| E3 - Open water diving | 69kb | 38kb |
| E4 - Buoyancy jackets ABLJ/STAB | 43kb | 37kb |
| E5 - Avoiding Decompression Illness | ||
| E6 - Personal Dive Computers | 69kb | 39kb |
| Club Diver Lecture Handouts | ||
| C1 - Diving air and deep diving | 74kb | 40kb |
| C2 - Diver rescue | 68kb | 38kb |
| C3 - SAA Buhlmann tables | ||
| C4 - Underwater navigation | 49kb | 35kb |
| C5 - Boat diving | 74kb | 41kb |
| C6 - Dive planning | 38kb | 35kb |
| Dive Leader Lecture Handouts | ||
| L1 - Decompression Illness - condition and treatment | 43kb | 40kb |
| L2 - Burst lung | 45kb | 43kb |
| L3 - Search diving - signals etc | 40kb | 40kb |
| L4 - Advanced diving | 57kb | 41kb |
| L5 - Diver Leadership | 57kb | 42kb |
| Dive Supervisor Lecture Handouts | ||
| DS1 - Compressors and recharging | 43kb | 41kb |
| DS2 - Advance planning and dive supervision | 112kb | 86kb |
| DS3-1 - Basic seamanship, chart work and navigation (part 1) | 44kb | 42kb |
| DS3-2 - Basic seamanship, chart work and navigation (part 2) | 27kb | 38kb |
| DS4 - Safety and emergency procedures | 46kb | 43kb |
| DS5 - Accident management | 43kb | 41kb |
