Objectives and competences
Students acquire a complex understanding of the changed physiological and physical conditions during a person's stay under water.
Students master the basic techniques of free diving and diving with autonomous diving equipment.
They gain all the knowledge and experience to obtain the CMAS P1 diving category.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Lectures:
Basic diving equipment (ABC equipment) and
diving suits.
Hydrostatic pressure, light and sound propagation in air and water, refraction of light at the boundary water-air, gas laws, Archimedes' law, buoyancy.
Respiration and gas exchange and diving hypoxia.
Influence of diving pressure and pressure-related injuries, heat loss.
Physical properties of water and seawater.
Freediving.
Diving with autonomous diving equipment.
Fieldwork:
swimming test (200 m),
diving with ABC equipment,
pressure equalization,
emptying the mask and regulator,
methods of entering the water,
diving with autonomous diving equipment,
breathing on an alternative air source (A.A.S.),
diving hand signals,
rescue with ABC equipment and compressed air diving equipment (SCUBA),
dive to a depth of 5 to 10 m.
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures (explanation, discussion, demonstration) and experimental lectures.
Practical fieldwork in the pool and natural environment (breathing, swimming, diving process, holding your breath underwater).
Teaching and learning are done through the didactic use of ICT.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
On completion of this course students will be able to:
- prepare the equipment for autonomous diving independently;
- dive in pair with another diver of the CMAS P1 category up to 10 m, or with a diver of a higher category or instructors up to 20 m;
- follow the rules of safe diving;
- dive in accordance with the doctrine of safe diving.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
On completion of this course students will be able to:
- plan team work and participate in team work;
- apply the knowledge of mechanics, optics and heat in everyday life.
Readings
• I. Urh, Potapljač 1, Slovenska potapljaška zveza, 2002, ponatis 2018
• I. Urh, Potapljač 2, Slovenska potapljaška zveza, 2003, ponatis 2018
• M. Slavinec, Nitrox potapljač 1, Slovenska potapljaška zveza, 2003, ponatis 2017
• I. Urh, Voditelj potapljanja, Slovenska potapljaška zveza, 2014
• I. Urh, B. Vuga, Prapos, Slovenska potapljaška zveza, 2014, ponatis 2017
• L. Lipej in drugi, Ocean v malem, GEPŠ Piran, 2019
• E. Klemenčič, Toplotna bilanca potapljača pri potapljanju v hladni vodi, FNM UM, 2012
Prerequisits
Ability to swim a distance of 200 m, which is checked in the first field exercises.
Additional information on implementation and assessment Written exam
Practical diving exam
