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AIDA ***Freediver Course Outline

PREREQUISITES

To enrol in the AIDA ***Freediver course, an individual must:

• Be 18 years of age or older (16 years with parent or guardian consent)
• Have completed the AIDA **Freediver course or equivalent, or have participated
   in 5 AIDA ranked comps, within the last 6 years with AIDA ranked results of at
   least 35m CWT, 3.45min static and 75m DYN and have passed the AIDA** Exam.
• Have completed the AIDA Medical Form
• Have completed the Liability Release
 

COURSE PURPOSE

The AIDA *** is an intermediate course which builds on the skills learnt in the
AIDA ** course. It is designed to cover the necessary skills and knowledge for a recreational freediver to be able to safely freedive with or without a guideline. The aim of the course is to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to independently plan and participate in freediving activities with similarly experienced freedive buddies. The course is also designed to develop new skills and a higher knowledge of safety procedures and techniques for freediving such as free falling, Frenzel equalizing, training tables, the risks of increasing and decreasing pressure and how to minimize these risks.Students will train these skills in the most common disciplines of freediving; Static Apnea, Dynamic Apnea and Constant Weight. Competitive rules for these disciplines should not to be used.

To conduct an AIDA ***Freediver course, the following knowledge development, confined water dives and open water dives are to be included:
 

KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT

The knowledge development will take place in a classroom-like environment.
A minimum of 3 theory sessions should be taught and these should be a minimum duration of 2 hours per session (total minimum theory time- 6 hours). The time to take the exam is NOT included in the minimum theory time mentioned above. The knowledge development should be conducted using the AIDA ***Freediver Powerpoint slides. Students should be provided with a hand-out of the slides to take away for future reference and to use to prepare for their exam. AIDA Instructors may supplement these slides with any updated information such as recent developments in freedive knowledge and information specific to freediving in the local area. You may find it useful to have other reference books handy such as an anatomy atlas, freedive DVDs, magazine articles or reference books. The AIDA ***Freediver exam must be completed by any student certified as an AIDA ***Freediver. The passing score is 75%. Any missed questions should be explained to the student and the student must sign the bottom ofthe exam to indicate that this has taken place. If the student does not pass the exam on first sitting, they may resit after 24 hours.
 

The theory sessions will include:

• Physics –Dalton’s Law, Boyle’s law, Buoyancy applied to deep diving
• Physiology – The cardiovascular system, Hyperventilation, BO/SWBO, equalisation
• The lungs at depth
• Mammalian dive reflex
• Training concepts
• Ethics
• Planning diving sessions
• The Buddy system
 

CONFINED WATER DIVES

This part of the course is intended to refresh the student diver’s existing rescue skills. It also introduces the student freediver to Static Apnea and Dynamic Apnea training tables and the benefit of warm-ups as a preparation for a maximum performance. The sessions should be conducted in a swimming pool or similar
confined water. The student freediver should have access to either a floatation device or the side of the pool to support them at the end of the breath hold.
 

Confined Water Session One - Training Tables

After this session the student freediver will be able to:

• Design an appropriate Static Apnea Training Table for themself to build tolerance
  to high carbon dioxide levels (CO2 table). This table doesn’t have to be performed

• Design an appropriate Static Apnea Training Table for themself to build tolerance
  to low oxygen levels (Hypoxic Table). This table doesn’t have to be performed

• Design and perform an appropriate Dynamic Apnea Training Table with minimum 20
   laps, to fit the pool length in order to build CO2 and lactic acid tolerance

• Demonstrate the appropriate rescue technique for a buddy experiencing a loss of
   motor control or blackout during dynamic training
 

Confined Water Session Two - Maximum Performances

After this session the student freediver will be able to:

• Plan and perform a static session warming up to a maximum breath hold of at
  least 2 minutes 45 seconds safely with a training buddy, including appropriate
  surfacing and recovery breathing

• Demonstrate the appropriate rescue technique for a buddy experiencing a loss of
  motor control or blackout during static training

• Demonstrate a dynamic apnea dive of at least 55m, with attention to breathe up,
  head and arm positioning, finning motion, turns, surfacing and recovery breathing

• Demonstrate an appropriate safety dive for a buddy performing a dive of at
  least 55m

 

OPEN WATER DIVE SESSIONS

These dives should be conducted in open water with a fixed line to be used as a point of reference by the student freediver. This line should be sufficiently buoyed and weighted so that the student freediver could use it to pull either up or down if necessary. The line is recommended to be at least 8mm in diameter. The maximum depth of the freedives should be limited to not more than 30m, either by choosing a site of this depth or by placing a bottom plate on the line at a maximum of 30m.
A lanyard should be used for all dives deeper than 20m and/or if the visibility is less than 10 meters and/or there is a strong current, except when the student is acting as a safety freediver. The Open Water training component of this course includes 4 sessions. These should take place over at least two days. The student divers should be given the opportunity to leave the water to warm up, rehydrate and take a break between each session. All skills below have to be included in the course but the order can alter as long as the training of technique and equalizing and free falling is started in the first two sessions. The rescue and the self rescue skills should be performed after the freediving skills in each session.
 

Open Water Dive Session One- Technique and Equalisation Practice

After this open water session, the student freediver will be able to:

• Demonstrate the ability to operate all the quick releases on the safety lanyard

• Demonstrate how to adjust weighting for deeper freedives, identify the point of
  neutral buoyancy and start to freefall

• Perform efficient, effective duck dives, remaining oriented to the guide line while
  descending and ascending with an efficient swimming technique, including correct
  finning technique and body positioning

• Demonstrate appropriate surfacing and recovery breathing after a dive

• Describe and practice The “Frenzel” equalisation technique
 

Open Water Dive Session Two- Free falling, Self Rescue and Safety diving

After this open water session, the student freediver will be able to:

• Identify hazards and points of interest for the chosen open water dive site

• Practice free falling and keep practicing Frenzel equalizing, duck dives, remaining
  oriented to the guide line while descending and ascending with an efficient
  swimming technique, and demonstrate appropriate surfacing and recovery
  breathing after each dive

• At least three times, effectively safety dive for a freediver attempting a constant
  weight to a depth of no more than 20m, meeting the freediver at a depth of at
  least 10m. Where possible, this should involve safety diving for more than one
  freediver. If only one freediver is available, target depth or dive time
  should be varied to assess the safety diver’s ability to time their own dive
  accordingly

• Demonstrate the self rescue technique for a leg cramp suffered at depth,
  ascending from 15m using the arms only

• Descend to 10m and make a controlled turn, without touching the rope
 

Open Water Dive Session Three- Training and Rescue

After this open water session, the student freediver will be able to:

• Practice free falling, Frenzel equalizing, duck dives, remaining oriented to the
  guide line while descending and ascending with an efficient swimming technique
  and demonstrate appropriate surfacing and recovery breathing after each dive

• Act as a safety diver for the other freedivers as they do their dives

• Demonstrate appropriate rescue technique for a freediver who arrives at the
  surface, experiences black out and does not recommence breathing within 10
  seconds. This should include simulated rescue breaths.

• Demonstrate the rescue procedures for a freediver who loses consciousness at
  10m on ascent, to include bringing the diver to the surface and demonstrating
  effective surface rescue
 

Open Water Dive Session Four- Warm up and Maximum Performance

After this open water session, the student freediver will be able to:

• Warm up for and perform a constant weight dive to a depth of at least 24m
  (21m in water temperatures lower than 12C at a depth of 10m and below)
  (Maximum 30m), whilst equalizing using Frenzel technique and whilst free falling,
  respecting buddy and safety procedures

• Effectively safety dive for a freediver attempting a constant weight dive, timing
  departure from the surface to meet the freediver at a depth of around 10m

• Descend to 10m, remove the mask and ascend with the mask in the hand to
  simulate the loss of a mask

• Tow an inert freediver to shore/boat a minimum distance of 50m
 

EQUIPMENT

Student Equipment – mask, fins or monofin, snorkel, appropriate exposure protection, weightbelt, lanyard

Instructor Equipment – mask, bi-fins, snorkel, appropriate exposure protection, weightbelt, stop watch, depth gauge, lanyard, guideline with bottom plate, floatation device, first aid kit, oxygen administration kit (in countries where this is required or permitted by local law) (If there is a student that is using a monofin during the course, the Instructor can use a monofin when he/she is showing skills and techniques to this student)

Optional Equipment –nose clip, goggles, lights, underwater video camera

INSTRUCTOR SUPERVISION

The AIDA *Freediver course may be conducted by an Active AIDA Instructor with current CPR and First Aid training (completed within the last two years). The instructor should carry liability insurance for teaching freediving.

The maximum student diver-to-instructor ratio for open water training dives is four students per instructor (4:1). This may rise to six students per instructor (6:1) when the instructor is assisted by another freediver qualified to at least AIDA **** level. The maximum student diver-to-instructor ratio in confined water is eight students per instructor (8:1). With an AIDA ****Freediver acting as an Assistant, 4 additional students may be added to this ratio to a maximum of 12 students.
 

ADMINISTRATION AND PAPERWORK

Before commencing any in-water training, each student freediver must complete the following documents, for students aged under 18 years, both must be co-signed by a parent or guardian:

• AIDA Medical Statement – this must be completed in full with students marking
  YES or NO to each of the medical conditions listed. If the student answers YES
  to any condition, they must seek medical approval before taking part in any in
  water activity. The physician must sign the form to indicate this approval. 
  Whether or not the student then is then accepted onto the course is left at the
  discretion of the instructor.

• AIDA Liability Release or local equivalent

The AIDA Instructor should hold these documents on file for a minimum of seven years or longer if required by local legislation.
 

CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES

Freedivers who meet all the performance requirements outlined above may be certified as an AIDA ***Freediver.

Freedivers who meet all the performance requirements other than those listed under Open Water Dives may be certified as AIDA ***Pool Freediver.
 

KEY STANDARDS

Prerequisite certifications: AIDA **Freediver
Minimum Age: 18 or older (16 with parent/guardian signature)
Minimum theory sessions: 3 of at least 2 hours each
Minimum confined water sessions: 2
Minimum Open Water training sessions : 4 over at least 2 days
The course should be run over at least 3 days
Student to Instructor Training: 8:1 (confined water), 12:1 (confined water with an assistant of certified to least
AIDA ****Freediver), 4:1 (open water) ) 6:1 (open water with an assistant of certified to least AIDA **** Freediver)
Minimum Instructor Rating: AIDA Instructor, Active with current First Aid and CPR
Training (within 2 years)
 

 

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