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Recreational courses
The GUE range of Recreational Diver programmes are designed to develop the essential skills required for sound diving practice. From the very start, they cultivate a platform that supports comfort, confidence and competence in the water based on a solid fundamental skills base. Whether you simply want the best recreational diver training available or you have you sights set on more advanced training, the GUE Recreational courses are unique.






RECREATIONAL DIVER
LEVEL 1 - NITROX
The GUE Recreational Diver Level 1 course is designed to develop the essential skills required for all sound diving practice.

The primary purpose of GUE Recreational Diver 1 is to teach non-divers to master the art and science of sport diving through cultivating essential diving techniques and sound diving practices from the very beginning and represents and entry point to GUE's training curriculum for non-divers. It aims to train non-divers to master sport diving through establishing a thorough understanding for diving related academics and cultivating essential skills needed to safely and efficiently enjoy exploration of the aquatic realm.

The course develops student capacity through beginning competency build-up with the end in mind by cultivating student proficiency towards meeting the diving industry's most rigorous standards and provides the solid foundation of skills required to engage in further GUE training. In addition, it orientates students to the GUE organization and its efficacy - promoting student involvement in GUE long- and short-term aspirations, such as conservation of our planet's aquatic resources.

It helps the non-diver cultivate a platform that supports comfort, confidence, and competence in the water, as well as more advanced training in the future.
Course content

The Recreational Diver 1 course is usually conducted over five to six days and includes at least ten aquatic sessions (confined water sessions) and six open water dives and at least 40 hours of instruction, encompassing classroom, land drills, and in-water work.



Prerequisites...
Applicants for a Rec 1 course must:

  • Submit a completed registration form, a medical history, and a liability release to GUE Headquarters
  • Be physically and mentally fit
  • Hold insurance that will cover diving emergencies such as hyperbaric treatment, e.g. DAN Master-level insurance or equivalent
  • Be a nonsmoker
  • Obtain a physician's prior written authorization for the use of prescription drugs, except for birth control, or for any prior medical condition that may pose a risk while diving
  • Be a minimum of 14 years of age
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RECREATIONAL DIVER
LEVEL 2 - TRIOX
The GUE Recreational Diver Level 2 course is a no-decompression course structured to prepare divers for deeper recreational diving while using sound equipment, efficient diving skills and advanced breathing mixtures.

Course outcomes include, but are not limited to: skill cultivation and refinement, familiarity with the theory and practice of decompression, safe use of Nitrox and Triox for extended bottom times, correct ascent procedures, diver rescue (on land, at the surface and underwater), emergency management, and the use of Helium to minimize narcosis, CO2, gas density, and post-dive "nitrogen stress".

Emphasis is placed on developing effective rescue skills, including managing a rescue scenario, swimming and non-swimming assists, egression techniques, controlling a panicked diver, underwater search patterns, managing and surfacing an unconscious diver.
Course content

The Recreational Diver Level 2 course is normally conducted over five days, and includes ten dives and at least 50 hours of instruction, encompassing classroom, land drills, and in-water work.



Prerequisites...
Applicants for a Rec 2 course must:

  • Submit a completed registration form, a medical history, and a liability release to GUE Headquarters
  • Be physically and mentally fit
  • Hold insurance that will cover diving emergencies such as hyperbaric treatment, e.g. DAN Master-level insurance or equivalent
  • Be a nonsmoker
  • Obtain a physician's prior written authorization for the use of prescription drugs, except for birth control, or for any prior medical condition that may pose a risk while diving
  • Be a minimum of 16 years of age
  • Have passed the GUE Recreational Diver Level 1 course or a GUE Fundamentals course at the 'recreational' level
  • Have completed at least 25 non-training dives
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RECREATIONAL DIVER
LEVEL 3 - TRIMIX
The GUE Recreational Diver Level 3 course is structured to prepare divers for deeper recreational diving requiring limited decompression using sound equipment, efficient diving skills, and advanced breathing mixtures.

Course outcomes include, but are not limited to: skill cultivation and refinement, knowledge of relevant physics and physiology, familiarity with the theory and practice of decompression, correct ascent procedures, the use of double back-gas tanks/cylinders, the use of Nitrox for decompression, the use of normoxic Helium (30/30 and 21/35) to minimize narcosis, CO2, gas density, and post-dive 'nitrogen stress', and the use of a single decompression cylinder for stage decompression techniques.
Course content

The Recreational Diver Level 3 course is normally conducted over five days, and includes eight dives and at least forty hours of instruction, encompassing classroom, land drills and in-water work.



Prerequisites...
Applicants for a Rec 3 course must:

  • Submit a completed registration form, a medical history, and a liability release to GUE Headquarters
  • Be physically and mentally fit
  • Hold insurance that will cover diving emergencies such as hyperbaric treatment, e.g. DAN Master-level insurance or equivalent
  • Be a nonsmoker
  • Obtain a physician's prior written authorization for the use of prescription drugs, except for birth control, or for any prior medical condition that may pose a risk while diving
  • Be a minimum of 18 years of age
  • Have passed GUE Recreational Level 2 or GUE Fundamentals with at least a 'recreational' pass
  • Have completed the GUE Doubles Primer course or be proficient in doubles with at least 25 experience dives
  • Have a minimum of 75 non-training dives
Resources...
GUE Instructor Training with John Kendall