Information on UniDive Training Activities

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  • Pool Training Every Thursday Night
  • Refresher course
  • Diver of the Year Event 27 May
  • Course Schedule
  • Who are training?
  • How can you get involved with training?

For more info contact training officer (training@unidive.org) Chris Roelfsema.

Pool Training - Every Thursday Night

In UQ Pool, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Training includes Fitness, technique, fun, free diving, social underwater hockey and SCUBA and every member can participate. Cost normal pool entry fee. Trainers: Jon, Douglas, Josh, Dee and Chris.

Refresher course - Every other month

It includes a review of basic diving knowledge and refreshing 20 skills (e.g. gearing up, buddy check, buoyancy, etc etc) and is for certified divers that did not dive for a while, or like to refresh their skills. When: see schedule. Trainers: Josh, Mike, Marc, Bride, Angela, Olivier, German, Jon, or other UniDive Divemasters or equivalent

Diver of the Year Event - 27 May

In UQ pool, 11:00 am - 04:00 pm. Each participant will be scored on 10 different diving skills in two categories: unexperienced and experienced. The member with the highest score will be UniDive Diver of the year 2012, his or her name will be engraved in the UniDive Trophy.

Course Schedule (updated 23 April 2012)

Below are planned courses planned. Other courses (e.g. O2/CPR, Nitrox, GUE Fundamentals) are available on request with various UniDive instructors (e.g. Jon Chong, Pieter Truter).

Date / Course / Instructor(s)

May 11-13 / Advanced Open Water/Chris - Douglas

May 19 / Refresher Course / Josh-Mike-Mark

May 21 / O2-CPR course / Chris

May 27 / Diver of the Year Event / Chris

June 20 / O2-CPR course for boathandlers / Chris

June 23/24 / Advanced Open Water / Jon

July / Refresher Course / ??

July-Aug / First Aid Course / Angela

July-Aug / Rescue / Chris - Douglas

Aug-Sept / Reef Check / Chris

Sept / Refresher Course / ??

Any course not on the list please contact the training officer for advise.

Who is training

Most UniDive courses are organised through the UniDive training officer in combination with various UniDive members that are divemaster or instructor. The courses are from various agencies (e.g. SSI, PADI, BSAC, NAUI, GUE) and various types of courses have been taught in the past (Advanced Diver, Rescue Diver, Dive Master, Nitrox Diver, Reef Check Surveyor, O2 Provider, CPR, First Aid, Dry Suit, Underwater Photography, GUE Fundamentals.)

Most dive courses are being taught from shore (e.g. Amity, Goldcoast Seaway) or boat (e.g. Point Lookout SCUBA, Ken Holzheimer). None are taught from the UniDive Boat.

Instructors at UniDive:

  • Active: Douglas Stetner, Olivier Cheneval, Mark Crow, Volkan Dimir, Jon Chong, Pieter Truter and Chris Roelfsema
  • Past: Cheryl Butterworth, Govert van Noord, Diana Kleine, Tim Carruthers and Graham Cook.

Divemasters at UniDive:

  • Assisting (active): Josh Passenger, Mike Pheasant, Bruce McClean Jeremy Ford, Gavin Bott, Cas Simmons, Angela Dean, Vanessa Taveras, and others.
  • Assisting(past active):James Foster, Ben Longstaff, Sean Ivermee, Trent Simon, Simon Pierce, Daniel Levy, Kathryn McMahon, Guido Westerhoff, Chris Leeks, Ian Leiper, Cas Simmons, Andy Mason, Mark Kuiphuis,and others.
  • In training: Sonia Barmano, German Espinel, Dee Passenger and Bride Moran.

How can you get involved with training?

If you are divemaster, instructor and you like to be involved with training please contact the training officer, UniDive can always have more training.