Surface Supplied Diver Training - Emergency Response Diving International (ERDI) Specialty Courses in Jacksonville, Illinois

Surface Supplied Diver Training - Emergency Response Diving International (ERDI) Specialty Courses in Jacksonville, Illinois.

Dates: March 21 - 29, 2009

Course Outline:

Course Overview
Course Objective
Course Prerequisites
Equipment Needed
Required Training Dives
Course Content
Tending
Air Diving
Operation of the Console
Minimum Course Hours
Organization
Class Room
Open Water Dives/Exercises/Scenarios
Dive Debriefing
TDI Log Books filled out and signed by the instructor

This course is five long days. We are starting in the morning on the first day. We will get the paperwork concluded, then we go through the materials and the hands-on session using the Superlite 27's, or AGA's if you have/use them, then to the confined water.

Then the next day we head to the "nice water" and each diver makes two separate dives, then tends and then uses the console. This is on a rotating basis. If you have non-divers we take them though everything except the confined water and in water activities. I do have them try on the helmets to get the idea of what their divers go through.

Then on the following day we go to the "yukky water" and each diver makes two separate dives, then tends and then operates the console.

Depending on equipment and numbers of students, we usually get done late afternoon on that day, in time to travel.

This course will continue all day with more dives at two different locations.

Costs are for the text, materials, certification fees, Jacksonville/Morgan County Dive Team. I do have group rates depending on the number of students.

The course is to be held in Jacksonville, IL, as that is where the equipment is located.

Please email omnidive@gmail.com if you are interested or want additional information on costs and specific times associated with this or any other possible training at our location or yours.

The Guardian is a Completely New Mask

The Guardian is a completely new mask. While, from a distance, it looks similar to a Divator MKII, it is certainly a different mask. We didn’t design it with intentions of compatibility of parts. While you can see some influences of the Divator and a few other masks, we pretty much designed this from the ground up as a diving mask. It’s constructed of a silicone skirt and the vast majority of parts are constructed of Nylon 66. This is a glass filled nylon that is extremely strong and durable. The visor is one of the thickest on the market. The buckles are attached to tabs that will prevent tearing of the skirts if the mask is improperly donned (pulling out to the sides) and are made of the same glass filled nylon.

The second stage is a balanced downstream design. There are no external adjustments to the regulator. It’s attached to the mask with a quick release, so the regulator will stay on the hose and the mask can be stored separate from the reg. This allows for ease of use and rapid breakdown and cleaning of equipment. The regulator is released from the mask with a button on the inside of the mask preventing any inadvertent release underwater. It snaps in quickly and securely. The second stage uses standard threads, although it comes with a hose, you will be able to use any standard scuba hose. The regulator is a demand style regulator. It is significantly different, the complete assembly, not just the regulator, that it will require a different class and certification for service technicians.

The communications will be different, to adapt the MKII communications assemblies would be a difficult task. The comm. port is on the right side of the mask and is independent of the regulator, you no longer have to remove the comms to remove the regulator. In designing the mask we decided to look forward with the technology. I know this may seem to be an additional expense to have to purchase new communications equipment, but we didn’t feel that staying with the old configuration was going to be an advancement in the configuration. We also don’t think that many divers will be stripping their AGA masks of their communications, taking them out of service and installing the comms on our mask. We are also going to have a new Buddy Phone introduced soon with two channels, adjustable volumes, battery power and continuous transmit option. The ear/mic assembly is also going through a redesign as well for the Guardian.

With the mask, you’ll get a standard hose, integrated ABV and our mask bag. Speaking of which, have you seen our new mask bag?

http://www.oceantechnologysystems.com/mask-bag.shtml

Sorry, shameless plug, but they turned out nice. They’ve been out for about a year now. The ABV has been redesigned, it now has an integrated valve seat, uses a new mushroom valve and is keyed into the mask to prevent any possibility of over rotation. It’s no longer an option, it will come standard with the Guardian.

We’re hoping to have the mask ready for delivery soon.

We ask for those of you that have masks on order to be patient. We see this as having one chance to get it right and we’re are striving to do just that. I can tell you, it’s looking good! I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas.

Hopefully this answered most of the questions, let me know if you have more.

John P. Hott
Training Director
Military/Public Safety Representative
Ocean Technology Systems
3133 West Harvard Street
Santa Ana, CA 92704
Toll free: 800-550-1984 Ext: 112
Fax: 714-966-1639
E-mail: jhott@oceantechnologysystems.com
www.oceantechnologysystems.com

Please email omnidive@gmail.com if you are interested or want additional information.

OTS/Interspiro Divator MKII Tech Class (AGA Mask)

Greetings All...

We are having several classes in the next few months in various areas around the country. Anyone interested, please contact myself or Amie Litzinger at extension 116.

I'm continually looking for other regions to have the classes. If you are interested in hosting a class, let me know and we can try to get something on the schedule.

30 January 2007
Morgan City, LA
0900 to 1630

01 February 2007
Tuscaloosa, AL
0900 to 1630

10 February 2007
Our World Underwater
Rosemont Convention Center near O'Hare Airport
Chicago, IL
0900 to 1630

22 March 2007
Ramsey, NJ
Prior to Beneath the Sea
0900 to 1630

10 May 2007
North Carolina Public Safety Diving Association Conference
Atlantic Beach, NC
0900 to 1630

Planning a class in Seattle area for late June or July. Call if interested.

We also have local classes at our facility in Santa Ana, CA, on a regular basis. Call to be added to the interest list.

For further information, call John or Amie at Ocean Technology Systems at the numbers listed below. Registration forms can be found at:
http://www.oceantechnologysystems.com/aga_course.shtml

We also keep the list of classes and locations as up to date as possible on the above listed web page.

The classes are limited in size on a first come first served basis. Tuition is $175 pre-registered. After 01 April, the cost of the class is increasing to $185. Any registrations received prior to this date will be at the lower cost, regardless of the date of the class. Cutoff for registration is five business days before the class. Registration less than five business days of the class, the tuition is $200 plus expedited shipping costs of materials to the class location. Further description of the class is listed below.

John P. Hott
Training Director
Military/Public Safety Representative
Ocean Technology Systems
3133 West Harvard Street
Santa Ana, CA 92704
Toll free: 800-550-1984 Ext: 112
Fax: 714-966-1639
E-mail: jhott@...
www.oceantechnologysystems.com

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Ocean Technology Systems/Interspiro
Divator II (AGA) Full Face Mask
Technical/Maintenance Course
Cost: $175 per Student pre-registered. Cutoff for registration is five business days before the class. Registration less than five business days of the class, the tuition is $200 plus expedited shipping costs of materials to the class location.


Course description:

The OTS Divator II full face mask technical/maintenance course will provide the hands on training in the following areas of the Divator II system:

1) Function of the regulator and mask.
2) Inspection of the external components.
3) Breakdown of the second stage regulator.
4) Breakdown of the mask body.
5) Parts identification.
6) Inspection and cleaning of the internal components.
7) Repair and replacement of parts.
8) Re-assembly of the second stage regulator.
9) Re-assembly of the mask body.
10) Adjusting the second stage regulator.
11) Testing the regulator with the Interspiro Mini Test Kit.
12) Trouble shooting the regulator.

Time requirements: Approximately six hours actual class time, depending on class size.

Materials required: Tools provided. AGA Mask (If student has no access to a mask, please advise, materials can be provided at no additional cost.)

Recommended Items: Interspiro Mini Test Kit, available with prior arraignment.

Minor maintenance kit if required for mask being serviced.

Upon completion of class, the student will receive Interspiro Service Certification

Point of contact: John Hott, (800) 550-1984 ext. 112,
jhott@... or Amie Litzinger at ext. 116,
alitzinger@...

Safety Recall Alert - AGA (Interspiro) full face mask

Interspiro Valve Cone Assembly, number 336-190-064 and 336-890-129 (hereafter called valve cone) is being recalled. You must remove and replace the valve cone immediately.

DO NOT DIVE the mask if you are not certain what is in your full face mask.

The recall pertains to AGA full face masks (FFM) with serial numbers from 227000 through 306999 or if your mask was shipped in July of 2002.

The serial # is engraved on the regulator body.

A quick way to determine if your at risk. Remove the intake hose from the mask (2nd stage) - it is "not" necessary to disassemble the regulator for this - look down into the intake. You will see a center cone that is black. If you can see a blue outside ring, this regulator is ok. If you can see only black "DO NOT DIVE THE MASK" until you can determine if it's part of the recall.

Regulator repair work should only be done by an Interspiro regulator technician. Do NOT work on your own mask.

More details to follow: Safety Recall Alert - AGA (Interspiro) full face mask.

Please email omnidive@omnidivers.com if you need additional help with this recall.