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Cheltenham Sub Aqua Club (CSAC) is a
member of the Sub Aqua
Association (SAA) which is the only UK diving organisation affiliated to
CMAS (the Worldwide
Underwater Federation).
As such all qualifications attained
through CSAC or the SAA are internationally recognised, allowing you to present
your SAA / CMAS qualifcation anywhere in the world as proof of diver training
and experience.
Directly within the club we can
train and qualify upto and including Dive Supervisor as part of normal club
subscription.
The remaining diver and instructor
qualifications can be done through the club by the SAA at regional / national
level and do incur a small course fee - usually much less than you would have
to pay for a similar qualification with a dive school.
You will come across many diving
organisations in the UK and abroad but most will have a qualification heirarchy
that is comparable to that of the SAA / CMAS. |
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Knowing how qualifications from
different agencies relate to each other is particularly useful when you are
buddied up with someone from another organisation and need to understand their
level of experience and training.
SAA qualifications can be
"crossed-over" to equivalent qualifications of other agencies such as BSAC or
PADI and vice versa. This means that you will not have to retrain if you have
an SAA / CMAS qualification and want to move to a non-SAA club at a later date
or if you are already trained with another agency and want to join an SAA club.
(Please note that crossing over
instructor grades may require some further training or an orientation course to
allow the destination agency's syllabus to be taught correctly.)
See tables below for
comparisions:
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