Course Learning Agreement

SCUBA diving has potential hazards associated, therefore to maintain safety and enjoyment performance requirements must be strictly adhered to, The majority of individuals have no difficulty completing the course within the assigned sessions but some may need additional training to complete the course. Where this is the case additional costs* may be incurred but Divemaster Scuba aim to keep these to an absolute minimum.

Payment

• A £100 deposit is needed to secure a place on any course.
• Balance of course fees are due on the first session of the course.
• The £100 deposit is transferable but not refundable.
• No refund fees can be issued once the course has started.
• We can accept no liability for consequential loss. damage or expense occurred to the delay, change or cancellation of any course due to weather or other circumstances beyond our control.

Participation

• Candidates may not participate in any diving activities without a satisfactorily completed medical form.
• Some courses run subject to numbers, we reserve the right to cancel courses and offer alterative venues.
• From time to time standards and course contents change. To comply with these new standards we reserve the right to alter the course content at any time.
• The instructor reserves the right to require a full repeat of any sessions that are missed or attended late by a participant or to offer an alterative course, this may incur additional costs*

Knowledge Development

• All necessary knowledge reviews, prior reading assignments and video reviews must be completed if required before any instruction can take place.
• Failure to complete assigned tasks may result in a dive session being cancelled. In such cases a catch up fee may be required*.

Skill Development

• The instructor reserves the right to assess each student's suitability to continue to the next stage of any course.
• The instructor reserves the right to withhold certification or offer an alternative certification if they consider participants not to have met course requirements.
• Any extra tuition required outside of the course schedule may incur additional costs*.
• Any dispute arising regarding this judgment can be brought to the attention of the course manager who will independently assess each individual case.
• The instructor reserves the right to reduce the student ratios upon assessing the suitability of the student. If 1: 1 tuition is I required this may incur additional costs*.

Equipment

• Full Scuba may not always be available in which case time will be used to conduct swims and snorkeling skills.
• Equipment used for open water and confined sessions is the sole responsibility of the student. Any faults must be reported immediately to the instructor before the equipment is used. Any damage caused by the student will be charged at full price.
• All regulators must have dust caps fitted at all times When they are not in use. Any regulators returned without dust caps fitted properly will incur a £10 inspection charge.

Open Water Dives

• Due to adverse weather conditions it may be necessary to change/cancel the open water dives. In such circumstances we will try to give as much notice as possible.
• Failure to complete performance requirements during open water dives may result in additional dives being required, this may incur additional costs*.
• Failure to attend Open Water dives without giving at least 48 hours notice will incur extra costs*.

Additional Training Costs Per Person*

• Extra classroom module £10
• Additional pool instruction £25 (including entrances and kit hire)
• Exam Re-sits £10
• Additional Open Water Dives Per Day £50 (including equipment hire)
• Additional pool practice sessions £15 (un-tutored students must have completed all 5 modules)