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BSAC Training

BSAC Training For Boat Handling & Seamanship

Wreckspeditions, a BSAC Seamanship Centre, provides a wide range of professional training courses, offering on-water instruction from basic Boat Handling to advanced Diver Coxswain.

 

In addition to our practical sessions, we also offer shore-based skill development courses covering essential topics such as chart work, oxygen administration, and other key seamanship skills, ensuring a thorough education for both novice and experienced boaters alike.

BSAC Training

"Have used Wreckspeditions a few times for dive trips and have just finished another weekend with them. It’s always a brilliant trip and our group are a big fan of the hot chocolates and Jason’s famous flapjack on offer after each dive. After this most recent trip I also took the opportunity to book on to a 2 day boat handling course as well. The instructing was top notch and it was definitely a valuable course."  Tom Colbenson

BSAC Training

BSAC Boat Handling Course

BSAC Boat Handling Course

A practical boat-based course that gives each student plenty of time at the helm of a small dive boat to practise their skills, including how to drop and recover divers safely. Some boat insurers require any person driving a boat to have an approved boat-handling qualification.

Years 14+

2 Days

£350pp (or £1,000 for a private course for 3 people). Inc VAT.

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BSAC Post Boat Handling Workshop

This one day workshop is designed for new BSAC Boat Handler’s to help consolidate skills in both theory and practical elements and gain confidence and time on the water.

Years 16+

1 Day

£350pp including training materials

BSAC Chartwork and Position Fixing Course

BSAC Chartwork and Position Fixing Course

A hands-on course designed for anyone wanting to learn and practise the navigation skills needed to plan more adventurous diving and put diving projects with a purpose into action within a club or centre.

Years 14+

2 Days

£350pp (or £1,200 for a private course for 4 people). Inc VAT.

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BSAC Diver Coxswain Preparation

This one day workshop aims to refine practical and theoretical boat handling and navigational skills and fully prepare students for the Diver Coxswain Assessment.

Years 16+

1 Day

£250pp including training materials (or £700 for a private course for 3 people). Inc VAT.

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BSAC Diver Coxswain Assessment

​BSAC’s Diver Coxswain Assessment recognises a high level of seamanship knowledge and boat-handling ability, including working with divers in the water.

Years 16+

1 Day

£200pp including training materials

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BSAC Boat Handler to Diver Coxswain Course - 5 Day

If you want to go full speed ahead and gain all your boat handling qualifications in one go, then this course is designed for you! This bespoke 5 day course takes you from BSAC Boat Handling to Diver Coxswain in the same week. 

Years 16+

5 Days

£1,100pp including Boat Handling training pack and Diver Coxswain Assessment pack. 

Clyde Shipwreck Diving Dunoon
Clyde Shipwreck Diving Dunoon

Explore The Depths Of The Clyde

With 20+ shipwrecks, sheltered lochs, rocky reefs, sheer walls, and thriving marine life, the Firth of Clyde was the perfect choice for our base.

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