Note | Beyond the SSI Training Standards, individual manufacturers may require additional prerequisites, experience, knowledge and skills. The instructor conducting this program must check with the applicable manufacturer for the latest standards and procedures.
An active status, unit-specific SCR Extended Range Instructor may conduct the unit-specific SCR Extended Range program.
Note | If the student does not have the Deep Diving certification, they must have at least ten (10) verified logged dives between 24-30 meters.
- Complete all academic sessions and assessments as outlined in the unit-specific instructor manual for SCR Extended Range.
- Complete an equipment configuration session as outlined in the instructor manual for SCR Extended Range.
- Complete at least one (1) pool/confined water skill development session with a minimum cumulative time of at least one (1) hour as outlined in the instructor manual for SCR Extended Range.
- Complete at least six (6) open water training dives as outlined in the instructor manual for SCR Extended Range.
- Download all of the student’s logged training dives from their rebreather computer and retain for a minimum of ten (10) years. If the feature is not available on a rebreather, download the training dives from the student’s dive computer and retain for a minimum of ten (10) years.
- Open Water Training Dives 1 and 2 must be planned within the no-decompression limits of the student’s dive computer, dive planning software, or the SSI Combined Air/EAN Tables.
- The total time for all required decompression stops on all training dives must not exceed 25 minutes per dive based on the primary plan.
- The volume of the carried bailout gas should be based on each individual diver’s gas calculations plus 30% for reserve, and sufficient to complete a gas-sharing ascent and all required decompression.
- Open Water Training Dives 1 through 4 may only be conducted after the student successfully completes the equipment configuration session, the XR Water Fitness Evaluation, and all pool/confined water skill development sessions.
- Open Water Training Dives 5 and 6 may only be conducted after the student successfully completes all academic sessions and Open Water Training Dives 1 through 4.