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Old 28-09-07, 09:54 AM
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Gas Blending Courses Accepted by BSAC
I'm considering doing a TDI Gas Blending and Advanced Gas Blending course as I can't see a Compressor Operations and Mixed Gas course that fits my schedule on the BSAC site.

Does anyone know whether BSAC will accept this as equivalent or will I still have to do some more training to qualify?
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Does BSAC have to recognise it ? maybe for club insurance or something.

I did the IANTD one a long time ago.

I suspect BSAC courses are just a copy of some of the others.
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Does BSAC have to recognise it ? maybe for club insurance or something.
I believe so. My club officers are resigning en masse (mostly due to age and ill health) and so the people that we as members relied on to man the compressor, blend the nitrox, run the boats etc may not always be at hand. I want to be in a position to help out where I can and so need to make sure that what I'm planning on doing will be accepted by BSAC.
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Check with BSAC HQ, they should be able to tell you straight away.

I think BSAC are pretty reasonable when it comes to recognising training by other bodies, which is just as well as it takes them a long time to catch up with developments in diving
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Let us know how you get on with HQ as I would be interested in that too...

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It shouldn't be a problem. The majority of the blenders in my branch have the TDI one. There was no BSAC version at all at the time.

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The BSAC Branch Gas Blending course is due to be released at the DOC
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Why worry about BSAC accepting it? Its a simple qual to do a couple of simple tasks for your branch.

We have no-one and never have had anyone with a BSAC Qual to do either and have been blending and pumping bottles for years

You could learn everything you need in about a 30 min session anyway
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Hi all

BSAC do recognise most of the other technical agency Nitrox Blending courses. I don't thing there is a recognised course for PADI, IART & GUE. It may be that these agencies don't have a blending course.

The new BSAC blending course is specificaly targeted at Partial Pressure Blending, rather than Membrane & self mixing systems. This is because in 90% of cases this is how blending is done in branches.

There are three course variations available, Nitrox, Mixed Gas & Combined (Nitrox & Mixed Gas).

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I don't thing there is a recognised course for PADI, IART & GUE. It may be that these agencies don't have a blending course.
I did DSAT Trimix Blenders course - I guess thats the PADI Course

I then sat in on Mark Powells TDI Trimix Blenders course which was a much better course

But imo Gas Blending course are OK - but the only way to really learn is to work in a gas shed
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