HSA/A-1 Scuba Instructor Qualification Course

Handicapped Scuba Association Scuba Instructor Course in Denver

Thank you for your interest in our Handicapped Scuba Association Instructor Qualification Course. This program is filled with fun, challenges and loaded with information. The key to your success is to be sure and come prepared, willing to learn new skills and information and have a desire to have a great time.

Here’s your chance to challenge yourself, sharpen your personal skills and introduce a special group of people to the wonderful sport of scuba diving. It’s sure to open your mind and guaranteed to open your heart.

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During this three-day course, you’ll gain the knowledge and experience to safely and effectively assist, train and certify divers with disabilities. The training you receive will be like nothing else you’ve ever done before.

Day 1

We’ll begin by meeting your fellow candidates and collect the various document (see below).  Then we’ll start digging into the many aspects of the HSA program including open discussions on various disabilities, Performance Standards, classifications and the unique certification procedures of the HSA. After that, we’ll head to the pool to begin roleplaying and skills training.  You’re guaranteed to discover the meaning of trust, confidence, expectation, reliance, and dependence.

Day 2

We’ll wrap up the knowledge development portion of the course as well as the remaining pool exercises.

Day 3

Here’s your chance to apply the techniques you learned in the pool in an Open Water environment at the Denver Downtown Aquarium. Once again, you’ll be working in buddy teams and performing several of the skills learned in the swimming pool. As in the pool, you’ll be playing the role of a disabled diver and as a dive buddy.

Please note that the starting and ending times are subject to change

  • You must be a certified assistant or higher from a recognized training agency
  • Be at least 18 years old
  • Be fit for diving
  • Complete the required documents

IMPORTANT – THE DIVER MEDICAL PARTICIPANT QUESTIONNAIRE IS CRITICAL! If you answer YES to questions 3, 5, or 10 on page 1 of the Diver Medical Questionnaire or any of the questions on page two, you will be directed to print, sign, and date page one of the questionnaire and bring all three pages to your medical professional for an evaluation. Your medical professional must approve, date, and sign the form and add their medical credentials MD, DO, NP, RN, PA, etc.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE PARTICIPANT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENTER THE WATER UNTIL THE PROPER DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, SIGNED, AND REVIEWED FOR ACCURACY BY THE INSTRUCTOR.

  • Attend all classroom, confined and open water segments of the course
  • Participate in all role-playing segments in the confined and open water
  • Complete and pass the final exam (Note: this is an open-book exam and conducted as a group)

INCLUDES

  • All classroom instruction
  • All confined water (pool) training
  • HSA Instructor Manual
  • HSA Cue Cards (Confined and Open Water)
  • HSA Registration fee
  • Use of tanks and weights
  • Tanks and weights will be provided for the pool and Aquarium dives

NOT INCLUDED

  • Pool and Open Water (Mask, fins, snorkel, and Octopus Alternate Air Source)
  • $125 Entry fee for open water training dives at the Denver Downtown Aquarium (includes the use of ALL equipment)
  • Parking fee at the Downtown Aquarium

2024 Course Date

  • January 11 & 12, 2025 at A-1 Scuba and January 13th at the Denver Aquarium
  • Please call Scott if you have any questions

Course Fee $480

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Program Testimonials

Where to begin…I cannot express to you my gratitude for facilitating the course that we went through this past weekend. The dedication and passion that you brought to this course was amazing beyond words…I attempted to explain to my wife and family what is was that I just experienced and became very emotional upon my reflection. One cannot understand the emotion and sense of pride of accomplishing this course unless they go through it and my heartfelt thank you to each of you. Even though we have just met, I feel a special bond with each of you and hope that may continue to grow!

At work, I am attempting to get things done but cannot keep from reflecting on the whole weekend and sharing my experience with my co-workers as best as I can explain…I cannot keep thinking about the trust we placed in each other in the course and hope that someday I may be able to instill that trust in others of me.

I look forward to seeing you both again soon and would love to continue this journey that has just begun…Thank you both!

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