Refresher Course

If you haven’t been diving recently, your scuba knowledge and dive skills will likely need some attention. To ensure your safety and the safety of other divers, taking a refresher course is the right choice to make. Reputable dive operators around the world now require that as a certified diver you can show a consistent practice of diving and can demonstrate this through either recently logged dives or a scuba refresher session conducted within as little as the past 6 months. A scuba refresher will indicate a diver has reviewed their scuba skills and refreshed their knowledge of diving and are prepared to dive again. If you are travelling soon and want to make sure you enjoy your next diving experience with confidence and show proof of recent diving experience to the facility you will be diving with, a logged refresher course is now a general standard. It is always a good idea to check with the dive shop you are planning to dive with to understand their shop requirements and expectations ahead of your arrival. Divers certified under any agency with proof of certification can take a refresher course with TSC.

Divers will practice how to set up and break down their dive equipment, perform the pre-dive safety check, make a deep-water entry (giant stride), descend and equalize, revisit mask clearing skills, recovery of regulator skills, revisit buoyancy, air-sharing scenarios and emergency ascents and surfacing and establishing positive buoyancy. Divers will also be given time to swim independently of the instructor.

Divers must be certified as an Open Water Diver and be show they are medically fit to dive by completing the medical questionnaire.

The TSC refresher fee includes the use of a BCD, regulators, tanks and weights. Divers who are certified and are taking a refresher course are expected to have their own mask and fins, (snorkels are not mandatory for refresher courses) although rental of these items will be available if required. On completion of your course your instructor will either sign your logbook or TSC will supply you with a signed refresher completion certificate which can be presented to the facility you plan to dive with. If you selected the PADI ReActivate option, you will receive an updated certification card directly from PADI.

Excluding tanks, divers are required to transport all their equipment from the TSC store to the pool. Excluding tanks and weights divers will be required to rinse their gear from chlorine on pool deck after the session and then take their gear home to dry before returning to the shop later in the week.
We teach students from all over the GTA and beyond. We understand that divers do not always live close to the store. Our team is in the same position. If divers require a valet service due to their proximity to the store, please enquire before booking your course to check availability. TSC teaches a lot of students and therefore there is a lot of equipment being used at any one time. Taking care of everybody’s gear is simply not feasible for us and is why we need divers to take responsibility of their own equipment.