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Hi, my name is Bill Gordon. I am the Instructor Trainer at the NOAA Diving Center in Seattle, Washington.
The video you're about to watch contains 10 of the skills you will be required to perform during your check out dive.
They are intentionally performed in slow, exaggerated motion to give us the opportunity
to demonstrate or highlight some of the more important sub-skills.
Every diver in the NOAA Diving Program needs to be proficient in these fundamental skills.
The skills we will talk about are: mask clearing,
regulator clearing,
regulator recovery,
controlled descent,
controlled ascent,
use of an alternate air source,
buddy breathing,
use of NOAA's redundant air Supply System or RASS,
weight belt remove and replace,
and scuba unit remove and replace.
Although these skills are not specific to NOAA,
they are part of the training that every diver should receive.
These skills are the foundation of safe diving.