Land-based drills covering equipment setup (configuration), donning, and usage—including the bladder (BCD), backplate & harness, cylinders, and regulators.
Approximately one day dedicated to reviewing theory and knowledge: diving physiology, physics, and psychology; dive planning; decompression theory and planning; and the effects of inert gases, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide.
Approximately half a day in confined water practicing basic skills: neutral buoyancy, breathing techniques, finning, out-of-air and equipment failure drills, stage cylinder handling, gas switching, and gas consumption monitoring.
Open water training: skill review, followed by a final decompression dive (55m depth, 15-minute bottom time, 30-minute decompression time).
Debriefing.