New Millennium Dive Expeditions
Fundamental Skill Requirements

• Demonstrate proficiency in safe diving techniques; this would
  include pre-dive preparations, in-water activity, and post-dive
  activities.
• Demonstrate awareness of team member location and a concern
  for safety, responding quickly to visual cues and team member needs.
• Efficiently and comfortably demonstrate how to donate gas to an
  out-of-gas diver in multiple gas-sharing episodes.
• Comfortably demonstrate at least two propulsion techniques that
  would be appropriate in delicate and/or silty environments.
• Demonstrate a safe and responsible demeanor throughout all
  NMDE Training and Project Dives.
• Demonstrate proficiency in the ability to deploy a spool and a
  lift bag/surface marker.
• Demonstrate good buoyancy and trim.
• Demonstrate proficiency in underwater communication.
• Demonstrate basic equipment proficiency.
• Demonstrate mastery of the following open water skills:
      Mask removal and replacement
      Mask clearing
      Regulator removal and exchange
      Long hose deployment.
• Demonstrate safe ascent and decent procedures.
• Demonstrate proficiency in executing a valve drill.

Back to Project Standards