O2ptima Rebreather Specialty

INTRODUCTION

The O2ptima is a fully closed mixed gas closed circuit rebreather. Unlike other products both past and present, this design represents the collaboration of several manufacturers within the diving and safety industries. Each company was able to bring their strengths to this product, increasing safety and reliability. While many designs have needed to evolve over the years, the O2ptima at its release, represented some of the best technology available.

Dive Rite has a long history of serving the diving community with innovative and quality products. Unlike many other companies which concentrate on a specific market, Dive Rite has excelled in delivering products to the recreational diver while still being able to supply cutting-edge equipment for even the most demanding diver.

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum age is 16 years at the start of training.
  
  
• A Non-Certified Diver wanting to learn to dive a unit specific rebreather and enter the RAID training programme:
  
  Can NOT enter this programme to learn how to dive.
  
  
• Certified Rebreather or Open Circuit Diver wanting to extend their experience to dive a unit specific rebreather and enter the RAID training programme:
  
  A certified diver from another recognized training agency wishing to complete a cross over will complete the RAID core rebreather programme where the diver meets the relevant prerequisites for rebreather Level 3 and the required skills in this Specialty: - refer to the General Diving Standards.
  
• RAID Certified Rebreather Diver wanting to extend their experience to dive a unit specific rebreather:
  
  For a RAID certified rebreather diver, the skill requirements of this Specialty will be "stand-alone" and your RAID rebreather instructor will discuss the various training dives and how each skill will be approached.
  
  
• RAID Certified Open Circuit Diver wanting to extend their experience to dive a unit specific rebreather and go to the next level:
  
  The skills in this ‘Specialty' are in addition to the RAID Rebreather core programme and form part of the level of training chosen within the programme. Simply put, complete all the skills in the basic RAID core rebreather level of training (for example, Rebreather Level 3), and the additional specified skills of this Specialty course.

SPECIFIC STANDARDS

These Standards are forming part of, and are in addition to, the RAID General Diving Standards.

Eye Test

Your RAID instructor shall check that you are able to read out the lettering/display on the handsets whilst wearing your mask that you intend to wear underwater. Failure to do so may require you to have your mask adjusted before any in water training.

Nitrox Software

The secondary handset must have the Nitrox version of the manufacturer's decompression software enabled. (PIN required)

 

INSTRUCTOR PREREQUISITES

• RAID certified O2ptima Specialty Diver or equivalent from a recognized training agency
• To be a certified RAID Sport Rebreather Instructor
• Subject to the RAID Specialty Instructor requirements part of the RAID General Diving Standards
• To have a minimum of 100 hours logged underwater using closed circuit rebreather/s of which 50 logged hours must be using an O2ptima rebreather.
• To be 18 years or older and subject to local laws and regulations
  

IN WATER TRAINING

You will be required to complete a written quick quiz with your instructor prior to the commencement of any in water training.

For your instructor to be able to incorporate all the skills required in this O2ptima Speciality, the dive times specified in your RAID core rebreather level of in water training shall be extended by a minimum of:

• Confined water: 1 hour (60 minutes) extra
  
• Open water: 1 hour (60 minutes) extra

These times shall be the minimum for a cross over stand alone course.

CERTIFICATION

The minimum logged hours, as detailed have been completed.

All confined and /or open water skills have been acknowledged and accepted on-line (through the RAID web site) as mastered by your certifying RAID instructor and yourself.

The RAID Dive Centre has confirmed certification on-line through the RAID web site.

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The above is subject to RAID General Diving Standards and change without notice.

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