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UAS Dive Masters

left to right: Kirk Jones, James Rollins, Bruce Humphries, Terron Whitehead, Ed Ragland, Jaylen Ragland, Arthur Miller, Vicky Hardy, Roland Bland, Alex Colvin, Bennie Harding, Martin Dougall

UAS Checkout Requirements Group 
1< 5 yrs
Group 2
6-10 yrs
Group 3
11-20 yrs
Group 4
>20 yrs
Swim Skills
Swim eighteen (18) lengths
Tread water ten (10) minutes 
Hands up tread one (1) minute 
Breath-hold a minimum of thirty (30) seconds 
Weight retrieval (16 lbs) 
Swim one length of pool underwater 
Skin Diving Skills
Giant stride entry 
   
Tuck dive       
Feet first descent/ascent procedure       
Rear entry 
   
Clear snorkel blast method       
Clear snorkel displacement method      
Snorkel swim eighteen (18) lengths
Dolphin kick two (2) lengths (up and back)       
One fin swim two (2) lengths (up and back)
   
Frog kick two (2) lengths (up and back)       
Snorkel on back two (2) lengths (up and back)       
Mask retrieval and mask clearing in deep end 
Scuba Skills
Giant stride entry 
Rear entry     
Regulator Recovery     
Remove/replace weight belt, scuba unit  underwater     
Remove, replace, clear mask underwater     
Fin pivot     
Hover thirty (30) seconds     
No mask scuba swim two (2) lengths     
Alt. air source/octopus run two (2) lengths 
Alt. air source/octopus ascent 
Ditch and don 
Buddy breathe stationary 
Buddy breathe two (2) lengths 
Surface handling 
Controlled emergency swimming ascent 
Scuba run thirty-six (36) lengths 
Stations for five (5) go rounds 
Tank pull tow, BCD deflated, two (2) lengths
Fin push tow, BCD deflated, two (2) lengths 
Do-si-do tow, BCD deflated, two (2) lengths 
BCD pull tow, BCD deflated, two (2) lengths 
Ascent procedure scuba (at quarry)