Advanced diving courses require a lot of commitment and motivation from both the instructor and the student. Those commitments are often defined in a Student Learning Agreement. This is the Student Learning Agreement that I have for my diving students: 1)  Students should be on-time, prepared, and properly equipped for theory and in-water classes, without performance deterioration from insufficient sleep or hangover. For everyone's safety, you will not be permitted to dive if hung over or excessively fatigued. Diving equipment should be prepared and ready for use at the designated time. No refund is given for course delays due to poor student timekeeping or the effects of alcohol consumption. 2) Students should behave responsibly. The use of illegal drugs, or prescription medication without an official prescription, is prohibited during training. The habitual use of narcotics prior to training may also cause course cancellation on diving medical grounds. Substance abuse, violent behavior of any kind, bullying, and any sexually abusive action towards other students or dive staff is not tolerated and will result in course cancellation without a refund. 3) Students should complete designated theory and practical application coursework within agreed timescales. Failure to complete coursework to an acceptable standard and within a scheduled time frame may lead to the need to extend course duration at the student's expense. This includes designated diving course eLearning pre-study, and homework set during the dive course, where applicable. 4) A positive and motivated mindset is critical for successful training. Students should demonstrate a willingness to learn and a high degree of focus on the knowledge, skills, and procedures they will be taught. Advanced diving training demands a high degree of attention to detail, precision thinking, and superior self-discipline. Student attitude and approach to diving is an assessed criterion for certification in all technical-level diving courses. 5) The dive instructor must be informed, prior to further training, if the student feels unwell or injured. For everyone's safety, diving students may only participate in training if in good health and fitness. A self-declaration of medical fitness is required for all diving certification course courses. If medical fitness decreases before, or during, training the instructor must be informed and medical authorization from a doctor may be needed before training (re)commences. 6) Students are responsible for all equipment and training aids loaned to them during the course. Diving students are expected to treat rental or loan dive gear with care and respect. Repairs or replacements due to damage caused by negligence or mistreatment will be charged at the appropriate local retail price. 7) Dive safety is everybody's concern. Students are expected to contribute towards safe diving by following instructor guidance accurately, applying their training to the best of their ability, and taking all reasonable steps to ensure accidents are avoided. Students are expected to be open and frank with the instructor about their personal comfort, stress, and performance levels during training. Students should not allow themselves to be pressurized into doing any task they don't understand or feel reasonably comfortable attempting. 8) All student-provided equipment must be in full working order, adequately serviced and maintained, and suitable for the task. The final decision on assessing the suitability of equipment remains with the instructor. If in doubt about the suitability of your diving equipment, do consult the instructor in advance. 9) Students must provide diving certification cards and logbooks as verification of prerequisite training and experience at the beginning of dive courses. This website details course-specific diving certification and experience prerequisites, but if in doubt, please contact me to confirm. Courses will be postponed, without a refund of the deposit, if the student cannot verify the necessary training and experience on enrollment. 10) All diving courses begin with a proficiency assessment of training prerequisite competencies. Students are expected to attend courses with sufficient diving proficiency to progress beyond their current certification level. This proficiency includes fundamental diving skills; such as buoyancy, trim, water comfort, situational awareness, and the application of all previously certified procedures and drills. Failure to demonstrate prerequisite diving proficiency requirements may require course extensions for remedial development to occur or may lead to course postponement. Advanced-level diving courses require a progression of skills and should not be diluted by having to remedy deficits in basic skills. Weak fundamental skills may also pose safety risks in overhead environments and technical-level courses.   11) Students on certification courses should have registered online with DiveRAID, purchased their eLearning course, and completed all required modules, quizzes, and exams. Please contact me if unsure of performance expectations, I can advise on personal preparation methods and/or provide a pre-training clinic to ensure that fundamental and other prerequisite skills are satisfactory.