Training-Specific Equipment Addenda (see individual training standards)
The core configuration set out earlier in this document is the floor every diver trains with, regardless of programme. It is deliberately not the ceiling. Every training-specific standard - Genesis, Furian, Sidemount, Velari, Guideline, and every programme in between - carries its own equipment section addressing exactly what that training adds on top of the baseline, and why.
This page does not repeat that detail, because repeating it here would mean maintaining the same information in two places, with two chances to drift out of agreement with each other. What follows is only the shape of what to expect in those individual standards, and how to read them against the baseline already established.
What Typically Appears in a Training-Specific Addendum
- Additional cylinders and configuration - a stage cylinder, a twinset, a sidemount rig, or a DPV, each specified with the rigging, redundancy, and gas planning detail relevant to that configuration.
- Additional lights or backups - beyond the baseline requirement, where a training's environment (night, overhead, reduced visibility) demands more than the default.
- Environment-specific gear - guideline reels and markers for overhead training, drysuit-specific inflation systems, or any equipment tied to a condition the core configuration doesn't anticipate.
- Exclusions - occasionally, a training-specific standard removes something from the baseline rather than adding to it, where a particular configuration makes an item impractical or unnecessary. Exclusions are always stated explicitly; nothing is silently dropped.
How to Read These Addenda
A training-specific equipment section is always additive to the baseline unless it explicitly says otherwise. A diver preparing for a specific programme should read both: the core configuration set out earlier in this document, and the addendum attached to the training they are about to begin. Neither replaces the other.
As with every other equipment requirement in this document, nothing in a training-specific addendum exists arbitrarily. Where a programme requires something beyond the baseline, that requirement traces back to a specific function the training demands - just as rigorously reasoned as the baseline itself, and open to the same standard of scrutiny described for our equipment philosophy generally. If a training's equipment section doesn't make clear why something is required, that is a gap worth raising with your mentor, or through the channels this document provides for sharpening our own standards.