Hands-On Chamber Operations

Classes are set up on weekends (Friday – Monday) following the EDAM and Mainland classes.

Class size limited to 2-3 people to allow everyone in the class time to train at each position on each dive

Tuition: $300.00 US (For people joining the Volunteer Crew the $300 tuition will be used to purchase commuter books for the Catalina Express to cover ten round trips ~$655 value)*
Housing & Meals:

• $135.00 US – For individuals not planning on joining the Volunteer Chamber Crew
• $50.00 US – For individuals joining the Volunteer Chamber Crew

*Tuition may be waived by people joining the Volunteer Crew who agree to cover their own transportation during their Internship.

Either EDAM or Mainland Chamber Crew Training, or equivalent training

The USC Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber runs hands-on training classes for hyperbaric chamber operations. These classes are used to train people interested in joining our Volunteer Chamber Crew and those who are going to be running hyperbaric chambers elsewhere.

The 2-1/2 day Friday–Monday classes (run following the EDAM classes and scheduled following Mainland Chamber Ops) trains people in the Inside Tender, Operator, and Recorder positions. Most of the time is spent with students actually operating the Chamber on Standard Dives, Treatment Simulations, and Lock Runs.