This is a certification course for anyone in public safety personnel or the general public who desires to become highly trained and  a certified open water diver while expanding skills sets and experience through advanced diver training to the level of Rescue Diver.

The training in Public Safety Diver: Level 1 starts the student at the beginning level of instruction, Open Water, and builds on the initial skills acquired during the first portion of the class by adding Advanced Adventure Diver certification and training.  During this component of the class , we emphasizes essential diver skills and introduce the student to more advance topics of underwater navigation, deep diving, and advance buoyancy techniques at the Adventure Diver level.  The final component of the class, Rescue Diver certification, emphasizes incident avoidance, accident response, supervision, and management with practical applications in open water. This Rescue Diver component is designed specifically to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to: (1) Be a qualified Rescue Diver. (2) Help prevent diving accidents and recognize life-threatening diving situations.  (3) Correctly initiate and/or supervise rescue/assist procedures. (4) Correctly manage rescue assistants during and after rescues.

Another essential skill involved in Rescue and Public Safety Diving is Basic Life Support.  As a part of the PSD101 course, you will be trained a Divers Alert Network (DAN) Provider.  Your training will include CPR and First Aid Specific to Scuba diving related injuries, oxygen treatment for dive accidents, and providing life support with automated external defibrillators.

Upon completion of all requirements, the student will be certified as an Open Water Diver, Advanced Adventure Diver, and Rescue Diver with the certification agency SDI, a leader in the industry and founding member of the Recreational Scuba Training Council (RSTC).  Additionally, you will be certified by Divers Alert Network as a BLS/CPR Provider, O2 Provider, and Automated External Defibrillator Provider.

This program meets 8 Tuesday evenings, and will also meet for two weekends:  December 3, 4 and December 10, 11 for field trips/dives.   Academy of Scuba is located at 4015 E. Bell Road, Suite 132, Phoenix, AZ 85032

Instructor:  Doss Powell

Subject:  Cont_ed Course #100-90045
#47263             Nov 1 - Dec 13                        6-10pm
Fee:  $859*      8 Tuesdays, Sat/Sun              Academy of Scuba

*Rental packages and student packages/equipment are available at an additional cost at Academy of Scuba.  All manuals and class materials are included.