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SCUBA Diving
New! SCUBA Diving - Public Safety Diver Level 1
This program is a certification course for public safety personnel or the general public who desire to become highly trained and certified open water divers while at the same time expanding their skills sets and experience through advanced diver training to the level of Rescue Diver. The training in Public Safety Diver 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 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 for field trips/dives. Academy of Scuba is located at 4015 E. Bell Road, Suite 132, Phoenix, AZ 85032.
Instructor: Doss Powell and John Flanders
Subject: Cont_ed Course #100-90045
#42292 Jan 17 – Mar 13 6-10pm
Fee: $859* 8 Tue + 2 weekends Academy of Scuba
#42254 Mar 20 – May 8 6-10pm
Fee: $859* 8 Tue + 2 weekends Academy of Scuba
New! SCUBA Diving - Public Safety Diver Level 2
This program is an entry level emergency response diving course designed to give the public safety diver the fundamental skills needed to safely function as part of a public safety dive team and is OSHA and NFPA compliant. Topics such as problem solving, tender skills, search patterns and evidence handling are covered just to name a few. Dive skills include executing search patterns, victim recovery, emergency procedures and decontamination procedures among others. Public Safety Diver 2 Emergency response diving is singular in one aspect: it is a community based operation whose teams train for, prepare and plan for local diving in their specific geographic areas, and assist other teams in their general locale. Emergency response divers are tasked with an excess of responsibilities and must have a strong knowledge of all of these disciplines. Additionally, as a part of this course, you will be trained in the use of Dry Suit technology and Full Face Mask technology. Like PSD1, first responder skills are essential. The PSD2 diver shall continue his/her Divers Alert Network Education with the following provider courses: DAN Hazardous Marine Life Provider, DAN Advanced Oxygen Provider, and DAN Neurological Assessment Provider. Upon completion of all requirements, the student will be certified as an ERDI Emergency Response Diver I with the industry’s leading certification agency ERDI. Additional certifications include the SDI Dry Suit Diver Specialty, SDI Full Face Mask Diver Specialty. SDI is 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 DAN Hazardous Marine Life Provider, DAN Advanced O2 Provider, and DAN Neurological Assessment Provider. Prerequisite: Public Safety Diver 1 or hold an equivalent Scuba certification of Rescue Diver. This program meets 8 Tuesday evenings, and will also meet for two weekends for field trips/dives. Academy of Scuba is located at 4015 E. Bell Road, Suite 132, Phoenix, AZ 85032.
Instructor: John Flanders and Doss Powell
Subject: Cont_ed Course #100-90046
#42295 Mar 20 – May 8 6-10pm
Fee: $859* 8 Tue + 2 weekends 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.
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