Scuba Center has been selling quality scuba diving and snorkeling equipment since 1973. You will find a wide selection of scuba and snorkeling equipment at both our Eagan, Minnesota and Minneapolis, Minnesota locations. Scuba Center Eagan
1571 Century Point
Eagan, Minnesota 55121
(651) 681-8434		 Scuba Center Minneapolis
5015 Penn Ave South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55419
(612) 925-4818

PADI Public Safety Diver
Public safety diving requires special training and a significantly different mindset than recreational diving. The PADI Public Safety Diver course builds a foundation of comprehensive knowledge and skills that a competent PSD needs to operate safely and proficiently in a wide variety of environments. The eLearning content explains what it takes to become a public safety diver and teaches the learner about the specialized procedures, equipment, scene handling techniques, communications, search and rescue techniques, and documentation procedures for public safety diving. Divers also learn key safety concepts and procedures to apply during the course's four open water dives that include various training stations and participation in realistic scenarios.
 
You'll be introduced to the special procedures, equipment, scene handling, communications and documentation requirements for a public safety diving operation. During four open water dives you'll practice compass navigation, knot tying, arc search techniques, victim recovery, rope-pull communications and rescue techniques for a distressed public safety diver, and more.
 

PADI Public Safety Diver course moves out of the “specialty” diver course lists and stands as a distinct program, dedicated to this specialized diving field. The program now includes three courses – Public Safety Diver, Surface Support Specialist and the new Advanced Public Safety Diver. | Public Safety Diver training in Minnesota.

 Statement of Understanding:

  • This course covers basic public safety diving skills but does not cover public safety recovery techniques, all environments, condition, situation or rescue skill a public safety diver might encounter. This course does not cover environments such as swift water, current, deep water, contaminated water, low head dams, hydraulics, overhead environments, ice, etc. It does not cover evidence, body, vehicle or other advanced recovery techniques. These conditions and others like them require advanced training, equipment and experience.

  • This course is designed to better equip students with the skills needed to respond to the unforeseen situations and better prepare them to meet the challenges a public safety diver or surface support specialist might face.

  • This course is designed to establish a public safety diver foundation that will allow participants to safely continue public safety diving education.

  • This training does not supersede established standards; the agency, state, county, or country's policy; or recognized Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).

  • This course does not address the NFPA 1670 Standards relating to the disciplines of Ice 9.3.7, Surf 9.2.8, or Swift Water 9.3.9.
Prerequisite:
  • Minimum age of 18
  • PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certifcation from another training organization.
  • PADI Rescue Diver, or be enrolled in a PADI Rescue Diver course concurrent with this course, or have a qualifying certifcation from another training organization.
  • For divers to use a dry suit in this program, they must either have a dry suit diver certification or have logged proof of at least four dry suit dives.
Course Fee: $450.00
(Fee and cancellation policy)
Includes: PADI Public Safety Diver eLearning, training fees, and certification processing.
 
Certification: PADI Public Safety Diver

Equipment requirements:

  • Standard Dive Equipment (Regulator, BCD, mask, fins, appropriate exposure suit*,...)

  • Two scuba cylinders

  • Two different cutting devices (shears, knife, seat belt cutter, etc.)

  • Visual and audible surface signaling devices

  • Rescue breathing mask

  • Personal flotation device (PFD)

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* For divers to use a dry suit in this program, they must either have a dry suit diver certification or have logged proof of at least four dry suit dives.
What do I need to do before class?:
You will need to complete the online knowledge-based portion of the course, ( PADI Public Safety Diver eLearning ) and complete knowledge reviews at the end of each module. You also need to complete a PADI Student Record File (which includes a Medical Statement). If you answer yes to any of the medical history questions, the PADI Medical Statement must be signed by your physician prior to your first pool session. You can download and review the Diver Medical | Participant Questionnaire. If you require a physicians approval, we recommend you also retaining an extra copy of the signed Medical Statement for your records.
 
Scuba Diving certification classes offered at Scuba Center in Eagan, Minnesota Schedule:
The PADI Public Safety Diver course includes classroom and pool (Confined Water) sessions as well as four open water dives conducted over at least two days.
The minimum number of recommended hours is 30.

 

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