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PADI Specialty - Search and Recovery |
This course is designed to be an introduction to search and recovery diving
and to help the student diver develop the necessary skills and knowledge for
safe search and recovery diving.
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This course include the following:
- 1. The planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems,
and hazards of search and recovery diving.
- 2. Limited-visibility diving and underwater navigation techniques.
- 3. Proper techniques and safety considerations for object location,
including the use of various search patterns, lines and
reels.
- 4. Proper techniques and safety considerations for recovery of
objects using various lifting devices.
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Prerequisites
To qualify for the Search and Recovery Diver course, an individual must:
- 1. Be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, Junior
Advanced Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification
from another training organization.
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Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water
Diver and PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty Diver or
have qualifying certifications from another training organization.
In this case, a qualifying certification is defined as proof of
entry-level scuba certification and proof of specialty course certification
in underwater navigation with a minimum of three scuba dives
that include training in natural and compass navigation.
- 2. Be 12 years of age or older.
- 3. Submit, to the instructor, medical clearance for diving signed by a physician, attesting to fitness to dive. The medical clearance must be current within the previous 12 months. The physician signing the form cannot be the individual.
- 4. Sign the Certified Diver Experience
Programs Liability Release
- 5. Assumption of Risk form.
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