Stress & Rescue
Become Everyone's Best Dive Buddy!
This is an important step in expanding your thinking beyond purely recreational level. Rescue divers make great dive buddies.
There are several good reasons for wanting to become a Rescue Diver. Rescue training expands your knowledge of diving, increases your level of diving skills and makes you more aware of what is happening around you. By being a trained Rescue Diver, you have the skills to safely respond to many diving emergencies. More importantly, you'll learn to manage dive sites to prevent problems occurring.
Course Format
Three Day Program (Sunday, Saturday and Sunday)
Sunday | 9am - 5pm | Classroom Instruction.
Saturday (second weekend) | 8am - 4pm | Confined Water Training.
In the pool session we will show you how to recognise stress and you will learn techniques used to manage rescue situations. We will also go through a range of scenarios to reinforce those skills and bring it all together in a real-life situation.
Sunday (second weekend) | Times dependant on tides | Ocean Training.
The ocean training is designed to solidify the skills you learned in the pool. This is where you will put into practice all of your stress and rescue skills.
Thursday (after the completion of your course) | 7pm - 8pm | Graduation BBQ
A great two weeks finishes with you as a fully licensed rescue diver and we invite you to celebrate with graduation drinks and a BBQ with your newly made diving buddies and friends.
$525
Important Information
Included: SSI Crew Pack, SSI Rescue Slates, CPR Pocket Mask, pool entry, tanks & weight, airfills, international certification.
Not Included: All scuba equipment. WH&S recommends that each person uses their own personal items to reduce the possibility of disease transmission. Snorkelling packages are avaiable to buy at special "Student" discount rates.
Requirements:
* Independent study must be completed prior to course starting.
* WH&S reqires ever diver to carry their own visual and audible signaling device. Pro Dive Brisbane recommends a safety sausage and dive whistle which are available for purchase ($29.97).
* All rescue divers must have current First Aid, CPR and O2 qualifications from a recognised training agency. For more information on the training we offer click here.
Recommended: Dive gloves and a dive knife. Gloves protect you from cuts and scrapes and a dive knife will allow you to cut underwater entanglements such as fishing line.
Cancellation (or transfer of dates): More than 7 days notice $50. Inside 7 days $100 since the opportunity to re-sell your place is lost. No refunds once course is underway.
Non-completion of dive medical or independent study by day 1 will mean cancellation of your booking and transfer to later date. This will incur late transfer charges of $100.