Critical Skills Diver training is a two-day class focused on improving diver competence and confidence through proper response repetition in increasingly challenging underwater events. Carefully controlled and moderated challenges in a swimming pool setting deliver many iterations to each diver candidate.
Critical Skills Diver training is considered so crucial, that even though it is a Dive Rescue 2 class, Dive Rescue 1 training is not required. Dive Rescue International suggests all public safety divers take this class.
The focus of this class is the self-rescue of the Primary Diver, avoiding panic.
Light Salvage and Recovery is Dive Rescue International’s renowned three-day (24 hour) training program for certified divers and surface support personnel. The Light Salvage and Recovery program offers an environmentally-conscious service to your community. Students should be prepared to make several lifts using various techniques. The focus of the program will be conducting salvage operations as they apply to underwater crime scenes and investigations. The techniques taught in this program can be applied to the salvage or recovery of boats, automobiles, and aircraft. This program is conducted in a classroom, pool and at an open-water site to allow students to practice their new skills in a controlled environment before attempting field scenarios.
Key training topics include:
- EQUIPMENT
- LIGHT SALVAGE AND RECOVERY EVALUATION
- STAGE LIFT OPERATIONS
- LIFT BAG RIGGING OPERATIONS
- GENERAL SAFETY GUIDELINES
