Dry Suit Diving Trainer
Certify your members as
competent dry suit divers
Recommended for: Experienced trainers who want to expand on their department members’ knowledge and skill in diving with dry suits to protect them from either icy or contaminated waters.
3 days (24 hours)
Course Overview
Prerequisites
Overview
Successful completion of the Dry Suit Diver Trainer (DSDT) program provides the instructor with skills required to teach their dive team members the techniques of dry suit diving as well as the types, styles, features, selection, care, maintenance and minor repairs of these suits. Without proper protection from your potentially hazardous diving environment, your rescue/recovery operation may be hindered or even worse, halted. One of the first steps to preparing for contaminated water or ice diving is certifying your students to dive in a dry suit. Obtaining the DSDT certification allows the instructor to teach the Dry Suit Diving program in-house and to mutual aid departments.
Duration
- 3 days (24 hours)
Prerequisites:
- Sponsorship by a public safety agency
- 21 years of age
- Current Public Safety Scuba Instructor or Dive Rescue 1 Trainer
- Proof of current Dry Suit Diving certification
- 10 Dry Suit dives
- Current First Aid, EMT or Paramedic certification
- Current CPR certification
Note To Applicants
This program is designed for personnel who are physically fit. Participants are encouraged to participate after successfully completing the IADRS Watermanship Test or testing to a fitness level of 13 MET (Metabolic Equivalents) or greater. Participants with aerobic fitness questions or concerns should consult their physician prior to in-water training.
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