The PADI Rescue Diver course is an important and crucial step in expanding a diver's knowledge and experience beyond
a purely recreational level. This PADI Rescue Diver rating is a prerequisite for
all PADI leadership training
(Dive Master, Assistant Instructor, Open Water Scuba Instructor).
The course will be demanding, through realistic in its
conduct, content and approach. Interaction, discussion, variety
and flexibility will be stressed during skills training. Classroom instruction
will stress the application of information to the particular needs of students
and varying environments.
Through this course, students will come to appreciate and
understand the importance such training has on the safety of others and on the
diving industry as a whole.
Although the course is designed to be enjoyable, the nature
and context in which such training may be used is quite
serious. And as in training in simular fields of emergency care, the primary
objective of this course is to prevent the need for
use of rescue skills.
To qualify for PADI Rescue Diver training, an individual must:
1. Be Certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or an equivalent rating.
This prerequisite is
primarily based on individual competency in various aspects of diving. This
competency in various aspects of diving.
This competency level within the PADI system is defined by the PADI Advanced
Open Water certification.
Therefore, the Term equivalency as stated in the standard is defined as proof of
certification
beyond entry level; and a minimum of 20 logged dives documenting experience in
the
following areas: deep and navigation.
2. Be 15 years of age or older.
Note: Students under the age of 15 may obtain a PADI Junior Rescue Diver
certification.
A junior diver is required to meet all the requirements for certification other
than age.
The Junior Rescue Diver certification card carries the requirement that the
individual must dive with an adult.
| Home Study | at your leisure | ||
| Classroom 1 | Tuesday | 7.00 pm | Approx 3 hours duration |
| Classroom 2 | Thursday | 7.00 pm | Approx 3 hours duration |
| Classroom 3 | Friday | 7.00 pm | Approx 3 hours duration |
| Ocean Training Session 1 | Saturday | 9.00 am | Approx 3 hours duration |
| Ocean Training Session 2 | Saturday | 1.00 pm | Approx 3 hours duration |
| Ocean Training Session 3 | Sunday | 9.00 am | Approx 3 hours duration |
| Ocean Training Session 4 | Sunday | 1.00 pm | Approx 3 hours duration |
| Ocean Training Session 5 | Sunday | 4.00 pm | Approx 1 hour duration |
Classroom sessions are held at PARADISE DIVERS, 253-257 PRINCES
HWY, DANDENONG.
Ocean Training Sessions are usually held at appropriate locations around Port
Phillip Bay, at a place best selected for training and weather conditions.
