PADI Public Safety Diver Course

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The Public Safety Diver Course is designed to improve your underwater skills for public safety diving. This course involves a classroom component, a skills component, a training component, and most importantly a scenario component.  The course will push your knowledge and skills learned in prior classes to the limit. This is a perfect course for anyone who dives for a public safety entity.

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You must attend each day of training during the course cycle to be certified as a PADI Public Safety Diver.

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Prerequisites:

• You must be a member of a Public Safety Dive Team

• A letter of recommendation/good standing from your dive team leader

• Rescue Diver certification (certification from another recognized training organization will be honored)

• Current CPR/BLS certificate

• Public Safety Diver and CPR/BLS have the first day of training a classroom day.

• PADI’s Public Safety Diver has the highest prerequisites in the business and there is a reason for this.

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DATES:

• TBD

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COST:

• TARS Members - $450.00 - Members use Coupon Code TNARS-PPSD when registering

• Associate Members - $500.00

• Non-Members - $550.00 

 

 

This course will be certified through PADI and c-cards will be provided.

 

 

This is a partnership class and all registrations will go through the instructor and PADI. CPR/BLS can be added to any training session. Call instructor for details.

 

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To register for this class please contact Dale DeBoer with the Kingsport Lifesaving Crew at dale@ddeboer.com or via phone at (423)943-6692.

 

All classes will be held at the location listed above and there is limited bunk space available at the department and it is available on a first come first served basis. The instructor can also travel to your department on a case-by-case basis if there are specific training dates you would like to book. Please contact the instructor directly for more details.