UCI's Advanced Public Safety Diver course is the final step in our series of "rescue" focused training, emphasizing rescues further from shore and those involving submerged vehicles. While the Public Safety Diver course addresses near shore rescue techniques, self-rescue, and various rescue attempts, our Advanced course prepares divers for situations where rescues take place beyond the reach of an arc search, or when someone is trapped in a vehicle.

 

Building on the foundation of the Public Safety Diver course, we ensure our divers are equipped with the highest level of certifications globally. Unlike other PSD training organizations that begin at the Open Water level, we start our training at the Rescue Diver level, as the Open Water Diver certification essentially a rebranding of the former "Basic Diver" status.

 

Course topics include:

• Away from shore rescue search patterns

• Boat based operations

• Vehicle Entry Dynamics

• Vehicle related rescue attempts

• Victim inside vehicle rescues

• Victim outside vehicle rescues

• Pony bottles and bailout systems

• Diver emergencies and response

• Intro to evidence recovery

 

Additionally, the Advanced PSD course serves as an introduction to law enforcement recovery diving, teaching divers how apply their search skills in recovery situations, mark and collect evidence, and prepare for the more advanced Underwater Criminal Investigators course.