Rescue Diver Training

PADI Rescue Diver

The PADI® Rescue Diver course enhances your diving skills by teaching you how to prevent and manage emergencies. You'll become a more confident diver as you learn to recognise and respond to potential issues, making diving safer for yourself and others.

  • Duration: 2 days (3 days if completing EFR training)
  • Course requirements: 12 years old
  • Includes: All e-learning, practical lessons, equipment hire & air fills

Price: £450

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What You Will Learn

  • Help other divers
  • Fix minor gear issues
  • Use an emergency oxygen kit

Certification Requirements

Prerequisites

PADI Adventure Diver certification (or qualifying certification) with completed Underwater Navigation Dive

Age

12 years or older

Emergency Training

Completion of Emergency First Response® Primary and Secondary Care training (or qualifying training) within 24 months

Time Commitment

PADI eLearning: Approximately 8 hours

Entire course: 2 days (3 days if including EFR training)

General Questions

Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.

  • Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course.
  • Instructors, divemasters and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.
  • If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).

Minimum age: 12.

Rescue Divers certified between the ages of 12-14 earn a Junior Rescue Diver certification. Anyreplacement certification cardor eCard purchased after the diver's 15th birthday will automatically show a Rescue Diver (not Jr. Rescue Diver) certification.

Course prerequisites: Any diver with an Open Water (or Jr. Open Water) Diver certification may enroll in a PADI Rescue Diver course, complete Rescue Diver eLearning, and participate in Rescue Exercises in confined water.

To participate in open water Rescue Exercises and be certified as a PADI Rescue Diver, the student must complete the Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive and hold a PADI (Junior) Adventure Diver certification. A PADI (or other qualifying) Advanced Open Water Diver certification also meets this prerequisite.

Certification also requires CPR and first aid training within the past 24 months. If you don't have this training, you can enroll in an Emergency First Response® (EFR) Primary Care (CPR) and Secondary Care (First Aid) course with your PADI Instructor.

All equipment is provided as part of the course fees. Your eLearning is also including and will be sent out before the course start date.

We ask that all students finish their eLearning before they begin the course. This means all students start at the same level and enables us to focus on the in water part of the PADI Open Water.

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