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Certification Requirement
Prerequisites
Time
PADI eLearning: 8-12 hours.
Entire course: 4-7 days
Age
12 years or older
Health
Depth
Equipment
What You'll Learn
Emergency First Response EFR
Perform Rescue Techniques
Assess and Manage Stress in Other Divers
Manage stress in other divers by staying calm, watching for signs, and helping them breathe slowly. Offer support and assist if needed to keep everyone safe.
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is the next step in your diving journey after Open Water certification.
This course is designed to build confidence and enhance your diving skills while introducing you to new aspects of scuba diving. You don’t need to be an advanced diver to start. It’s actually best to take this course soon after completing your Open Water Diver certification to refine your techniques efficiently.
The Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about advancing your skills. You’ll practice navigation and buoyancy, try deep diving and make three specialty dives of your choosing (it’s like a specialty sampler platter). For every specialty dive you complete, you can earn credit toward PADI specialty certifications. Making this course a great way to expand your diving knowledge while gaining real-world experience under the guidance of an experienced instructor.
Course Content & Structure
The PADI Rescue Diver course consists of three main parts:
Confined Sessions:
- Learn and practice essential rescue techniques in a controlled environment. Pool training consists of three instructor-led sessions, with additional self-practice recommended for mastery.
Theory at Your Own Pace:
- Complete the knowledge development section online at your own pace, followed by a written exam. This flexible self-study approach allows you to learn whenever and wherever it suits you. (Time commitment: 8-12 hours).
- Once you pass the online theoretical exam, and your training, only then you are qualified to get your certification.
Open Water Sessions:
- Put your skills to the test in realistic rescue simulations at an open water dive site. These scenarios will help you apply your knowledge to handle real-life emergency situations effectively. (Total course duration: 4-7 days, flexible scheduling based on the dive center.
Emergency First Response (EFR) Certification:
- To earn the PADI Rescue Diver certification, you must have a valid CPR and First Aid certification (not older than 12 months). The most suitable course for this is PADI’s Emergency First Response (EFR), which aligns perfectly with the rescue techniques taught in the Rescue Diver course. While the Rescue Diver course focuses on in-water scenarios, the EFR course extends your skills to handling emergencies on land. The EFR course takes approximately 5-6 hours and can be scheduled based on availability.
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Medical Requirement
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).
Prerequisites & Minimum Age
Do I need to purchase the e-Learning course in advance through the PADI website?
No. With all of our courses, the e-Learning course is already included in the course prices.
Moreover, if you were to purchase the e-Learning course through the PADI website, it will end up being more expensive.
This is because we, as a dive center, have better conditions than individuals, allowing us to offer the e-Learning course at a lower price.
Therefore, it is absolutely not necessary to purchase the e-Learning course in advance through the PADI website.
If you do, unfortunately, the total price of the course will be higher for you.
After this course
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The skills and confidence you'll gain in the PADI Rescue Diver course prepare you to take the first step towards a scuba career and/or achieve the most elite rating in recreational diving. As a certified Rescue Diver (18 years or older), you can enroll in the PADI Divemaster course.
Upon completion, you can work anywhere in the world there's water: assisting with classes, leading dives, working on a liveaboard. A PADI Rescue Diver certification is also a prerequisite to enrolling in the Public Safety Diver course. This intense and challenging program comes with great rewards. If the programs above don't interest you, consider becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver. Fewer than 2 percent of divers ever achieve this elite rating. As a certified Rescue Diver, you only need five specialty certifications and 50 logged dives to become a Master Scuba Diver™.