Search and Recovery
What does the SSI Search & Recovery course include?
Lost objects are now a thing of the past with the SSI Search & Recovery Specialty course. In this fascinating course, you will learn all the skills you need to safely and confidently conduct search and recovery dives. You will learn how to use search patterns, special dive plans and underwater communication skills and practise using specialist equipment such as lift bags, lines and reels. By developing your search techniques and practising search procedures in a dive team, you will become a confident search and rescue diver during this course. Upon completion of the course, you will receive the SSI Search & Recovery Specialty certification.
Facts
Minimum age: 12
Theory units: 4
Recommended course duration in (h): 10-15
Required dives: 3
Prerequisites:
Open Water Diver certification
Highlights
Here are the benefits you can expect from participating in this training programme:
- Learn to carry out and plan safe search and rescue dives
- The use of special equipment, such as a lifting bag, lines and pulleys, is part of the curriculum
- Practise effective search patterns and take over the leadership of a dive team
