Course Overview:
This course is designed to introduce divers to the skills and excitement of using diver propulsion vehicles. The course familiarizes student divers with the knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, potential problems and hazards associated with using DPVs.
Prerequisites for course:
1. Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization.
2. Be at least 12 years old.
What the course will cover:
1. The planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, and hazards of diving with a underwater
propulsion vehicle.
2. Equipment considerations including but not limited to battery care, maintenance and precautions.
3. Proper procedures for: determining a turnaround point, vehicle failure, runaway motor, descents and ascents
and avoiding propeller entanglements.
4. Techniques to avoid harming fragile aquatic life.
5. Techniques for entering and exiting the water with a DPV.
