This course builds on Diveheart’s Adaptive Dive Buddy Course, introducing advanced skills, techniques, and protocols used when working with adaptive divers that require a higher degree of assistance while scuba diving. Advanced Adaptive Dive Buddy candidates will also use and become familiar with more specialized adaptive diving equipment, such as full face masks. Upon earning their certification, Advanced Adaptive Dive Buddies will have the ability to lead Diveheart Adaptive Dive Teams!

Advanced Adaptive Dive Buddy candidates must have their own copy of the Diveheart Adaptive Scuba Instructor/Dive Buddy Manual, either in softcover or an electronic version(Can be purchased via Amazon). Diveheart recommends that the candidate also have a copy of the Diveheart Adaptive Diver Manual, either in softcover or electronic version.

PREREQUISITES
– Minimum of 18 years old
– Minimum of Certified Rescue Diver, or equivalent, with at least 40 logged dives
– Been diving, or taken a refresher course, in the past two years
-Have current CPR/First Aid/AED training (must be good through the entire course)
– Comfortable performing all of Diveheart’s Buddy Tune-Up Skills PRIOR to attending the practical portion of the course
– RECOMMENDED that candidate has a Full Face Mask Certification
*Pre-requisite to certification: 30 experiences working with adaptive divers underwater, a minimum of 15 having taken place in open water environments.

Please Note: If you are already a Diveheart Certified Adaptive Dive Buddy and would like to take this eLearning course to upgrade your certification level, please email training@diveheart.org before registering for your next eLearning course to find out if you qualify for an upgrade coupon!