Forensic Diving Academy

Underwater Crime Scene Investigator Diver Course

International course - 2 weeks

This course is designed for students and professionals. It has a solid grounding in underwater forensics. The course focuses on knowledge building and skills creation with interactive learning in the underwater aspects of forensic diving.

The training includes the following:

Week 1: basic diving course PADI open water diver including:

• Theory
• 5 scuba dives in confined water (swimming pool)
• 4 scuba dives in open water (lake/ocean)

Week 2: Underwater Crime Scene Investigator Diver

Theory:

• Introduction to underwater taphonomy,
• Preservation of an underwater crime scene,
• Role of underwater forensics,
• Underwater forensic traces (detection and collection),
• Underwater crime scene management
• Introduction firearms

Practice:

• Training and familiarization with the:
• underwater air lift
• underwater drone
• underwater metal detector (two types: Deus 2 and Ebinger)
• full face mask Interspiro Divator with communication and video protocols
• gopro camera for photography and video
• multiparameter photometer for testing waterquality for 12 parameters (pH, dissolved oxygen, copper, phosphorus, phosphate, chlorine, calcium, ammonia, alkalinity, nitrite
• sampling and collecting fingerprints
• sampling and collecting bloodtraces
• applying underwater searchpatterns
• salvaging objects with special tubes
• body recovering

Cost euro 3250, which includes accommodation, catering, transport.

Cost euro 1800, without accommodation

Cost euro 1400, without PADI open water course, only one week training

International course - 4 weeks

This course builds on the two week course with another two weeks of expanded practical training and lectures . Also scenario training in the underwater training facility. The training includes the following:

• speciality Underwater air lift: two days, four dives, 400 euro
• speciality Underwater drone: two days, four dives, 400 euro
• speciality Underwater metal detector: two days, four dives, 400 euro
• speciality Full Face mask with communication and video: two days, four dives, 400 euro
• speciality Underwater photography and video: two days, four dives, 400 euro
• speciality Advanced Public safety diver: three days, six dives, 800 euro
• speciality Public Safety diver: three days, six dives, 800 euro

Safety training

• basic life support (BLS): Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) with Automated External Defibrillator (AED) for adults and children: 1/2 day, 100 euro
• Oxygen first aid for divers: 1/2 day, 100 euro
• Stop the bleed, life-threatening bleeding: 1/2 day, 100 euro
• First aid: 1 day, 100 euro