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: Fisher and Ebinger)
- full face mask (two types: Interspiro and Oceanreef) with communication 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 DNA
- 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: two days, four dives, 400 euro
- speciality Underwater photography and video: two days, four dives, 400 euro
- speciality Scuba Eco Nutrient: two days, four dives, 400 euro
- speciality Public Safety diver: two days, four dives, 400 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
Extra costs: