Technical Overhead Dive Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) Diver

About this course

This technical deep course will cover the basic principles and skills to conduct technical DPV dives and provide the diver with the skills and knowledge needed to gain experience and minimize risks while conducting dives with a Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) in a technical overhead environment; i.e. open water decompression, cave or mine.

Prerequisite

• Age. Minimum is 18 years.
• Certification/Experience/Knowledge.
  • NAUI Recreational DPV Diver certification or equivalent.
  • NAUI Cave II, or Mine II, or Technical Decompression Diver certification or equivalent.
  • Proof of at least 50 logged dives or 100 hours in the chosen training environment
  • The instructor is to ensure adequate student knowledge and capability before any water training and may use overhead environment skill evaluation dives to do so. One overhead environment dive without a DPV (which does not count toward the minimum number of dives required for the course) may be used as a screening and evaluation dive. This is not required when the student’s diving proficiencies are well known to the instructor.