© Nottingham Adventure Centre Ltd 2011 site home | about us | contact us | calendar | location maps To book call the Dive Centre on 0115 929 0707  or reserve your place on-line today. Why PADI Pool Rescue Specialist? Where Scuba Diver training or Club activities take place in a pool environment it may be required that a Pool or Club Lifeguard supervise, support or perform a rescue. The PADI Pool Rescue Specialist course is designed to provide qualified Pool Lifeguards and Club qualified rescue competent divers with the necessary additional skills to manage or assist a scuba diving rescue in a swimming pool environment. What do I need to start? You need to have a current NPLQ or NaRS Pool Lifeguard qualification or PADI Rescue Dive, BS-AC Sports Diver or equivalent with a current first aid (CPR) qualification. Minimum Age: 16 years old. This is a non-diving Distinctive Speciality qualification but can be used toward your Master Scuba Diver rating. General As part of the PADI Pool Rescue Specialist course you will learn diver retrieval techniques from the surface without buoyancy aids, site safety orientations, accident reporting procedures, equipment handling and oxygen provision set up. There is also an assessment based renewal qualification. This is a unique qualification which sets the standard for all club supplied Pool Lifeguards.