Demonstrate a need to dive. The PSU dive program is intended to train our students or employees that are required to dive as part of their job function, or graduate course work. Individuals currently working on or will be working for a PSU lab sponsored graduate research project, or field lab work are eligible to receive Scientific diver training.

Contact the Dive Safety Office at orp-scidive@psu.edu to see if you qualify for scientific diver training.

• PSU User ID (abc1234) – not your 9-digit ID
• Your affiliation with Penn State: student, faculty or employee
• Need for participation in the course and affiliation with lab

Other requirements:

• Show proof of open water SCUBA certification
• Be able to pass a swim and water skills evaluation
• Pass a medical evaluation
• Complete the program application
• As part of the course all PSU Scientific Divers must obtain 100 hours of training and demonstrate a high level of dive proficiency
• Divers who successfully complete PSU’s Scientific Diver training program are awarded an AAUS Scientific Diver certification

Once you have access to Bloop and have read Penn State’s Scientific Diving Standards Manual, there are several appendices you will need to fill out and upload to your Bloop account. Below, please find a list of the appendices you will need to complete and upload, along with the corresponding certification field in Bloop.

Appendix Name  [Bloop Certification Name]

• Appendix 6 AAUS Medical Evaluation of Fitness for SCUBA Diving Report –> [Medical Exam / Dive Fitness Physical, take to your physican and also upload to Bloop]
• Appendix 6b AAUS Medical Evaluation of Fitness for SCUBA Diving Report & APPLICANT’S RELEASE OF MEDICAL INFORMATION FORM –> [Medical Information Release Form]
• Appendix 7 Diving Medical History Form –> [Medical History, take to your physican and also upload to Bloop]
• Appendix 9 PSU Diver Questionnaire –> [Emergency Contact Information]
• Appendix 10 Application for Diving Certification – Diving Resume –> [Diving Resume]
• Appendix 11 Scientific Diving – Safe Diving Practices –> [Standards for Scientific Diving Manual]
• Appendix 12 Statement of Voluntary Consent General Release & Waiver of Liability –> [Liability Waiver]

All other appendicies (listed below) are for your reference and do not need to be uploaded.

• Appendix 1 Definition of Terms
• Appendix 2 AAUS Statistics Collection Criteria and Definition
• Appendix 3 Emergency Action Plan
• Appendix 4 Recommendations for Rescue of a Submerged Unresponsive Compressed-Gas Diver
• Appendix 5 Diving Medical Exam Overview for the Examining Physican (complete this and provide to the physican who is completing your physical, no need to upload)
• Appendix 8 Recommended Physicans with Expertise in Diving Medicine
• Appendix 13 AAUS Request for Diving Reciprocity Form Verification of Diver Training & Experience (only needed if you are diving under the auspices of an institution other than Penn State)