PSDA Safety Inspector Exam study guide
PSDA Safety Inspector Exam · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The PSDA Safety Inspector credential is intended for public safety divers and dive supervisors who are responsible for auditing and improving the safety of a dive program rather than simply executing dives. It is relevant to fire, law enforcement, search and rescue, and municipal or county dive teams, and to the officers who manage them. The PSDA Safety Inspector Exam study guide has 9 sections and about 2,845 words.
01Diving Safety Program Administration and Standards Compliance
The exam tests whether you can tell a real diving safety program from a binder of policies. Inspectors look for a written program, assigned authority, documented implementation, and evidence that the program changes when operations change.
356 words, about 2 min02Regulations, Consensus Standards, and Legal Duties of Care
The exam tests how you rank requirements when several apply. Legal duties come from statute and regulation, contract, and the general standard of care.
339 words, about 2 min03Dive Team Organization, Roles, and Chain of Command
The exam tests whether you can map authority. A dive team normally includes a diving supervisor, divers, a standby diver, tenders, and supporting roles such as chamber operator, compressor operator, and dive medical technician.
327 words, about 2 min04Personnel Qualifications, Training Records, and Credentialing
The exam tests verification before assignment. A certificate card is evidence of training; qualification also requires current medical fitness, logged experience for the task, and employer authorization.
315 words, about 2 min05Dive Planning, Risk Assessment, and Operational Procedures
The exam tests whether planning is task-specific. A dive plan states the objective, the location, the maximum depth and bottom time, the breathing apparatus, the decompression method, the team, the communications, and the abort criteria.
313 words, about 2 min06Diving Equipment Inspection, Maintenance, and Recordkeeping
The exam tests whether you can prove an item was fit at the time of use. The program needs pre-dive checks, periodic inspections at manufacturer or regulatory intervals, and records that link each item to its inspection, repair, and next due date.
317 words, about 2 min07Compressor, Air Quality, and Gas Supply Systems
The exam tests whether the compressor and gas supply system can deliver clean, breathable gas at the required purity. Inspectors check intake location, filtration, maintenance, monitoring, and testing.
296 words, about 1 min08Emergency Action Plans, Accident Management, and Reporting
The exam tests whether the emergency action plan is site-specific and practiced. An emergency action plan identifies roles, communication methods, evacuation routes, nearest hyperbaric chamber, medical contacts, and notification obligations.
293 words, about 1 min09Inspection, Audit, and Incident Investigation Techniques
The exam tests whether you can gather objective evidence and find causes rather than blame. An inspection checks current condition against a requirement.
289 words, about 1 min