Who this course is for:
- A certified open water diver who is currently a public safety professional
- A certified open water diver who would like to operate and support persons within a dive team organization
Course Prerequisites:
- Minimum age 18
- SDI Open Water Diver certification or equivalent
- Current CPR, first aid and oxygen administration certification
What you can expect to learn:
- Equipment preparation and selection, problem solving, tender skills, responding to a call, search patterns, scene evaluation, environmental risks, evidence handling
- Dive skills including line signals, diver communications, executing multiple search patterns, victim recovery, emergency procedures, and decontamination procedures
- How to continue and transition your ERD I training into ERD Ops Components courses
What’s in it for you and your team?
- Structured training that solidifies diver and tender abilities in the participation of planning and executing dive team operations
Emergency Response Diver I level minimum requirements:
- Diver evaluations
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- Demonstrate mastery of scuba skills, line signals, diver touch communications, and search patterns
- 800 metre mask, snorkel and fins swim, 500 metre distance swim no aids, 100 metre buddy tow in scuba equipment
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- Tender swimming evaluations
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- 200 metre swim without aids, 100 metre buddy tow in personal flotation device (PFD), 10-minute survival float
- Demonstrate effective line communications with divers, proper tending techniques
How to take this course!
- Available as an Online Course: Start eLearning today!
- Find your local Dive Center:
- Course Cost: $123.55 USD for eLearning only. Pool and open water training not included. Contact your local dive shop for the full course cost.
