This first level Emergency Response Diving Course is designed to give the certified open water diver, or open water certified public safety diver, the fundamental skills needed to safely function as part of an OSHA and NFPA compliant public safety dive team in both the diver and tender roles
The ERD I OPS course prepares the student for the following:
Equipment preparation and selection, problem solving, tender skills, responding to a call, search patterns, scene evaluation, environmental risks, and evidence handling.
Dive skills including line signals, diver communication, victim recovery, emergency procedures, and decontamination procedures.
Class includes e-Learning book and review, 1 day of classroom/pool and 2 days of skills and scenario diving. • Instructors are certified Police and Fire instructors and trainers.