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
CPR1st and CPROx or equivalents
 
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 Public Safety Diving I training into Public Safety Diving 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

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
Tender swimming evaluations

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