ERD Instructor Course

Educate your dive team at ERDI World Headquarters*

ERD Instructor Course

Where:
ERDI World Headquarters
1321 SE Decker Ave,
Stuart, FL 34994

Description:
The ERD Instructor course is the next step in the ERDI professional realm; it prepares and teaches candidates to conduct ERD tender, ERD I, ERD II, and ERD Supervisor courses under the guidance of an ERD Instructor Trainer.

Who this course is for:

Any Department team member/personal who provides training for team members at the diving and non-diving levels.

What can you expect to learn:

How to teach public safety diving
Risk-Benefit analysis
Assembling and training an operational dive team
Anatomy of a public safety diving accident

What’s in it for you:

A comprehensive understanding of teaching public safety diving in a standardized manner from an internationally recognized organization.

ERD Instructor minimum requirements:

Watermanship Skills including 800, 500 and 100 metre swims
Demonstrate: tender skills, search patterns in blacked out conditions, lift bag skills,
Delivery of academic, confined water, and open water presentations at instructor level quality

Equipment Needed:

Qty	Item	Brief Description

1	Mask	A dive mask creates an air space between your eyes and the surrounding water. It allows your eyes to focus while underwater. It also has a nose pocket which allows the diver to equalize the airspace in the mask by exhaling into it.

1	Pair of fins	Fins help propel your body through the water. They make swimming far more efficient by increasing the surface area of the feet.

1	Primary regulator	The air in a scuba cylinder is compressed at a high pressure. The function of a regulator is to deliver air to the diver at ambient pressure.

1	Secondary regulator	The backup second stage is called the alternate air source, or octopus. The octopus should be brightly colored and attached by a clip in the upper region of the torso so that it’s easy to locate in an emergency.

1	Submersible pressure gauge	The instrument that measures air pressure from a scuba cylinder is called the submersible pressure gauge, or SPG.

1	Depth gauge	The Instrument that measures depth.

1	Underwater compass	A submersible compass is a navigational aid that a diver uses to determine his or her direction in relation to magnetic north.

1	Underwater timing device	Instrument used to measure the dive duration.

2	Knife or cutting device	A dive knife can be a useful tool to cut, pry and even dig. It is most often needed to cut away fishing line or kelp that may entangle a diver or his gear underwater.

1	Exposure suit adequate for training conditions	Wearing an exposure suit, be it a wet suit, skin or dry suit, decreases heat loss underwater. Exposure suits also help prevent abrasions and accidental brushes with marine life.

1	Weight system	Lead weights are worn as ballast to counteract the positive buoyancy of the exposure suit and the diver’s natural buoyancy. There are two different types of weight systems that can be used by the diver: a weight belt and a weight-integrated BCD.

1	Surface signaling devices; 1 audible and 1 visual	A bright yellow or red inflatable device such as a narrow tube or lift bag are good signaling devices.

1	Logbook	To write the dive sequence of events and description down for review.

1	USCG approved personal floatation device (PFD)	Life jacket or positive buoyancy support at the surface.

1	Gloves: latex and work	Gloves used for hand protection

1	Dive Tables	Dive Tables are used to adequately plan a dive within no decompression limits.

1	Buoyancy Compensating Device	Buoyancy compensator device (BCD) , a technical harness or similar BCD capable of emergency response diving tether requirements. The BCD must have adequate lift, 18 kilograms/40 pounds minimum recommended If the student’s BCD is not adequate for tether rigging but is otherwise acceptable, the student may use their BCD with an ERDI approved tether harness

1	Compressed Gas Cylinder	A scuba cylinder is a high-pressure tank that contains compressed air for breathing.