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Please Register or LoginThe ERDI Non-Diving Specialty Instructor Course is designed to teach non-diving members of a public safety dive team the knowledge to safely function as an independent instructor of the non-diving specialties/ops listed below:
Visual Inspection Procedures
Tender
Swift Water
Other non-diving Ops, i.e. unique ops, offered by ERDI (subject to headquarter’s approval)
In order to become an instructor for one of the above courses; a candidate must be certified by a qualified instructor trainer experience based upgrades are not available. Instructors who hold equivalent certifications with a recognized agency and wish to cross over as a non-diving specialty instructor may do so by applying via current instructor crossover procedures.
Who this course is for:
Any member of an Emergency First Response who holds a non-diving role
Any member of an Emergency First Response who holds a non-diving role and would like the knowledge and skills necessary to assist diving members
Course prerequisites:
Minimum age 21
Affiliated with an ERDI facility
Minimum of 1 year experience at the user level for the specialty which will be taught after graduation
Meet all prerequisites for the corresponding instructor level specialty they will teach after graduation
Provide proof of current CPR and first aid certifications
What you can expect to learn:
The ERDI Non-Diving Instructor course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more:
ERDI Standards and Procedures
History of ERDI
Products and procedures
How to place an order
Registration procedures
Yearly renewals
Liability and insurance
Risk management
Waivers and releases
Filling out an accident/incident report
Methods of instruction
Teaching theory, methods and oral communications
Lesson preparation
Use of training aids
Home study program, use of knowledge quest
Successfully selling courses
Budgeting courses
Recruiting students
Organizing and scheduling a course
Retail sales
Instructor ethics
All course content for the specialty the candidate will be teaching after graduation
Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate include:
Present minimum of 3 academic presentations, minimum time 15 minutes , on subjects from the ERDI Specialty/Ops they will be teaching after graduation
Present minimum of 2 practical presentations, minimum time 15 minutes, on subjects from the ERDI Specialty/Ops they will be teaching after graduation
Satisfactorily complete all skill performance and graduation requirements for the ERDI Specialty/Ops they will be teaching
Demonstrate the ability to correctly remediate exam questions with a student
What’s in it for you and your team?
Upon successful completion of this course, graduates may:
Teach the appropriate ERDI Non-diving specialty/ops
Note: The candidate may be certified to teach multiple specialties/ops at once, provided all corresponding prerequisites and graduation requirements are met and the instructor trainer conducting the courses is qualified at all levels.
Non-diving Specialty Instructor minimum requirements:
Satisfactorily complete the ERDI Standards and Procedures portion of the instructor exam
Demonstrate mature and sound judgment concerning class planning and execution
WARNING: This Dive Right In Scuba product can expose you to certain chemicals which are known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
We appreciate your decision to purchase Dive Right In Scuba products to provide the best in water experience. We take our job seriously! You may have noticed that our products now show a warning label at point of sale referring to carcinogens and birth defects. You may also have begun to see warnings related to carcinogenic substances or substances causing birth defects prominently displayed in hotel lobbies, hospitals, or other places of business recently. These warnings are required by the State of California, and we believe that an explanation of the California statute legislating the requirement will provide you valuable information regarding the relative risks of the chemicals that may be present in consumer products.
In 1986, the State of California passed the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act; otherwise known as “Proposition 65” or "Prop 65". Prop 65 requires businesses like ours to disclose to individuals the presence of chemicals listed in the Act prior to point of sale. The regulations implementing this Act have been amended over time with the most recent updates will take effect on August 30, 2018. There are more than 900 chemicals on the Prop 65 Chemical List, including many chemicals that are found in components of a wide array of consumer goods or are used to manufacture components that make up consumer goods.
Prop 65 does not establish acceptable concentrations for any listed chemical; however, the agency which enforces it has established what is called "safe harbor" exposure levels for about one third of these chemicals below which warnings are not required. These "safe harbor" are established for listed carcinogens based on the quantity of the chemical that would result in one excess case of cancer in an exposed population of 100,000, assuming lifetime (70-year) exposure at the level in question. A similar process is used to establish safe harbor levels for listed reproductive toxicants. Additional information in plain language on safe harbor levels is available from the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment at http://oehha.ca.gov/Prop65/background/p65plain.html
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Dive Right In Scuba is working diligently with regulatory bodies and our own manufacturing partners to continue to improve our product performance and reduce the presence of less desirable chemicals. Water is a precious resource we all share that is important to the health and well-being of our planet and all people. Our goal is to continue to enhance your water life experience while reducing our overall impact to the planet and, in particular, its waterways. While it is a bit of a juggling act to achieve, we are confident you will see continued improvement in both the immediate and long term future. We hope this explanation will enable you to understand why you will be seeing warnings on some our products.
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