ERD Supervisor

The ERD Supervisor Course is to qualify the experienced emergency response divers to supervise emergency response diving teams. It also serves to develop leadership qualities as a prerequisite for ERDI Instructor.

Who this course is for:

An ERD certified public safety dive team member looking to advance in a supervisory role
An ERD certified public safety dive team member seeking skills and knowledge to assist an ERD Instructor
A public safety diver looking to maintain team standardization and safety in compliance with OSHA and NFPA guidelines

Course prerequisites:

Minimum age 18
Current CPR, first aid and oxygen administration certification
Proof of 50 public safety logged dives as a member of a recognized public safety dive team
Current medical examination for diving

What you can expect to learn:

Skills necessary to assist ERD Instructors as appropriate
OSHA regulations and NFPA guidelines
Anatomy of public safety diving accidents
Supervising and controlling divers in varying conditions
Cooperation with interagency operations
Interactions with bystanders, media, and victim’s families

What’s in it for you and your team?

Professional experience to assist in the supervision of operational calls
Standardization and safety and recovery procedures
Developmental tools to help maintain team

ERD Supervisor minimum requirements:

Watermanship skills:
- 800 metre swim with mask, fins, snorkel non stop
- 100 metre approach to a fully suited diver followed by 100 metre diver tow
- 15 minute survival float; last two minutes hands must be out of water
- 500 meter distance swim non stop
Response diving skills:
- Recover a drowning victim demonstrating correct procedures for handling evidence recovery
- Recover a small object demonstrating correct search pattern and awareness for evidence handling
- Act as incident commander in compliance of NFPA 1561 and:
  - Assess and secure scene
  - Brief and deploy team
  - Supervise the recovery of small object, large object, victim recovery, and primary diver trouble
  - Supervise decontamination procedures
  - Debrief the team
- Demonstrate ability to safely approach and provide assistance to panicked diver on the surface
- Demonstrate ability to successfully complete a rescue of an inert diver from a depth of no more than 6 metre/20 feet in black water, or simulated black water
Leadership skills:
- Assist with complete ERD I or ERD II course
- Score minimum 80 percent ERD Supervisor written exam, with 100 percent remediation