International Training

1. International Training Professional Familiarization Program

2. Welcome to the SDI/TDI/ERDI Familiarization course. It is our intent to show you the benefits of teaching the SDI/TDI/ERDI system of SCUBA diving. • SDI/TDI/ERDI offers the benefits of a flexible teaching curriculum with up-to-date support materials and excellent customer service. • SDI/TDI/ERDI takes prides in putting the customer’s needs and requests at the top of our list! • Introductions

3. Topics that will be covered • Administrative Work • History of SDI/TDI/ERDI • Offices and Representatives • The Legal Side of Diving • Liability and Insurance • SDI Open Water Diver • SDI Advanced Diver Development Program and Continuing Education • SDI/TDI Professional Development • Student Registration • Web site • TDI • ERDI • Scuba Travel International (STI)

4. Administrative Work • Some things we will need: • Copies of professional qualifications • Specialty instructor ratings • Current status verification • Crossover application • Online familiarization completion certificate • Crossover check of sheet • These items help us: • Get your crossover completed quickly • Get you the ratings you have earned

5. History of TDI • Company formed as TDI in 1994 • Initially located in Florida now located in Topsham, Maine • TDI offers courses in: • Entry Level and Advanced Nitrox • Extended Range • Entry Level and Advanced Trimix • Decompression Procedures • SCR & CCR Rebreathers • Overhead Environment • Advanced Wreck Diving • Technician Training for Equipment Servicing • Blending of Mixed Gases • Worlds Largest Technical Training Agency

6. History of SDI • SDI was officially launched in 1998 and offers courses from Open Water Diver through Leadership level. • Produces state-of-the-art full color training text along with videos and other support material to bolster the learning process. • First Agency to: • Require use of personal dive computers during confined-water and open water training. • Offer certification programs for 10 year olds. • Offer on-line academics for Open Water Diver certification, specialties and professional level courses. • Offer Solo Diver certification.

7. History of ERDI • Founded in 2000 • Public Safety diving (police, fire, federal agencies) • Courses offered • ERD Tender (awareness level) • ERD 1 Diver – Basic or first level of diver training (operator level) • ERD 2 Diver – Advanced training including FFM & Drysuit (operator level) • Ops Components • Contaminated Water, Confined space, Drysuit, Full Face Mask, Hull Inspection, Ice, Ice/Surface Rescue, Night, Rapid Water, Small Boat, CSI, Explosives Recovery, Threat Assessment • ERD Supervisor (technical level) • ERD Instructor

8. Global Representation • Offices & Representatives • SDI/TDI has 26 Regional Representatives located throughout the World including World Headquarters in the US. • Serves more than 120 countries with Open Water Diver materials translated in over 10 languages. • Regional Managers/Area Reps in USA, Canada, and Mexico. • Reps are available to facilitate crossover packages and educate dealers about the next and exciting new programs.

9. A little Risk Management • The legal side of diving education • Our programs allow Dive Professionals a level of freedom to interpret and teach our programs. The programs are legally defensible due to the inherent flexibility of the programs. • Quality Assurance (QA) Procedures • How procedures are run at Headquarters if a QA is filed. • All QA inquiries must be submitted in writing. • Training board makes all final decisions of QA findings.

10. A little Risk Management • Liability and Insurance • Risk Management • Waivers & Releases: a waiver must be completed for every course taken even if courses are combined. • Medical Forms: must be filled out for each course. • Accident/Incident Reports: • When in doubt fill them out • Copies must be sent to Headquarters and the Insurance Agent • SDI/TDI Insurance coverage provides • Multi agency coverage • Technical Dive Coverage • $1,000,000 per occurrence/ $2,000,000 total Cont.

11. SDI Course Offerings

12. SDI Open Water Diver • Class academics can be completed on-line or traditional classroom. • Minimum age for online training is 13 • 16 opportunities for the store/instructor to contact student during online training • Medical completed online • 4 open water dives • Required equipment • Must have a computer during all in water portions of the course. • Bottom timer does not count as a PDC. • Skill performance is flexible during open water check out dives • 3 training dives per day allowed. • Assistant Instructors can lead dives 3 & 4 after all skills are finished. What is one advantage of teaching the SDI program? • COMPUTER SALES!!!!

13. Why Online or Blended • Our results and feedback • Students are academically better prepared • Students are better prepared for practical work • Instructors get better quality time with students • Other statics • Seventh annual survey, Sloan Consortium • Fall 2008 4.6 million students took an online course, up 17% from previous year (exceeds 1.2% growth of overall higher education) • U.S. Department of Education 1996-2008 (Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies) • Online learning is more effective than face-to-face learning • Online Learning combined with some face-to-face (blended) is most effective • Face-to-face learning alone is the least effective of the three

14. Global Referral Procedures • How the program works and is accepted. • The forms can be found in the, training log book, on the back of the student record folder, and on the web.

15. Advanced: No cores dives required unless your facility requires them. It is based on students taking 4 Specialties and logging 25 dives, the 4 open water training dives can be counted. Advanced Diver Development. The certification card will state what level they are qualified for. Advanced Diver Development Program

16. Advanced Diver Development Program • How do I compete with the traditional 5 dives “advanced diver” program? • With the Advanced Adventure Specialty • 2 core dives (Deep & Navigation) plus a choice of 3 specialty dives from offerings in the Advanced Adventure Diver manual. • Selling Advantage: • Students can try out different specialties and can sign up for additional classes and expand upon the area of diving they find interesting. • Students have the opportunity to chose their Specialty Course based upon their desires. • Diver receives credit for one Specialty towards the Advanced Diver level.

17. Rescue Diver Program • Pre-Requisites are Advanced Diver OR • For experienced divers 40 logged dives. Master Diver Program • This is an earned certification. • 4 Specialties, 50 logged dives and Rescue Diver required. • Once they meet the requirements they are allowed to gain their Master Scuba Diver certificate. • This is the highest level of non-professional status.

18. Solo Diver Program • Solo diving is one of the most popular specialties that SDI offers. This course gives the students the knowledge of being self sufficient while diving. • In turn they become a better diver and buddy. • Solo diving has its own separate release • Prerequisites • 21 years old • Advanced Diver certification • 100 logged dives

19. CPR and First Aid • CPROX • CPROX1stAED

20. SDI Professional Development • Divemaster • SDI and TDI • Assistant Instructor • Qualified to teach limited specialties • Instructor • IT Staff Instructor • Qualified to teach IDC • Instructor Trainer

21. SDI/TDI Instructor Course • 2 Instructor Trainers are required to make an SDI Open Water Instructor. This structure allows flexibility to create Instructors. An IDC (Instructor Development Course) and an IEC (Instructor Evaluation Course) are required segments of the Instructor program. (two independent Instructor Trainer signatures are required: one for the IDC and one for the IEC). • This can be an in house generator of new SDI Open Water Instructors. • For TDI it only requires one Instructor Trainer to make a TDI Instructor

22. SDI/TDI offers 4 ways to register your students • Student Registration form. Can be mailed, faxed, or e-mailed to HQ for processing. • Pre-paid card. Purchased in advance and are mailed to Headquarters for processing. • Online Registration. Via the Members Area of the website. Fast and convenient. • In-store Card printing. The ability to print cards at your store immediately

23. SDI/TDI/ERDI Web Site • General site • Certification look-up (for lost or forgotten cards) • Search engine for facilities and instructors • Courses descriptions • Can search for TDI Instructors

24. TDI/SDI/ERDI Website Main Page

25. SDI/TDI/ERDI Web Site • Member Section • Certification reports • Online registration of divers • Changes to member data takes 24 hours • Change User and password

26. Member Section

27. TDI Course Offerings

28. TDI Programs • Manuals and Instructor Guides are available for: • Nitrox and Advanced Nitrox • Deco Procedures • Extended Range • Entry Level Trimix and Advanced Trimix, • Advanced Wreck • Inspiration and Evolution CCR. • Overhead • Power Points for • Nitrox and Advanced Nitrox, • Deco Procedures, • Extended Range • Entry Level Trimix • Inspiration/Evolution • Overhead

29. ERDI Training • Specialized Training for Public Safety diving Departments • Law enforcement • Fire Departments

30. STI • Scuba Travel International • Can assist with individual or group travel • Commissions paid • Contact information on the web site

31. Topics that we covered • History of SDI/TDI/ERDI • Offices and Representatives • The Legal Side of Diving • Liability and Insurance • SDI Open Water Diver • SDI Advanced Diver Development Program and Continuing Education • SDI/TDI Professional Development • Student Registration • Web site • TDI • ERDI • STI

32. Any Questions?