Ice Diving Operations Trainer
Certify your members as
competent ice diving operations divers
Recommended for: Current Public Safety Scuba Instructors or Dive Rescue 1 Trainers who want to expand on their department members’ knowledge and skill in diving safely underneath the ice for rescue and recovery operations.
3 Days (24 hours)
Course Overview
Prerequisites
Overview
Successful completion of the Ice Diving Operations Trainer (IDOT) program provides the instructor with the skills required to teach the students how to conduct an emergency ice diving operation. Instructors will learn to teach their students how to select, evaluate, and perform field maintenance on ice diving equipment, dive safely under the ice to perform a rescue/recovery mission, understand conditions that require the termination of an ice diving operation, and how to seal the hole. Obtaining the IDOT certification allows the instructor to teach the Ice Diving Operations program in-house and to mutual aid departments.
Duration
- 3 Days (24 hours)
Prerequisites:
- Sponsorship by a public safety agency
- At least 21 years of age
- A minimum of 10 logged dry suit dives
- Current Public Safety Scuba Instructor or Dive Rescue 1 Trainer
- Proof of Ice Diving certification
Note To Applicants
This program is designed for personnel who are physically fit. Participants are encouraged to participate after successfully completing the IADRS Watermanship Test or testing to a fitness level of 13 MET (Metabolic Equivalents) or greater. Participants with aerobic fitness questions or concerns should consult their physician prior to in-water training.
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