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SDI · TDI · ERDI Training Facility

Deep Adventures is an official SDI, TDI and ERDI Training Facility, so your certification comes straight from the agency that wrote the standards.

A Deep Adventures public safety diving class in a red rescue raft on a lake, Ben standing and holding up a rescue buoy

TDI, SDI, ERDI, PFI and First Response Training International

Training facilitySDI / TDI / ERDI Training Facility #1004646
Course DirectorBenjamin Stanfield, member #24982
Instructor TrainerEvery SDI course he teaches, plus TDI and First Response programs: he trains new instructors
Instructor82 SDI, TDI, ERDI and First Response programs: he teaches divers

SDI: Scuba Diving International

Recreational diving, from your first breath underwater through Open Water, Advanced, Rescue and the specialties, up to Divemaster and Instructor. About SDI

TDI: Technical Diving International

Technical diving: nitrox, decompression procedures, trimix, sidemount and the overhead courses. About TDI

ERDI: Emergency Response Diving International

Public safety diving for fire, police, rescue and recovery teams. About ERDI

We also teach First Response Training International first aid, CPR and oxygen courses. About First Response

Ben's ratings

From Ben's SDI / TDI / ERDI / PFI member record (#24982). An Instructor Trainer rating means Ben trains and certifies new instructors in that program; an Instructor rating means he teaches and certifies divers in it.

Instructor Trainer

  • Advanced Nitrox IT (TDI)
  • Course Director
  • Decompression Procedures IT (TDI)
  • First Response Training IT (First Response)
  • Intro to Tech IT (TDI)
  • Nitrox Gas Blending IT (TDI)
  • Nitrox IT (TDI)
  • O2 Service Technician IT (TDI)

Instructor (82)

SDI (41)

  • Instructor Trainer for every SDI course below: Ben also trains and certifies new instructors in each of them.
  • Advanced Buoyancy Instructor
  • Air Fill Station Technician Instructor
  • Altitude Diver Instructor
  • Assistant Instructor
  • Boat Diving Instructor
  • Cold Water Diver Instructor
  • Computer Nitrox Instructor
  • Deep Diving Instructor
  • Dive Experience Leader
  • Drift Diving Instructor
  • Dry Suit Diving Instructor
  • Elite Scuba Instructor
  • Equipment Specialist Instructor
  • Heritage Awareness Instructor
  • Integrated Full Face Mask Communications Instructor
  • Kayak Diving Instructor
  • Lionfish Eradication Diver Instructor
  • Marine EcoSystems Awareness Instructor
  • Night-Limited Visibility Diving Instructor
  • Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor
  • Quarry Diver Instructor
  • Research Diving Instructor
  • River Diver Instructor
  • Scientific Research Diver Instructor
  • Scubility Instructor
  • SDI Basic Hogarthian Skills Instructor
  • SDI Full Face Mask Instructor
  • SDI Recreational Foundations Instructor
  • SDI Sidemount Instructor
  • SDI Underwater Pumpkin Carving Instructor
  • Search and Recovery Diving Instructor
  • Shore and Beach Diving Instructor
  • Side Scan Sonar Instructor
  • Solo Diving Instructor
  • U/W Hunter and Collecting Instructor
  • Underwater Navigation Diving Instructor
  • Underwater Photography Instructor
  • Underwater Video Instructor
  • Valve Service Technician Instructor
  • VIP Instructor
  • Wreck Instructor

TDI (13)

  • Advanced Gas Blending Instructor
  • Advanced Nitrox Instructor
  • Decompression Procedures Instructor
  • Deep Six Equipment Service Clinic Instructor
  • Equipment O2 Service Tech Instructor
  • Extended Range Instructor
  • Intro To Tech Instructor
  • Nitrox Gas Blending Instructor
  • Nitrox Instructor
  • TDI Advanced Sidemount Instructor
  • TDI Booster Operator Instructor
  • TDI Helitrox Instructor
  • TDI Sidemount Instructor

ERDI (23)

  • Auto Sub-Surface Extrication Search and Recovery Instructor
  • CFD Submerged Vehicle Search Instructor
  • ERD Contaminated Water OPS Instructor
  • ERD Drysuit Ops Instructor
  • ERD Full Face Mask Instructor
  • ERD Helicopter LZ Technician Instructor
  • ERD Instructor
  • ERD Knots and Ropes Ops Instructor
  • ERD Light/Heavy Search & Recovery Ops Instructor
  • ERD Night Diving Ops Instructor
  • ERD Rescue Swimmer I Instructor
  • ERD Rescue Swimmer II Instructor
  • ERD Small Boat Ops Instructor
  • ERD Surface Supply Ops Instructor
  • ERD Tender Instructor
  • ERD U/W Communications Instructor
  • ERD U/W CSI Instructor
  • ERD Underwater Forensic Ops Instructor
  • ERDI Incident Command Instructor
  • ERDI Inland Boat Ops Instructor
  • ERDI Sonar Ops Instructor
  • Firefighter Water Survival Instructor
  • Still Water Surface Rescue Instructor

First Response (5)

  • Adult and Child Emergency Care Instructor
  • Bloodborne Pathogens Instructor
  • CPROX1st AED Instructor
  • Oxygen Administration Instructor
  • Wilderness First Aid Instructor

Want to check us out? Search for Deep Adventures in the TDI-SDI dive center locator.