Dive Team Leader Fire Brigade (Duikploegleider Brandweer, DPL-BRW)

BC-opleidingen provides the Duikploegleider Brandweer (DPL-BRW) training for the safety regions. As a dive team leader, you lead the dive team and are responsible for specialist support during water incidents and for practising for these situations. You coordinate the work with the officer in charge of the fire engine and other fire brigade units, oversee safety and promote the safety awareness of your dive team. Theory and practice You train in our virtual-reality dome with XVR training simulations to act as a dive team leader in an emergency situation (priority 1). You learn to oversee safety and to draw up a deployment proposal under time pressure. In addition, you are prepared for situations without urgent necessity, such as a dive exercise or a recovery operation. During the theory and practice, you learn among other things to: • Identify risks • Understand the importance of a work plan and set up a work plan • Draw up and deliver a briefing and debriefing • Set up the MEDEVAC Portfolio Throughout the training you are observed and you receive feedback on attitude and behaviour, based on the competencies from the Duikploegleider qualification dossier of the RI-NIPV. Structure • Online self-study: approx. 20 hours • Practical training: 3 blocks of 3 days, including exams You can register by phone (+31 (0) 228 722 420) or via info@bc-opleidingen.nl; a tailor-made training programme is open to discussion.

• Minimum age 24 years • A valid brandweerduiker (firefighter diver) diploma, depending on the dive system for which you wish to be registered • A valid registration for duikarbeid (diving work) with the fire brigade in the RDB (Register duikarbeid brandweer en politie / register of diving work for the fire brigade and police), or one that expired less than two years ago, in the same category as the divers you lead (A15OLV) • At least 2 years of experience as a brandweerduiker (firefighter diver) and at least 20 practice dives with a total underwater time of at least 600 minutes

The assessment of competency (proeve van bekwaamheid) is conducted by an independent examination body. After successfully passing it, you are registered by the Registration Institute RI-NIPV in the RDB (Register duikarbeid brandweer en politie / register of diving work for the fire brigade and police); the examination costs are charged separately.