Advertising your details and the Emergency First Response programs you deliver is a great acquisition tool and is available to you via the EFR Course Finder. To get started, log on to the EFR Instructor Site (PADI Members need to access via PADI Pros’ Site/Training Essentials/EFR/EFR Instructor Site) and follow these steps below to upload your details:

  • Click on the “Course Finder“ page in the paragraph titled Course Finder
  • On this EFR Course Finder page you can create, edit and delete your EFR courses
  • Add a new EFR course by clicking on the “New Course” link and fill in the text boxes under Steps 1-3
Step 1: Enter the address where your course is located.

Step 2: Click the “Get Lat, Long” link
Your address will be inverse geo-coded by Google to automatically fill in the Latitude and Longitude text boxes. Click on the “Show Map” link and a popup map will be shown so you can double check the Latitude and Longitude text boxes entries. You can also manually enter the course’s latitude and longitude, but make sure that it is entered in decimal format (example: 31.822268, -115.759211).

Step 3: Select from the dropdown the types of course you offer:

  • Provider (all)
  • Provider, Workplace (only those with current Workplace Instructor Credentials)
  • Provider, Instructor (only those with current Instructor Trainer Credentials)
  • Provider, Workplace, Instructor (only those with current Instructor Trainer Credentials and Workplace Credentials)
  • Workplace (only those with current Workplace Instructor Credentials)
  • Workplace, Instructor (only those with Current Workplace Instructor Credentials)
  • Instructor (only those with current Instructor Trainer Credentials)

After submitting, the location will save and show up on the Emergency First Response Course Finder Map. Once back at the EFR Course Finder page you can add, edit or delete your courses; note that a maximum of five courses can be entered.

To view your courses you advertise on the EFR Course Finder map click on the “Course Finder” tab in the EFR consumer site’s menu, or go directly to emergencyfirstresponse.com/course-finder

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