No. All IUCRR members are already certified and properly vetted experienced cave divers. Also, all IUCRR members must attend classroom training in order to learn about the unique situations encountered when organizing a rescue/recovery operation. However, the IUCRR does not issue any certifications for in-water training. Some IUCRR members are instructors of the NACD, NSS-CDS, and other recognized cave diver training agencies, and as such can provide in-water training for IUCRR members, and can train and issue cards for Recovery / First Responder divers. These cards are not IUCRR cards, but are the cards and certification of the respective cave diver training organizations.  Any reference on this website to “IUCRR diver” should only refer to a vetted diver that is part of the IUCRR call-out process.  Every vetted diver that is part of that process was trained and certified by a recognized cave diving training organization, e.g., the NSS-CDS, the NACD, GUE, IANTD, etc.