Rescue Diver To Divemaster
Well Its been about a week or so since I have signed up for the Divemaster course with Shorncliffe dive centre in the snow swept South East of England. First off this is the first step on the professional scuba courses and professionalism is of paramount, so after paying my course fees! it was a new drysuit neck seal, new set of regs, crew pack so not an inconsiderable sum, but necessary to start on my journey. Week one: Friday the fifth, all day from 10.30am in the classroom with Chris my instructor and fellow Divemaster trainee Paul we went through every knowledge review that we had home studied the previous week into great detail, we were then thrown in at the deep end and asked to prepare a dive site map and present a dive briefing to four other instructors, a quick visit to the toilet and ten to [...]
Categories: PADI, Scuba diving courses Tags: Rescue Diving Course
PADI IDC: Choosing the Best PADI Course Director
As technology and dive business has advanced, so has diving instruction. Just as there are many choices of Regulators, BCD’s, computers, and dive trip options, there are just as many choices of instructors. There are also a lot of Course Directors out there these days. As with Instructors in any field, there are some good and some that are not so good. However, just like there are certain things you want to know before choosing your doctor, there are certain items you should inquire of your Course Director. Accreditation and Experience – Does your Course Director have the education and experience to train you proper. Just like in the Dive master course, a big part of the IDC is for the CD to share his/ her experience. If somebody does not have that, then it comes down to “teach you to pass the IE”. Also remember that if the CD [...]
Categories: PADI, Scuba Careers Tags: PADI Career, PADI Course Director, PADI IDC
The History Behind PADI
I will not attempt to compare PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) to other agencies as each has its own standards equal to or above the minimum established. I also believe that the individual instructor has a big influence on the training received. I have seen many great instructors from all agencies and several bad instructors in all agencies. PADI has a large Quality Control Department and continues to insure proper, safe training to every student. Is PADI the best? It is hard to argue with 70 percent of the trained divers yearly. PADI History: Let take a look In 1966 in Illinois, John Cronin, a scuba equipment salesman for U.S. Divers, and Ralph Ericson, an educator and swimming instructor, were concerned about the scuba diving industry. They felt that the current scuba certification agencies were unprofessional, didn’t use state of the art instruction and made it unnecessarily difficult for people [...]
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