PADI are now into ‘Tec Diving’ using their DSAT affiliate company, here are some questions and answers that give you some more idea about what is required to become an Instructor Trainer for DSAT. What is the roadmap for PADI teaching Technical diving? Announced in late 2010, PADI Rebreather Diver, Advanced Rebreather Diver and Tec […]
Here is a typical Student question with our ‘typical’ and full reply: I was just wandering how much is a package for me who have never scuba dived before to become an instructor? I learn fast and I am seriously considering wanting to become a scuba diving instructor. Which package should i choose and how
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Some Student questions: Q – Could you tell if this instructor manual is the right one at the right price (after giving a link to the official padi instructor manual) This is from an Existing PADI Instructor. A – Yes this is the correct instructor manual – price is cheaper than I can get it
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Lots of potential instructors are now completing the PADI IDC Elearning program after buying our Dive Theory DVD to give themselves the best chance of passing and to be the most prepared for the courses and exams, we think ELearning especially for the IDC will only increase in the future, the following is the Elearning
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The areas the PADI Elearning Dive Theory online course covers are: The Physics of Diving The Physiology of Diving Diving Equipment and Decompression Theory and the recreational Dive Planner The Diving Environment Diving Skills Each section is done as a video presentation, which is broken down into Subsections. For example:- The physics of diving is
This was a expedition draft that was created and its included here for information and could be used as a basis for any future diving expeditions. Overview Our Dive Team is a group of passionate wreck divers, more specifically, deep wrecks divers whose objectives are to discover, identify and film these new wrecks. We will
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One thing you are not prepared for when you take over a dive center is the questions you get asked and emailed, its actually a good exercise to look at some of the questions we got asked when running a dive center to see if you could answer these questions correctly, ensuring you adhere to
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To be able to be employed diving above the law in most ‘dive destination’ countries you need to have a valid visa and work permit. In Thailand you shouldn’t start working until the work permit you have applied for has been set up. Having experienced first hand the Thailand authorities when working without the correct
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Recently got asked a question at a Dive Centre about cutting costs on PADI Courses, here is the question: [Dive Student Question] I am looking to complete my open water diving course as soon as i can. In the past few years i have done day dives in the Caribbean (including wreck and reef dives)
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PADI’s elearning has not taken off as much as I expected and have been hearing that one student every few months is about average, I expect elearning numbers to improve over time as people learn about it and become more confident with online transactions. This is the email that PADI sent to the selected dive