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Ever wondered what happens when you stop becoming an Instructor and Leave PADI? Wonder no more, once you have been out of Teaching Status for 10 years you will receive a message similar to this Dear [Member] | Member #[Number] We just wanted to advise that you have spent considerable time, energy and investment becoming […]
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PADI IDCs can now take advantage of the newly improved PADI Dive Shop Locator and the progression of the Optional I upgrade, which now called Premium Listing. The main PADI website recently had a refresh and the Dive Shop Locator web tool received similar redesign treatment. So according to PADI the Premium Listing and Side
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PADI will be featuring Thailand on their updated website for the month of July. They could use some underwater images for the feature. If you have any images you’d like to submit for consideration, please email them to me as soon as possible. Please let them know if the photo credit goes to the shop
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Recent enquiry about chang from a CMAS Instructor to a PADI instructor I am a CMAS 1* instructor and really would like to do a crossover into the PADI teaching environment. I am 42 years old and been seasonly teaching CMAS 1* and 2* divers over the past 5 years. What is my real equivalence
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Its really rare to hear of or see just disregard to standards and this situation demonstrates a bad / hard situation that a Divemaster has got themselves into and has asked our opinion on, we have removed the identifying dive centre / locations and names and hope you never experience such disregard for PADI standards
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PADI continue their march toward being environmentally friendly by using electronic manuals to go with their electronic (online) course registration forms (PIC Online) Available to all PADI 5 Star Retail and Resort Members are the PADI eManuals Open Water Diver contains: – PADI Open Water Diver manual Online – Slate – Recreational Dive Planner (RDP
Sometimes it can prove tricky to transfer from one dive agency to another, as proved by the potential PADI IDC student below, or advice is to contact your local PADI office. Who normally make this process easy and straight forward. I am a CMAS level 3 dive master (with my card). I recently decided to
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We are here to help but you need access to the PADI Pros website area for answer keys as this exchange demonstrates: [idc student] Thank you for offering these PADI IDC Revision notes. I look forward to receiving them so I can prepare for upcoming IDC classes! One additional question: As I begin studying for
All Course Director Applications must now include your thoughts / goals on the following promotional activities: Develop and implement marketing campaigns Host at least 3 Go Pro nights in your facility Insure your staff are familiar with the PADI IDC if they get an enquiry about it. Try to ensure some of your OWSI students
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The pinnacle of your PADI Professional career will be the PADI Course Director Training Course (CDTC) but what do you actually do on the course and how to you apply? To start with you need to have been PADI Master Instructor for at least 6 month prior to the course date and an EFRIT prior
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