Scubadive

The optional Advanced Adventurer can be the entry to continuing education, especially for those divers who cannot decide which specialty courses they want to learn. During the Advanced Adventurer Program you will have the chance to try out 5 different specialties.
You will complete one open water training dive per specialty in order to get
a better understanding for each specialty area.
Later, you can choose to complete all or just a few of your selected specialties through
a Specialty Course by completing the second dive and finishing all academic requirements.

SSI Specialty Diver

SSI’s intermediate diver rating is higher than any other agency’s advanced courses.
To earn the certification for Specialty Diver, you must complete 2 specialty courses and have done a total of 12 dives.

SSI Advanced Open Water Diver

SSI’s Advanced Diver rating stands alone in the industry with the highest combination of diving knowledge and experience. No other agency’s advanced diver level compares. To earn the certification for Advanced Open Water Diver, you must complete 4 specialty courses and have done a total of 24 dives.

SSI Master Diver

SSI’s Master Diver rating is one of the most elite ratings in diving today. Divers that have completed this level have combined the knowledge, skills and experience to truly call themselves Master Divers. To earn the certification for Master Diver, you must complete 4 specialty courses, Diver Stress & Rescue and have done a total of 50 dives.

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NDL - National Diving League

NDL DIVER
After passing over the program NDL Novice Diver the student can start immediately to develop the additional skills which are allowing diving together with the scuba diving partner (without assistance of professionals) up to 18 meters deep.
These additional skills are presented in program NDL DIVER. During training of this program the student is learned to dive floating under water with comfort and safety and to find a way out of any non-standard situation.
The additional skills trained by the student during program NDL DIVER :

    1.    Controlled emergency safety ascent- 18 meters.

    2.    Remove and replace of a weight belt in mid water by moving.

    3.    Remove and replace of BCD ( scuba unit) in mid water by moving.

As result of the Course's graduation the diver gets the certificate permitted to scuba dive up to 18 meters deep with the scuba diving buddy.
To graduate with the certificate NDL DIVER can be every person who has demonstrated the performance of skills trained during the Course according to the NDL standards. Minimum set of training dives is 1 ( one) .
For children under 10-14 years old there is program NDL Junior Diver.
After graduation of the NDL Diver course you can continue training on the next educational NDL courses according to the NDL diagramm.

NDL UNIVERSAL DIVER
During the NDL Universal Diver Course your NDL Instructor will teach you in open water :

    •    How to dive at night time and specifics of night dive planning, special equipment and navigation
    •    Underwater navigation by natural clues and compass.
    •    How to dive deeper 18 meters to 40 meters and specifics of deep dive planning.

Minimum training dives is five.

After passing over the program the student can start to dive up to 40 meters deep.

To graduate with the certificate NDL Universal Diver can be every person who has demonstrated the performance of skills trained during the Course according to the NDL standards.

After graduation of the NDL Universal Diver you can continue training on the next educational NDL courses.

For children under 10-14 years old there is program NDL Junior Universal Diver.

NDL RESCUE DIVER
The scuba diving is an activity that has inherent risks.
The NDL Rescue Diver programm is designed proficiency in self and buddy rescue.
Rescue diver training provides a high level of cometency and awareness to divers using some basic problem and stress management techniques.
Welcome to the NDL Rescue Diver Course !
The structure of rate NDL Rescue Diver includes the theoretical and practical parts.

The goals of the NDL Rescue Diver course are to :

    1.    Teach effective diver rescue and first aid skills.

    2.    Teach students to manage realistic rescue situation.

    3.    Increase the students awareness of dive safety.

    4.    Encourage students to anticpate and prevent problems.

Prerequisite certification :
•    NDL Diver or an equivalent rating.
Minimum quantity educational dives - 4.
For children of 12-14 years there is program NDL Junior Rescue Diver.

After passage of NDL Rescue Diver Course the divers can continue training in NDL System of diver education.

PADI / SDI / TDI
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PADI - Professional Association of Diving Instructors

PADI have courses from basic to instructor level courses. They have PADI Dive Centers and Resorts in about 200 countries, more than 100.000 members (Divemasters and Instructors) and issue each year more than 1 million certificates worldwide.

Their education material is translated into more than 20 languages.
The PADI Open Water Course is your first step into the underwater world. On completion of this course you will be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver.
This certification is internationally recognised so you will be able to dive anywhere in the world.
Of over 100 diver training organisations worldwide,
PADI trains more than 60% of the world’s divers.

SDI - Scuba Diving International

SDI is a comprehensive program of the world's most practical, enjoyable and innovative range of recreational diver courses.
SDI takes advantage of the latest technological developments in dive computers.
SDI is the first and only training agency to provide entry-level scuba instruction that incorporates the use of dive computers.

TDI - Technical Diving International

TDI is the largest technical certification agency in the world.
As one of the first agencies to provide training in mixed gas diving and rebreathers, TDI is seen as an innovator of new diving techniques and programs which previously were not available to the general public.Training with TDI has provided divers with the opportunity to see such wrecks as the Andrea Doria, Luisitania and the Prince of Wales.
TDI divers have explored underwater caves in Spain, Australia and Mexico and assisted as support divers on world record freedives done in the Red Sea.
TDI is committed to offering the highest quality training supported by the latest materials with the most up to date information and techniques.
TDI’s materials are written by authors that acutely conduct the type of diving they are writing about.

Those same materials are update as technology and equipment change.

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VARIOUS CERTIFICATIONS

DSD - Discover Scuba Diving
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The Discover Scuba Diving program or Scuba Discovery introduces people to scuba diving in a highly supervised and relaxed manner.
It dispels common misconceptions about scuba by letting individuals try it for themselves.
Under the guidance of a PADI, SSI or SDI professional, new divers learn basic safety concepts, put on equipment and swim around underwater in a closely supervised environment.
The Discover Scuba Diving program can take place in a swimming pool, protected confined open water area and at an open water dive site — anywhere an appropriate, positive introduction to scuba diving is possible.

After trying scuba, many new divers may decide to repeat the experience.
If not immediately, then on other occasions or in different areas. Others will choose to pursue certification by enrolling in a Scuba Diver or Open Water Diver course.
The desired result is to excite people about scuba diving and encourage additional participation.
When certain requirements are met, new divers may earn credit toward Scuba Diver and Open Water Diver certification.

Scuba Divers are qualified to :

• Dive under the direct supervision of a Divemaster, Assistant Instructor or Instructor while applying the knowledge and skills they learn in this course, within the limits of their training and experience.
• Obtain air fills, scuba equipment and other services when diving under supervision.
• Under supervision plan, conduct and log open water no stop dives (no decompression) only when properly equipped and accompanied by a certified divemaster, assistant instructor or instructor in conditions in which they have training or experience.

OW - Open Water
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The Open Water Diver course teaches student divers the foundational knowledge and skills they need to dive with a buddy, independent of supervision.

The Scuba Diver course is a subcourse within the Open Water Diver course that teaches student divers the foundational knowledge and skills they need to dive under the supervision of a certified divemaster, assistant instructor or instructor. Discussions regarding the standards, philosophy and structure of the Open Water Diver course apply equally to the Scuba Diver course, unless otherwise noted.

Open Water Divers are qualified to :

• Dive with a buddy independent of supervision while applying the knowledge and skills they learn in this course, within the limits of their training and experience.
• Obtain air fills, scuba equipment and other services.
• Plan, conduct and log open water no stop (no decompression) dives when properly equipped and when accompanied by a buddy in conditions with which they have training and/or experience.
• Continue their dive training with a specialty dive (Adventure Dive), in the Adventures in Diving program or in Specialty courses.

AOW - Advanced Open Water
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The Adventures in Diving (Adventure Diver, Advanced Open Water or the Advanced Adventurer) programs provides divers with a structured means to explore special diving interests and gain dive experience.
Participating in an Adventure Dive is often the first step novice divers take after their initial certification.
However, all divers benefit from the program’s flexibility and the opportunity it provides for discovery and exploration.
The program allows student divers to customize their training path and learn various underwater tasks that broaden their awareness of the environment and their capabilities as divers.

RESCUE
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The Rescue Diver course is a pivotal step in expanding a diver’s knowledge and experience.
Rescue Divers learn to look beyond themselves to consider the safety and well-being of other divers.
This is why the Rescue Diver certification is a prerequisite for all leadership-level training (Divemaster, Assistant Instructor, and Open Water Scuba Instructor).
Rescue Diver training expands the basic problem prevention and accident management skills student divers learn beginning with the Open Water Diver course.
At the Rescue Diver level, students are ready to learn to manage more complex dive emergencies and to apply direct intervention techniques to assist others in an emergency.
By its nature, the course is demanding, though realistic in its conduct, content and approach.
Although the nature and context in which rescue training may be used is serious, the course should be an enjoyable challenge that builds diver confidence.

DM - DiveMaster
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The Divemaster or Dive Control Specialist courses involves higher level learning that begins at the Rescue Diver course and expands in the Divemaster course.
The Divemaster course expands the problem solving skills developed by the Rescue Diver or Stress and Rescue program, and extends it from accident management and prevention scenarios to supervisory situations with student divers and certified divers.

At the divemaster level, problem solving emphasizes looking for many possible solutions under the circumstances and choosing the best of several.
Divemaster problem solving may include more than safety-related issues, and include handling customer service, business and operational challenges.
The course also addresses attitudes and judgment.

Attitudes are emotional influences that shape individual choices ranging from professional behavior, role modeling, personal health and following safe diving practices, to very basic values, such as honesty.
Judgment applies attitudes, experience, theoretical knowledge, deduction and intuition to problem solving and making decisions based on variables, sometimes under circumstances that aren’t “black or white.”