Learning Diving Skills Relating to a Specific Underwater Activity
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Altitude Diver Specialty Instructor Course is designed to be an introduction to altitude
diving and to help your future students develop the skills, knowledge and techniques necessary
for altitude diving so they can plan and safely participate in altitude dives between 300 and 3.000 meters
using the RDP or their diving computers.
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With AWARE Fish Identification Specialty Instructor Course you will introduce your future scuba
student divers to the most common families and species of fish found in temperate and tropical waters.
They learn basic fish identification and scientific surveying techniquesas well as the importance of
personal involvement in aquatic environment conservation.
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The goals of the AWARE Shark Conservation Diver course are to inform your students of the value of
sharks to marine ecosystems and economies, to educate them about the causes of declining shark populations,
to build an understanding of what is missing in current shark fisheries management, to dispel misperceptions
that may block them from taking action, and to inspire them to help by taking action.
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Boat Diver Specialty is designed to be an introduction to boat diving and to help your student divers
develop the skills, knowledge and techniques necessary for diving off a boat. They will learn the planning,
organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of boat diving.
proper boat diving etiquette: storage of personal equipment, personal conduct and considerations for care of the boat.
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The purpose of the PADI Cavern Diver specialty course is to familiarize divers with the skills,
knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of cavern diving.
The Cavern Diver course is intended to provide a safe, supervised introduction to diving in natural overhead environments.
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Deep Diver Specialty is designed to be an introduction to deep diving and to help the student diver
develop the necessary skills, knowledge and techniques to safely participate in deep diving activities.
They will learn planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of deep diving.
risk factors and decompression tables review.
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With the Digital Underwater Photographer course you will help your scuba student divers and snorkelers
develop the knowledge, skills and practical techniques necessary to obtain excellent photographs with a
digital camera, even on their first photo dive. During the course they will practice getting proper exposure,
contrast and sharpness by using and controlling shutter, aperture, EV control, focus and flash.
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With the Diver Propulsion Vehicle (underwater scooter) course you will introduce your scuba student divers
to the skills and excitement of using diver propulsion vehicles. The course familiarizes student divers with the knowledge,
planning, organization, procedures, techniques, potential problems and hazards associated with using DPVs.
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Drift Diver Specialty is designed to be an introduction to drift diving and to help the student diver develop
the skills, knowledge and techniques necessary for drift diving. They will learn planning, organization, procedures,
techniques, problems and hazards of drift diving, special equipment like floats, lines & reels as well as proper procedures
for buoyancy control, navigation and communication.
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Dry Suit Diver Specialty is designed to be an introduction to dry suit diving and to help the student diver develop
the skills, knowledge and techniques necessary for dry suit diving. They will learn planning, organization, procedures,
techniques, problems and hazards of dry suit diving, proper procedures for buoyancy control as well as ascent and descent techniques.
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The purpose of the DSMB Diver course is to familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, equipment,
organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and excitement of diving with a DSMB.
The DSMB Diver course is intended and designed to be a supervised introduction to diving with a DSMB.
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In the Emergency Oxygen Provider Specialty course you teach divers and nondivers that emergency oxygen is a
useful treatment for many injuries and the primary first aid given to individuals suffering from a near drowning or
decompression illness (lung overexpansion injuries and decompression sickness). Their future course participant also
learn how to provide oxygen in an emergency.
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Diving with enriched air is already popular all around the world even in remote areas. This continuing education course
is a must if you don't want to miss this market, even your open water students can discover nitrox already right in the beginning.
During the course you will learn why air with higher oxygen content allows you to achieve a longer bottom time
as well as nitrox equipment considerations.
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Equipment Specialist course is designed to be an introduction for your students to new types of equipment and to familiarize
divers with the operation and maintenance of equipment.
This is not an equipment repair course. Training relative to the repairing and overhauling of equipment,
except for very minor servicing, is not to be part of the curriculum.
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As a recreational diver we are used to having a regulator in our mouth all the time and breathing through the nose
is not possible wearing a normal diving mask. This is different while diving with a full face mask.
You will find yourself breathing like on the surface and discover yourself enjoying this new possibility.
Additional you will experience a fantastic field of view while diving.
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Ice Diver course is designed to be an introduction to ice diving and to help the student diver develop the skills,
knowledge and techniques necessary for ice diving. You will learn site selection, preparation and hole-cutting procedures as well as
use of special equipment, safety lines, signals, communications, line tending and line securing techniques.
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The Invasive Lionfish Tracker Distinctive Specialty Course allows PADI Instructors to educate divers about invasive Lionfish,
including the essential Lionfish facts and their progressive invasion of the North-western Atlantic and the Caribbean.
The course also explains why action is required now to control the population and describes the practical way to safely and
humanely capture and euthanize these fish.
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The course expands student diver knowledge about night diving equipment, evaluating dive conditions at night,
using and maintaining dive lights, night navigation techniques, and how to interact responsibly with the
aquatic life they'll see while night diving. Student divers will develop the techniques involved
in night diving while avoiding disturbing delicate marine life.
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The purpose of the Recompression Chamber Awareness Distinctive Specialty is to provide a safe and well supervised
introduction to a hyperbaric or recompression chamber facility.
It is designed to familiarize divers to the facilities available, the procedures, knowledge, problems and hazards
associated with a recompression chamber and the possible treatment therein.
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The goals of Sea Turtle Awareness course training are to introduce sea turtle species common in temperate or tropical waters,
to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to identify turtles and record sightings, to inform students about
decline in sea turtle populations, importance of sea turtles to marine biodiversity and what they can do to
reduce the loss of sea turtles worldwide.
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The goal of this course is to teach student divers a systematic, methodical
approach to the search and recovery of submerged objects. Student divers will
develop the techniques involved in locating and retrieving lost articles and objects, large and
small, and while avoiding disturbing delicate marine life.
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The purpose of the course is to explain the role of the buddy system
and its contributions to diver safety while developing self reliance and independence while diving.
There are two reasons for an experienced diver to take the course:
to develop the skills of planning and carrying out dives without a partner when preferred or necessary, and
to sharpen skills of diving self-reliance.
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Sidemount diving is not a new concept, but its application has spread from
cave diving to open water recreational and technical diving. Sidemount diving
presents divers with a different approach to equipment confi guration, and a
new set of skills to master.
Course provides a systematic approach to sidemount diving,
showing how to apply the skills developed using conventional backmounted equipment.
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During the course you will learn how you can effectively communicate underwater using a full face mask
with underwater communications equipment. We all agree and respect that silence is one of the most appealing features
in diving but also cannot deny that additional communication can sometimes have implications in terms of
safety, research, teaching or simply human interaction.
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This course is designed to be an introduction to the underwater aquatic environment and to help your
student diver develop safe and responsible interaction with aquatic life. During the course you will learn
about basic overview of major aquatic life groupings, an overview of aquatic life interactions and associations,
and responsible interactions with aquatic life.
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With this course you will be able to use underwater navigation successfully during
diving and develop the skills, knowledge and techniques necessary to safely participate in underwater navigation activities.
During this course you will learn about methods of estimating distances underwater,
natural navigation, using underwater patterns, dive site relocation,
and compass navigation.
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With this course you will develop the knowledge, skills and practical techniques necessary for selection, use and
care of underwater video equipment, and the basic principles of underwater video production.
During the cousre, you will learnhow to select, maintain, care and handle of underwater video equipment as well as
safe diving practices while using underwater video equipment.
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The purpose of the course is to introduce divers and snorkelers to whale sharks and familiarise them with proper
recreational diving techniques for responsible interaction with whale sharks.
During the course you will learn how to plan, organise and execute a whale shark dive in a safe, passive manner. You will also learn
the importance of whale shark monitoring activities and whale shark conservation.
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This course is designed to be an introduction to wreck diving and to help divers diver develop the skills,
knowledge and techniques necessary for a safe participation in wreck diving.
During the course you will learn how to prepare and use lights, air supplies, special equipment, penetration lines and reels, as well as
limited visibility diving techniques and emergency procedures.
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