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Divers carry the most respected and
sought after scuba credentials in the world.
No matter where you choose to dive, your PADI
certification card will be recognized and
accepted. In fact, on most dive adventures,
you’ll be surrounded by other
PADI
Divers who made the same certification choice
you did – to train with the world’s
largest and most respected diver training
organization. Click on a link below to learn
more about a specific course or just scroll
through the page to see the many courses offered
by The Dive Shop.
Click here to print your own copy of the Training
& Education Program.
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PADI
Recreational Diver Courses |
Open
Water Diver Course
If you’ve always wondered what lies
beneath the surface, now’s the time
to find out. Start the journey of a lifetime
with the PADI Open Water Diver course. It
will change you forever. In the Open Water
Diver course, your Instructor takes you
through the basics of learning how to scuba
dive. You start in a pool and progress to
the open water getting the background knowledge
along the way.
Course Options:
The Key West
– This standard group class meets
for 6 classroom sessions at The Dive Shop,
5 pool dives at a local pool, and 4 open
water dives at the Blue Lagoon near Huntsville,
Texas. Classes are two nights a week for
three weeks with one weekend scheduled for
open water dives. Contact The Dive Shop
for posted schedule.
The Cozumel
– This home study course allows you
to complete part of the classroom work at
home and then meets for 2 full days with
your Instructor. Open water dives are completed
during a scheduled open water weekend.
The Cayman
– This private course allow you to
schedule classroom and pool sessions with
an Instructor at your convenience. The open
water dives must be completed during a scheduled
open water weekend.
The Tahiti
– Do your own thing! Classroom sessions,
pool sessions, and open water dives may
be tailored to fit your busy schedule. Just
tell us when you can fit us in, and we’ll
do our best to accommodate you.
Scuba
Diver Course
If you’re in a crunch for time, this
abbreviated version of the Open Water Diver
Course gives you the knowledge and skills
to dive only with a certified Instructor.
Half the classroom sessions and half the
open water dives means you’re diving
in half the time! The Scuba Diver certification
can be upgraded to Open Water Diver at a
later date.
Adventure
Diver
As an Open Water Diver you’re ready
to take on new and exciting adventures!
Choose three adventure dives from a varied
list including Underwater Photography, Fish
Identification, Boat Diving, and many more.
Complete a home study course, dive your
adventures with an Instructor, and you’ve
reached the next level in the world of diving!
Advanced
Open Water Diver Course
Move up and experience real adventure with
the Advanced Open Water Diver course. As
you step beyond the Adventure Diver Level,
you complete a home study course and make
five dives having the opportunity to try
some of diving’s most rewarding and
useful specialty activities, such as deep
diving, underwater navigation, wreck diving
and much more. These skills make diving
much more than underwater sightseeing. Plus,
the Advanced Open Water Diver course takes
you one step closer to Master Scuba Diver
– the ultimate non-professional certification
in recreational diving.
Specialty
Courses
Expand your diving experiences at any level
of training! Specialty courses familiarize
divers with the skills, knowledge, planning,
organization, procedures, techniques, problems,
and hazards for each interest. Fun and safety
are emphasized during classroom sessions
and 2-4 dives conducted with an Instructor.
Specialties include Altitude Diver, AWARE
Coral Reef Conservation, AWARE Fish Identification,
Boat Diver, Cavern Diver, Deep Diver, Diver
Propulsion Vehicle, Drift Diver, Dry Suit
Diver, Enriched Air Diver, Equipment Specialist,
Large Boat Dive Supervisor, Marine Resource
Management, Multilevel Diver, Night Diver,
Oxygen First Aid, Peak Performance Buoyancy,
Project AWARE, Semi-Closed Rebreather (Dolphin/Atlantis
& Drager Ray), Underwater Hunter, Underwater
Naturalist, Underwater Navigator, Underwater
Photographer, Underwater Videographer, Search
& Recovery, TecRec Gas Blender, and
Wreck Diver.
Rescue
Diver Course
Challenging and rewarding best describes
the PADI Rescue Diver course. This course
will expand your knowledge and experience
beyond the Advanced Open Water Level. Rescue
Divers learn to look beyond themselves and
consider the safety and well being of other
divers. Although this course is challenging,
it is a rewarding way to build your confidence.
Through classroom sessions and open water
rescue scenarios, Rescue Diver training
will prepare you to prevent problems and,
if necessary, manage dive emergencies.
Emergency
First Response Courses
Take a step toward emergency preparedness
and meet PADI Rescue Diver prerequisites
with Emergency First Response. As one of
the foremost international CPR and first
aid training companies, EFR gives you the
confidence to respond to medical emergencies
-- not just in the diving world, but also
in your every day world with your family,
friends, neighbors and coworkers. There
are no prerequisites for this 2-4 hour classroom
session – anyone can take it! EFR
Care For Children Course is also available.
DSAT
Tec Deep Diver
Dare to go deeper than recreational dive
limits! Great deep wreck dives await you
if you are a technical diver. Through extensive
independent study, knowledge development
sessions, and challenging open water training,
you will gain the knowledge and skills required
for technical diving as well as learn the
hazards and risks. You must be 18 years
old, a certified Rescue Diver, Enriched
Air Diver, Deep Diver, and have logged at
least 100 dives.
DSAT
Apprentice Tec Diver
This course is intended for those divers
who do not yet have the prerequisite experience
and training needed to move into technical
deep diving, but who wish to begin developing
the skills and knowledge involved. This
course sets the foundation for the Tec Deep
Diver Course. You must be 18 years old,
a certified Advanced Open Water Diver, Enriched
Air Diver, Deep Diver, and have logged at
least 50 dives.
Discover
Tec Experience
If you’re just curious about technical
diving, this course allows you to try the
equipment and some of the procedures. Training
in the Discover Tec Experience may be credited
toward the Tec Deep Diver Course. You must
be 18 years old, a certified Open Water
Diver, and have logged at least 10 dives.
Scuba
Review Course
Haven’t been diving for a while? This
course helps you update your dive knowledge
and skills. Assigned home study or a classroom
session refreshes dive knowledge, and a
little time in the pool with an Instructor
makes sure your skills are ready for open
water again. Keep on divin’!
Master
Scuba Diver Course – Want It, Live
It, Dive It!
Join the best of the best in recreational
scuba diving. Live the dive lifestyle and
explore the underwater world like never
before. PADI Master Scuba Diver rating puts
you in a class of distinction. With this
rating, you’ve reached the highest
non-professional level in the PADI system.
It means that you’ve acquired significant
training and experience in a variety of
dive environments. You must have 50 logged
dives, be a PADI Rescue Diver and have five
PADI Specialty Diver certifications.
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Bubblemaker
Course
The PADI Bubblemaker program is for boys
and girls age 8 and above. It’s fun,
easy and safe. This pool program is an easy
way for youngsters to join in the family
fun of scuba diving or even start a trend!
Children should be OK in the water, but
they don’t have to be super swimmers
since the maximum depth is only 2 metres/6
feet.
PADI
Seal Team Course
The PADI Seal Team is for young divers who
are looking for action-packed fun in a pool
by doing exciting scuba “AquaMissions.”
Have you ever wondered what it’s like
to dive with flashlights, take digital pictures
underwater or float effortlessly like an
Astronaut? You will learn about safe diving
in classroom sessions, and you can try AquaMissions,
like wreck, navigation, buoyancy, underwater
photography, environmental awareness and
more. Here’s your chance to do some
cool stuff, meet friends, and share in the
adventure of the underwater world.
Discover
Scuba Diving Course
If you’re looking for a convenient
way to try scuba, look to a PADI Discover
Scuba Diving experience to broaden your
horizons. Discover Scuba Diving skills may
be credited toward the PADI Open Water Diver
certification. The average depth is 6 metres/20
feet. Most Discover Scuba Diving experiences
take just an hour or two, can be conducted
in a pool or open water, and all equipment
is provided. You supply the smiles!
Discover
Snorkeling
Snorkeling is simple, fun, inexpensive,
has no age barriers, and can be experienced
nearly anywhere. We can supply the experiences,
equipment, and services that allow snorkelers
to discover the underwater world, too!
Skin
Diver Course
This simple training program is for those
interested in exploring the underwater world
using skin diving equipment. Through classroom
sessions and open water training, you will
have fun building confidence, developing
judgment, and gaining experience. This is
a great course for kids who are interested
in scuba diving but aren’t yet old
enough for Open Water Diver.
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Divers
Alert Network
Provider Training and Education Courses |
Divers Alert Network (DAN)
is a non-profit medical and research organization
dedicated to the safety and health of recreational
scuba divers and associated with Duke University
Medical Center. DAN helps divers in need
with medical emergency assistance and promotes
diving safety through research, education,
products and services.
Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
As a recreational diver, you can receive
training to provide vital first aid that
can make a difference to a scuba diver with
decompression illness. The DAN Oxygen Provider
Course provides entry-level training in
the recognition and management of possible
diving-related injuries using emergency
oxygen first aid.
Oxygen
First Aid for Aquatic Emergencies
This course trains non-divers and professional
rescuers (such as lifeguards) to recognize
near-drowning / submersion incidents and
other aquatic medical emergencies and to
provide basic life support including the
use of oxygen first aid.
Advanced Oxygen
First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
This advanced-level program is designed
to train existing DAN Oxygen Providers to
use the MTV-100 or a Bag Valve Mask while
providing care for a non-breathing injured
diver.
First Aid
for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries
Serious hazardous marine life injuries are
rare, but most divers experience minor discomfort
from unintentional encounters with fire
coral, jellyfish and other marine creatures.
This course teaches divers to minimize these
injuries and reduce diver discomfort and
pain.
Automated
External Defibrillators for Scuba Diving
More than 10 percent of all dive fatalities
are actually caused by cardiovascular disease,
according to DAN dive accident and fatality
statistics. This course teaches divers and
other interested parties to provide care
for sudden cardiac arrest including the
use of an automated external defibrillator
(AEDs).
Automated
External Defibrillators for Aquatic Emergencies
When a person drowns, they may or may not
inhale water. They normally enter cardiac
arrest because of the inability to breathe.
This course teaches interested parties to
provide care for cardiac arrest by using
an automated external defibrillator (AED).
Basic Life
Support for Dive Professionals
The remote nature of dive accidents, whether
a few hours from shore or days from civilization,
frequently requires more advanced levels
of care than are offered by traditional
or entry-level CPR programs.
Remote Emergency
Medical Oxygen (REMO2™)
The DAN Remote Emergency Medical Oxygen
(REMO2™) system module supplements
the DAN Oxygen First Aid in Scuba Diving
Injuries course. Based on medical closed-circuit
oxygen rebreather technology, the REMO2™
device provides injured divers with high
concentrations of emergency oxygen for extended
periods. This training course instructs
the Oxygen Provider in the use of DAN's
new REMO2™ system.
On-Site Neurological
Assessment for Divers
Learn how to conduct a neurological assessment
on a potentially injured diver in this course.
The information gained in this assessment
can help convince a diver of the need for
oxygen first aid, and help a dive physician
determine the proper treatment.
Dive Accident
First Aid for Non-Divers
This program is designed for nondivers and
teaches them how to recognize the warning
signs of decompression illness and help
provide care for a diver involved in a dive
emergency.
Diving Emergency
Management Provider Program
Learn the knowledge and skills from several
courses into one single approach to dive
emergency management.
Diving Emergency
Specialist (DES)
Learn about DAN’s new recognition
program for divers who are interested in
dive safety.
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MEDIC
First Aid Training Programs |
MEDIC
First Aid Training Programs cover first
aid, CPR, AED, bloodborne pathogens, emergency
oxygen, and OSHA safety compliance. Classroom
sessions teach emergency medical response
skills to businesses, industries, schools,
government agencies, and lay responders
to emergency crises.
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Training Programs |
Supplemental
Training Programs |
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Basic Training Programs |
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Advance First Aid Supplement |
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Pediatric (Child, Infant, and Adult |
* AED Supplement (Automated |
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CPR and First Aid) |
External
Defibrillator) |
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Basic Life Support for Professionals |
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Bloodborne Pathogens |
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CarePlus CPR (Adult, Child and |
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Emergency Care (First Aid) |
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CPR) |
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Emergency Oxygen Supplement |
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Infant/Child Supplement (CPR) |
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PSI
- Worldwide Training In High Pressure
Cylinder Safety |
VCI
- Visual Cylinder Inspector Course
This certification course teaches the basics
of conducting the annual visual inspections
of solid wall and composite SCUBA and SCBA
cylinders. The 6 - 8 hour course is suited
for those new to visual inspection well as
those who have been inspecting without formal
training through its wide range of inspection
subjects including damage limits, neck cracking,
and laws affecting inspectors. Additionally,
this course meets the OSHA and DOT requirements
for employee HAZMAT training, and attendants
completing the course are qualified to conduct
HAZMAT training for cylinder handlers. The
course is open to anyone 16 years or older
and no previous cylinder inspection experience
is required. Participants receive certification
as Visual Cylinder Inspectors upon course
completion.
VCIR
- Visual Cylinder Inspector Refresher Course
Refresher courses allow previously certified
inspectors (by PSI) to attend the full VCI
course described above at a reduced price.
Refreshers are offered in conjunction with
all VCI courses even if not advertised as
such. Refresher participants receive re-certification
as Visual Cylinder Inspectors upon course
completion.
HAZMAT
- HAZMAT Handler of SCUBA & SCBA Cylinders
OSHA and DOT require all employees who "are
affected" by high-pressure cylinders
to receive "function specific" training
to the HAZMAT within 90 days of employment
and retraining every 3 years afterward. This
1-2 hour course covers subjects ranging from
hazard awareness to legal requirements for
cylinder handlers.
FSO
- Fill Station Operator
Businesses who operate cylinder filling stations
are required by OSHA to provide training to
employees operating filling equipment. Topics
include pre-fill inspection, proper techniques,
system maintenance, and emergency procedures.
As fill systems vary greatly, this course
is customized to specific fill stations operational
procedures. Course times vary from 1 - 3 hours.
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PADI
Professional Diver Courses
Instructor Level Training |
Divemaster
Course
Your adventure into the professional levels
of recreational diving begins with the PADI
Divemaster program. Working closely with a
PADI Instructor, you expand your dive knowledge
and develop your leadership abilities, qualifying
you to supervise dive activities and assist
instructors with student divers. During the
Divemaster program, you learn dive leadership
skills through both classroom and independent
study. You complete water skills and stamina
exercises, as well as training exercises that
stretch your ability to organize and solve
problems. You put this knowledge into action
through a series of practical training exercises.
Prerequisites: Advanced Open Water Diver,
Rescue Diver, 20 logged dives, 18 years old.
Emergency
First Response (Adult and Child) Instructor
Courses
During the Emergency First Response Instructor
course, you will build on your skill as an
Emergency Responder and focus on developing
your instructional abilities to teach these
skills to others. The Instructor course provides
you with the additional training necessary
to teach the Emergency First Response Primary
Care (CPR), Secondary Care (First Aid) and
Care for Children courses. To enter the Emergency
First Response Instructor course, you must
be 18 years old and have completed adult,
child and infant CPR and first aid training
in the past 24 months or a be a practicing
medical professional such as a physician,
Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic and
Registered Nurse.
Assistant
Instructor Course
PADI Assistant Instructors assist with, organize
and supervise knowledge development, confined
water and open water activities. Assistant
Instructors work with PADI Instructors to
provide student divers with quality knowledge
and skill development. The teaching skills
you develop during classroom sessions and
teaching assignments allow you to independently
conduct several PADI programs. Prerequisites:
PADI Divemaster, certified diver for 6 months,
60 logged dives, EFR training, medical clearance,
18 years old.
Open
Water Scuba Instructor Course
The PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI)
rating is the first Instructor level attained
by dive professionals. During the Instructor
Development Course (IDC), involving classroom
sessions, pool and open water teaching assignments,
you review PADI Standards, procedures, philosophies
and teaching methods as well as hone your
teaching ability, watermanship, and diving
knowledge. After successfully completing a
PADI Instructor Examination (IE), you introduce
people to scuba diving through various PADI
programs and courses. As an Open Water Scuba
Instructor, you may conduct the entire range
of PADI programs from Discover Scuba Diving
to Divemaster (specialties require specific
Specialty Instructor Rating). Prerequisites:
PADI Divemaster, certified diver for 6 months,
60 logged dives, EFR training, medical clearance,
18 years old.
Instructor
Development Course Package
The Assistant Instructor Course and Open Water
Scuba Instructor Course may be combined into
this package. Your PADI Course Director and
Staff Instructors work together to insure
you have the skills and knowledge necessary
to successfully complete the PADI Instructor
Examination.
Specialty
Instructor Course
A PADI Specialty Instructor dives more, has
more fun and teaches about favorite subjects.
Each Specialty Instructor Course involves
a classroom session and logging 10 dives in
that specialty. Specialty Instructor Courses
include Altitude, AWARE Coral Reef Conservation,
AWARE Fish Identification, Boat, Cavern, Deep,
Diver Propulsion Vehicle, Drift, Dry Suit,
Enriched Air, Equipment Specialist, Large
Boat Dive Supervisor, Marine Resource Management,
Multilevel, Night, Oxygen First Aid, Peak
Performance Buoyancy, Project AWARE, Semi-Closed
Rebreather (Dolphin/Atlantis and Drager Ray),
Underwater Hunter, Underwater Naturalist,
Underwater Navigator, Underwater Photographer,
Underwater Videographer, Search & Recovery,
Tec Rec Gas Blender, and Wreck. Don’t
see a specialty on a subject that interests
you? Write your own specialty! It’s
easy and it gets you teaching divers about
things you like. Prerequisites: Open Water
Scuba Instructor with a Specialty Certification
in each area you wish to instruct.
DSAT
Tec Deep Instructor Training Course
For those serious about becoming a technical
instructor, the Tec Deep Diver Instructor
course is an obvious choice. The DSAT Tec
Deep Diver Instructor course incorporates
instructional philosophies and course goals
that directly address the demanding and challenging
nature of technical diving. The DSAT Tec Deep
Instructor Course prepares you to conduct
the Tec Deep Diver course and addresses the
philosophy, organization, practical considerations,
promotion and other aspects of teaching the
Tec Deep Diver course. Prerequisites: PADI
Open Water Scuba Instructor, Enriched Air
Instructor, Deep Diver Specialty Instructor,
and have at least 100 logged dives.
Master
Scuba Diver Trainer Course
The Master Scuba Diver Trainer rating sets
you apart from other dive instructors by showing
your commitment to continuing your dive training
and being prepared to help others continue
their training as well. To qualify as a PADI
Master Scuba Diver Trainer, you must be an
Open Water Scuba Instructor with five Specialty
Instructor certifications, and you must have
certified at least 25 PADI Divers.
IDC
Staff Instructor Course
As a seasoned PADI Instructor, you have wisdom
and experience to share with up-and-coming
PADI leaders. And, you know that continuing
your education never ends. As an Instructor
Development Course (IDC) Staff Instructor,
you help bring up the next generation of PADI
Instructors while gaining in-depth instructor-trainer
knowledge. Because IDC Staff Instructors are
an integral part of the PADI IDC, you set
the stage for moving on to Course Director
as you present topics in the IDC and help
shape Divemasters and Assistant Instructors
into PADI Open Water Instructors. Prerequisites:
Master Scuba Diver Trainer and participation
in an Instructor Development Course.
Master
Instructor Rating Details
Be recognized as one of the elite dive educators
– PADI Master Instructor. PADI Master
Instructors embody the essence of a true dive
professional having demonstrated a thorough
understanding of the PADI system of diver
education, and put it into practice by training
150 or more PADI Divers. They are dive industry
leaders who help to shape the development
of future dive courses. The PADI Master Instructor
rating is unique in the PADI System –
it is the one rating that you do not earn
through training. You earn it by exemplifying
what it means to be a PADI Instructor in what
you do. Requirements include: a renewed, teaching
status IDC Staff Instructor, PADI Instructor
for at least two years, current Emergency
First Response Instructor, certified at least
150 PADI divers, possess a complete understanding
of the PADI System of diver education.
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Divers
Alert Network
Instructor Training and Education Courses |
Instructor
Qualification Course
To become a DAN Instructor you must complete
the Instructor Qualification Course (IQC).
Instructor Candidates will complete a Core
Module that offers more information about
Dan and explains how to teach DAN programs.
Candidates will then complete the course module
for each DAN Training Program they are interested
in teaching.
Instructor
Course Modules
The DAN Instructor Courses train and educate
qualified scuba diving educators to plan,
manage, conduct and promote dive safety through
DAN Provider Courses. Prerequisites: Open
Water Scuba Instructor with certification
in the specific Provider Course you wish to
instruct. DAN Instructor Courses include (see
Provider Courses for descriptions):
Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
Oxygen First Aid for Aquatic Emergencies
Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving
Injuries
First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries
Automated External Defibrillators for Scuba
Diving
Automated External Defibrillators for Aquatic
Emergencies
Basic Life Support for Dive Professionals
Remote Emergency Medical Oxygen (REMO2™)
On-Site Neurological Assessment for Divers
Diving Emergency Management Provider Program
Dive Accident First Aid for Non-Divers |
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