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Welcome To The Diving Locker Vancouver: Tel: (604) 736-2681 Toll
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PADI Discover ScubaIf you’ve always wanted to try scuba diving then jump in! Here’s your chance to breathe underwater in a fun, convenient session conducted in a pool, or any pool-like body of water. Whether you watch the short PADI Discover Scuba video, or are briefed with the Discover Scuba Diving Flip Chart, you’ll enter the water ready for your scuba adventure. After you and your instructor strap on your scuba gear, you’ll have the chance to dive down to 6 meters/20 feet. As soon as you Discover Scuba, you’re on your way to an internationally recognized certification. That’s because you may learn skills from the PADI Open Water Diver course during your Discover Scuba adventure. If you and your instructor elect to practice these skills, they may be credited to the PADI Scuba Diver or Open Water Diver certifications. What does all that mean? Go diving, practice some skills with your instructor, get a head start on your PADI Scuba Diver or Open Water Diver certification! To go on your Discover Scuba adventure, you must at least be 10 years or older and complete the Discover Scuba Statement (which includes a medical questionnaire).
PADI Open WaterNow is the time to dive into the PADI Open Water Diver course, the most popular dive program in the world! This is your ticket to a lifetime of intense adventure with PADI, a dive company that sets the standards in the global diving community. Throughout the course, you'll learn fundamentals of scuba diving, including dive equipment and techniques. You will also earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification that is recognized worldwide. You earn this rating by completing five pool dives and knowledge development sessions and by making four open water (ocean or lake) dives. As a certified PADI Open Water Diver you have the freedom to dive with a buddy independent of a professional. If you already tried a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience or are PADI Scuba Diver certified, check with your instructor to see how credit from these courses may apply to the open water program. Your underwater adventure can begin as soon as today with the new PADI Open Water Diver Video and interactive CD-ROM! You can view these materials at home, at your own pace and then meet with an instructor for further assistance. Open water learning options also include group or private instruction. This course offers tremendous flexibility and lets you work out individual needs with your instructor. Virtually anyone who is in good health, reasonably fit, and comfortable in the water can earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification. At some point in the course, your PADI Instructor will ask you to demonstrate the ability to swim 200 meters/yards without swim aids or 300 meters/yards with mask, fins and snorkel and complete a bit of paperwork, to get you on your way. If you are between 10 and 14 or have a child between these ages, there is a PADI Junior Open Water Diver program available.
PADI Adventure DiverWant to take you diving to the next level? Well look no further! Become a PADI Adventure Diver today and start experiencing the exciting adventures the world of diving has to offer. The Adventure Diver program is the perfect opportunity to gain additional experience and skills under the guidance of a PADI professional. To become a PADI Adventure Diver you need your PADI Open Water certification (or equivalent) and the desire to experience thrilling adventures. This in-water performance based program includes a total of three dives from the list below:
Specialties Available to divers 10 years old and older:
Specialties Available to divers 12 years old and older:
If you're 15 or older, and a PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent, then you're ready for the Adventure Diver program. Or, if you're a PADI Junior Open Water Diver or equivalent and between the ages of 10-14, there's the PADI Junior Adventure Diver program. After successfully completing the program, you'll receive the PADI Adventure Diver certification. Now, take the next step! Complete two more adventure dives (must include deep and navigation) and become a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.
Padi Specialities ProgramsPrerequisite: PADI Scuba Diver or higher
Prerequisite: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or higher
Special Requirements Distinctive Specialty Diver PADI Dophin/AtlantisSemiclosed Rebreather Program PADI Dräger RaySemiclosed Rebreather Program *Course has additional requirements
PADI Advanced Open WaterLooking for the ultimate adventure? You found it! PADI's Adventures In Diving program fine-tunes your dive skills and allows you to explore all that diving has to offer. It's your dive - go for it! The Adventures In Diving program offers you a structured program where you gain additional experience and skills under the guidance of a PADI Professional. PADI's Adventures In Diving program has something for everyone. This inwater, performance-based program includes dives from the following:
If you're at least 12 years or older and a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or equivalent), then you're ready for the PADI Adventures In Diving program. The PADI Adventures In Diving program offers two certification options. Complete any three Adventure Dives to earn the PADI Adventure Diver rating. Complete the Deep and Underwater Navigation Adventure Dives and three additional Adventure Dives (five total) and earn a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification. Divers between the ages of 12-14 can earn a Junior Advanced Open Water Diver rating. The maximum recommended depth for adventure dive is 30 meters /100 feet. PADI Adventure Divers and Advanced Open Water Divers (15 years of age and older) may participate in PADI Wreck and Deep Diver Specialties. PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or Junior Advanced Open Water Diver certification lets you continue on to the PADI Rescue Diver or Junior Rescue Diver course. And, provided you meet minimum age requirements for individual courses, you may take PADI Specialties such as Cavern Diver (18 years), Semiclosed Rebreather-Dolphin/Atlantis/Ray (15 years), and Search and Recovery (12 years). What's more, PADI Adventure Dives also count towards PADI Specialty Diver certifications. For example, if you like night diving and want to earn your PADI Night Diver rating, your Night Adventure Dive counts as the first dive of the specialty.
PADI Emergency First Response (EFR)Want to be ready in an emergency? Then this program is for you! The PADI EFR program covers basic training for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency care. In addition, it's a medically based program covering primary care, secondary care and treatments following national consensus guidelines. The program is designed for divers and non-divers, and also meets the CPR and first aid prerequisite for earning your PADI Rescue Diver rating. So if you're seeking CPR/first aid training to meet a diving program requirement or for personal enhancement, this program is for you.
PADI Rescue DiverHow do you take a subject like accident prevention and management and turn it into fun? Call it the PADI Rescue Diver program! The PADI Rescue Diver program develops your knowledge and skills so you can effectively perform diver assists and rescues, manage diving accident situations and render first aid. The program is an important step in expanding your knowledge and experience as a diver. PADI Rescue Diver (or equivalent) certification is also a prerequisite for all PADI leadership programs. To get into the PADI Rescue Diver program, you'll need to be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or equivalent) and must be at least 15 years old. The PADI Junior Rescue Diver program is available if you're between the ages of 12 and 14 and hold a PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Diver (or equivalent) rating. You'll also need to have successfully completed the PADI EFR program or a sanctioned program in CPR within the past 24 months. The PADI Rescue Diver program covers:
PADI Master Scuba DiverReach for the top of your sport -- the diver level unrivaled in the recreational ranks: PADI Master Scuba Diver. With this certification in hand, you'll have reached the highest recreational diver accomplished in the PADI System of diver education. The PADI Master Scuba Diver rating denotes superior achievement and proficiency in dive skills, experience and underwater activities. Isn't that what you're all about? To put yourself on top and reach the PADI Master Scuba Diver level, you need to be at least 12 years of age and complete PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent, PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, PADI Rescue Diver, and any five PADI Specialty Diver certifications. Or, if you're a PADI Divemaster, or PADI Assistant Instructor, complete any five PADI Specialty Diver ratings.
PADI Dive MasterFor those of you looking to join the leaders of the pack, look no further. The PADI Divemaster program is your first step leadership level in the PADI System of diver education. This rating denotes you as a person who:
In other words, you're the cream of the crop and we want you! As you may know, many PADI Divemasters go on to become PADI Instructors. So, the training and experience you gain through the PADI Divemaster program helps shape your abilities and attitude toward becoming a professional level diving educator. To help shape you into a Dive Professional, PADI has developed the PADI Divemaster Crew-Pak and various other material. As a PADI Divemaster, you'll be qualified to:
To qualify for PADI Divemaster training, you'll need to:
You'll complete three phases in the PADI Divemaster program:
This involves training activities using various structured training sessions, simulated scenarios and internship sessions with actual PADI programs. These training sessions enable you to gain practical experience as an instructional assistant and a supervisor of open water diving activities, both as a coordinator and as an underwater guide. As a PADI Divemaster you'll be able to:
Upon successfully completing the PADI Divemaster program, you'll receive a certification card and wall certificate denoting this rating. You'll also become a member of PADI and receive benefits, including the ability to purchase professional liability insurance (which may be required to conduct some activities).
PADI Assistant InstructorThe PADI Assistant Instructor program provides PADI Divemasters, and those certified to leadership levels with other diver training organizations, with additional training as instructional assistants and dive educators. If you meet the above criteria then this program will builds upon your abilities to organize and supervise dive activities, while concentrating on developing teaching skills. Through independent study, classroom sessions and practical application, candidates learn to construct effective teaching presentations and conduct PADI programs. To help you through the program, PADI has developed an array of learning tools such as the PADI Assistant Instructor Workbook. To qualify for PADI Assistant Instructor training, you'll need to
The PADI Assistant Instructor program consists of:
As a PADI Assistant Instructor, you'll be able to:
Upon successfully completing the PADI Assistant Instructor program, you receive a certification card and wall certificate denoting this rating. You'll also become a member of PADI and receive benefits, including the ability to purchase professional liability insurance (which may be required to conduct some activities).
PADI Open Water Scuba InstructorThe PADI Instructor Development Program prepares you to function as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. In addition, it further develops your leadership and teaching abilities to the instructor level and prepares you to teach PADI programs. To qualify for the PADI Instructor Development program, you must:
During the PADI Instructor Development program, you'll learn the PADI System of diver education, standards and procedures, effective academic teaching presentations, teaching in confined water, conducting open water training dives and additional related topics. You'll learn these topics one of two ways; through the PADI Instructor Development Program (IDC) or the PADI Instructor Orientation Program (IOC) (Note: the IOC is an option available only if you're an instructor that is current with another certification organization and wish to become a PADI Instructor.) After successful completion of the IDC or IOC, you must successfully complete the PADI Instructor Examination (IE). You will be evaluated on; dive theory, academic teaching, confined-water (pool) teaching, open-water teaching and general diving skills and professionalism. As a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor you can conduct the entire range of PADI experience programs and PADI diver programs, from Open Water Diver through Divemaster (except for specialties and PADI EFR, which require specific Specialty Diver Instructor and EFR Instructor ratings). After successfully completing your PADI IDC/IOC and IE, you receive a certification card and certificate denoting this rating. You'll also become a member of PADI and receive benefits, including the ability to purchase professional liability insurance (which may be required to conduct some activities).
PADI Specialty InstructorPADI Specialty Instructors have the best of both worlds. Not only have they earned the qualifications to conduct main stream dive programs such as the PADI Open Water Diver, Advanced, Rescue Diver and Divemaster programs, they can also conduct PADI Specialty Diver programs. These programs help divers to hone their skills in specific area or facets of diving such as wreck, night and deep diving. PADI has a variety of standardized specialty diver programs that you may conduct once you have earned PADI Specialty Instructors rating in that specific area. These each program is supported by outlines and a variety of other student learning materials. In addition to the standardized specialty programs, as a PADI Assistant Instructor or higher you may write your own distinctive specialty programs, which may be conducted once approved by PADI. Standardized PADI Specialty Diver programs available are:
If you're already a PADI Assistant Instructor or higher and want to qualify as a PADI Specialty Instructor, you'll need to attend a Specialty Instructor Training Program (conducted by a PADI Course Director) or apply directly to PADI. During the Specialty Instructor Training Program you'll receive valuable hands-on training, technique demonstrations, program marketing information, current PADI Standards information and, when applicable, instructor-level open water training. To enroll in a Specialty Instructor Training Program, you must be a renewed PADI Assistant Instructor (certified/upgraded using the 1995 revised curriculum), a renewed PADI Underwater Instructor (or PADI Instructor with a higher rating) or have completed an IDC/IOC** within the past 12 months. Here's your chance to teach the coolest dive programs. I*After successfully completing specialty instructor training, PADI Assistant Instructors may apply only for PADI Specialty Instructor certification in nondiving specialties. **Instructor candidates may apply for PADI Specialty Instructor certification only after becoming certified PADI Instructors.
PADI Master Scuba Diver TrainerIf you'd like to become a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, you must be a PADI Instructor who have at least five PADI Specialty Instructor ratings. This qualifies you to conduct all training requirements for the Master Scuba Diver rating. (Peak Performance Buoyancy and Project AWARE Specialty Instructor ratings do not apply.) To apply for the Master Scuba Diver Trainer rating you need to be:
To apply for certification, please submit to the appropriate PADI Office a completed Master Scuba Diver Trainer application with your photo and application fee. Upon approval of the application, PADI will issue an internationally recognized Master Scuba Diver Trainer certification card.
PADI IDC Staff InstructorThe PADI IDC Staff Instructor program is designed to provide you (PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainers) with the additional training necessary to staff PADI Instructor Development programs. This program builds upon your experience and abilities as a dive educator while concentrating on developing evaluation and counseling skills. Through independent study, classroom sessions, guided evaluation training and an internship, you'll learn to teach the PADI Assistant Instructor program and assist with instructor development programs. As a PADI IDC Staff Instructors you'll be qualified to:
To enter into the PADI IDC Staff Instructor program, you'll need to be a current PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer. After you successfully complete the PADI IDC Staff Instructor program, you'll receive an internationally recognized certification card and wall certificate denoting this rating.
PADI Emergency First Reponse InstructorTo become a PADI EFR Instructor, you you'll need to be a PADI Instructor or Assistant Instructor who has satisfactorily completed an EFR Instructor Training program. As a EFR Instructor, you may conduct EFR programs for divers and non-divers who want CPR and first aid training including basic emergency medical care knowledge and skills. To enroll in a PADI EFR Instructor Training program, you'll need to:
Once you complete the PADI EFR Instructor Training program, please submit to the appropriate PADI office a completed application signed by the PADI Program Director who conducted the training along with a photo and your processing fee. Only renewed PADI Instructors and Assistant Instructors may apply for EFR Instructor certification. If you're an instructor candidate, but not a PADI Assistant Instructor, you may apply for EFR Instructor certification only after becoming certified as PADI Instructor.
PADI Master InstructorAcheiving the PADI Master Instructor rating means you've have obtained one of the highest instructor achievements and be identified as an individual who is experienced in providing an entire range of PADI programs to students. To earn the PADI Master Instructor certification, you need to:
PADI Course DirectorThe PADI Course Director rating denotes the highest instructor achievement in the PADI System of diver education. To become a Course Director, you'll need to complete a PADI Course Director Training program, during which you'll learn how to conduct PADI Instructor Development programs and gain experience in developing dive educators. As a Course Director you're among the dive industry's most influential opinion makers and play a critical role in shaping the attitudes and abilities of PADI Instructors. You'll serve as role model for other PADI Members with respect to PADI instruction, diver training and professionalism. To apply for a PADI Course Director Training program, you must:
(Note: Applications are not accepted unless all prerequisites have been met. Fulfillment of all prerequisites does not guarantee acceptance into the program. All applications are evaluated against rigid selection criteria and ranked within the pool of applicants. The top ranking applicants are accepted into the program.) Training and CertificationPADI Course Director Training programs are conducted by PADI Office staff. The program has two phases - a training phase and an evaluation phase. You'll need to successfully complete both phases to be certified as PADI Course Director. Duties of a PADI course Director Beyond the responsibilities and duties you may already have as PADI IDC Staff Instructor and Master Instructor, Teaching status PADI Course Directors are authorized to:
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