What You Need to Know about PADI Courses
When you decide to go scuba diving, you
might encounter several types of courses to choose from. Among them, the
Professional Association of Diving Instructors or PADI courses are the most recognized one across the globe.
PADI’s mission is to develop programs that
will encourage people to take up snorkeling and scuba diving. There are
different PADI courses. For
beginners, there’s the Open Water Diver, which is the entry level certification
course. Completion of the course will allow the person to go underwater and see
the beauty of the world underneath the surface.
The best thing about having a PADI
certification is that you can go diving almost anywhere in the world. There are
more than 1,000,000 PADI instructors and thousands of affiliated resorts and
dive shops in the world. And if you are in Israel, one of the PADI diving clubs
that offers PADI courses is Deep
Siam.
Other PADICourses
Aside from the Open Water Diver
certification, there are dozens more PADI
courses that a diver can take. These advanced programs have been designed
for people who want to expand their experience and knowledge. These include
wreck diving, adventure diving, night diving, deep water diving, rescue diving,
and enriched-air diving.
Individuals can earn the title Master
Scuba Diver by completing a set of specialty PADI courses. Master Scuba Diver is the highest level one can get. It
requires the Advanced Open Water Diver and Rescue Diver certifications. Then
divers must also earn five specialty diver certifications, and have logged at
least 50 dives.
And for those who want to dive for a
living, then they can continue their training and take the PADI instructor
training course. One can be an open water scuba instructor, specialty
instructor, or master scuba diver trainer. There are also professional PADI courses for future dive masters
and assistant instructors.
Why Choose PADI Courses?
One of the reasons why you should consider
PADI courses is that only
instructors who have gone through the rigorous instructor training program are
certified to teach them. You can easily check the credentials of the dive
masters or instructors through their certification card or online. The
certification card has photo identification and shows whether the person is
certified to teach or not.
PADI
courses are made to suit the students’ needs and lifestyle.
One can learn at one’s pace. The organization provides student materials for
all the courses. And best of all, the instructors will ensure that diving is
fun. Customer service and safety are the priorities of every PADI-affiliated
resorts and clubs, such as Deep Siam.
These are the reasons why you should
consider taking PADI courses. Once
you have completed a course, your certification will be valid anywhere in the
world. All you need to look for is the PADI logo.
