Professional Association of Diving Instructors 43330 223289102 2008-07-03T12:24:59Z Legis 1337739 /* PADI Speciality Courses */ [[Underwater search and recovery]] {{Citation style}} {{Infobox Organization |name = Professional Association of Diving Instructors |image = Padi.jpg |image_border = |size = |caption = |map = |msize = |mcaption = |abbreviation = PADI |motto = ''The Way the World Learns to Dive'' |formation = 1966 |extinction = |type = |status = |purpose = |headquarters = [[California]], {{USA}} |location = |region_served = |membership = |language = |leader_title = |leader_name = John Cronin and Ralph Erikson |main_organ = |parent_organization = |affiliations = [[DSAT]] |num_staff = |num_volunteers = |budget = |website = http://www.padi.com |remarks = }} The '''Professional Association of Diving Instructors''' ('''PADI''') is the world's largest [[recreational diving]] membership and [[List of diver training organizations|diver training organization]] founded in 1966 by John Cronin and Ralph Erikson. PADI members, including dive centers, resorts, educational facilities, instructors, and divemasters, teach the majority of the world's recreational divers.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} PADI operates offices in [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[Switzerland]], [[Japan]], [[Sweden]], the [[United Kingdom]], and the [[United States]]. The corporate headquarters, PADI Worldwide, is located in [[California]], United States of America. PADI Offices serve more than 130,000 individual professional members and more than 5,300 dive centers and resorts in more than 180 countries and territories. Translations of PADI materials are available in more than 26 languages. [http://www.padi.com/padi/en/footerlinks/whypadi.aspx]. PADI courses range from entry levels (such as ''Scuba Diver'' and ''Open Water Diver'') to master scuba diver and a range of instructor certificates. Via their affiliate [[Diving Science and Technology]] (DSAT) they also offer various [[Technical diving|"Technical" diver]] courses, including decompression diving, [[Trimix]] diving and gas blending. The PADI system is composed of modules with standardized learning objectives divided into theory and practical skills development. Theory is mainly conveyed by way of self-study using books, computer based training using CD-ROM or online learning. All study options are supplemented with video to help the student diver visualize what they have read. Confirmation of the student diver's level of mastery in standardized knowledge review sessions with a scuba instructor. Practical skills mastery is obtained through confined water training (pools or relative shallow water) and performance evaluations in open water. Upon completion of each course, a certification is issued to the student. PADI courses are performance based dive programs, and at the introductory level emphasize practical knowledge, safety and motor skills. The foundations of Diving physics, physiology and chemistry are built during entry level programs. The more esoteric details of these concepts are left for later courses when the diver has gained practical knowledge and experience beyond the entry level. These practices fall within current modern learning philosophies and receive regular updates via peer review.<ref name=nitrox>{{cite journal |author=Richardson, D and Shreeves, K |title=The PADI Enriched Air Diver course and DSAT oxygen exposure limits. |journal=South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society journal |volume=26 |issue=3 |date=[[1996]] |issn=0813-1988 |oclc=16986801 |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/6310 |accessdate=2008-05-02 }}</ref><ref name=rescue>{{cite journal |author=Richardson, D and Shreeves, K |title=The PADI approach to diver rescue training. |journal=South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society journal |volume=28 |issue=2 |date=[[1998]] |issn=0813-1988 |oclc=16986801 |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/5934 |accessdate=2008-04-26 }}</ref> In addition to this, other dive instruction programs have adopted similar techniques {{Fact|date=February 2007}}. PADI is a member of the [[World Recreational Scuba Training Council]].<ref>[http://www.wrstc.com/agency.php?country=usa WRSTC Member Councils<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==Project AWARE== [[Image:Projectaware.gif|right|thumb|150px|Project AWARE logo]] In 1995, PADI founded [[Project AWARE]] to help conserve underwater environments. Project AWARE information has been integrated in most courses and divers are offered the chance to exchange their normal certificate for an AWARE-certificate by making a donation to the program when sending in their application for a new certificate. ==Affiliate Companies== Emergency First Response: CPR and First Aid training both for the lay person and in the work place Current Publishng: Develops marine science programs for high school and upper level educational facilities. [[Diving Science and Technology|Diving Science & Technology Corporation]] (DSAT) is the development arm for the [[Recreational Dive Planner]] and PADI's Rec-Tec program.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Hamilton Jr RW, Rogers RE, Powell MR |title=Development and validation of no-stop decompression procedures for recreational diving: the DSAT recreational dive planner. |publisher=Diving Science & Technology Corp. |location=Tarrytown, NY |date=[[1994]] |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/4228 |accessdate=2008-06-16 }}</ref> ==PADI Non Certification programs== *PADI Discover [[Scuba Diving]] *PADI Discover [[Snorkeling]] ==PADI Kids programs== *PADI Seal Team (Age 8 and Above) *PADI Bubble Maker (Age 8 and Above) ==PADI Recreational Diving Certifications== *PADI Skin Diver (Snorkeling) *PADI Junior Scuba Diver *PADI Scuba Diver *PADI Junior Open Water Diver *PADI Open Water Diver *PADI National Geographic Diver *PADI Adventure Diver *PADI [[Advanced Open Water Diver]] *PADI [[Rescue Diver]]<ref name=rescue/> *PADI Speciality Courses *PADI [[Master SCUBA Diver]] ==PADI Speciality Courses== PADI provide a range of speciality courses, examples of which include: *PADI [[Altitude diving|Altitude Diver]] Speciality Course *PADI Boat Diver Speciality Course *PADI [[Cave diving|Cavern Diver]] Speciality Course *PADI [[Deep diving|Deep Diver]] Speciality Courses *PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Speciality Course *PADI [[Diver Propulsion Vehicle]] Speciality Course *PADI [[Drift diving|Drift Diver]] Speciality Course *PADI [[Dry Suit]] Diver Speciality Course *PADI [[Enriched Air Nitrox|Enriched Air]] Diver Speciality Course<ref name=nitrox/> *PADI Equipment Specialist Speciality Course *PADI [[Ice diving|Ice Diver]] Speciality Course *PADI [[Dive_profile#Multi-level_diving|Multilevel Diver]] Speciality Course *PADI [[Night diving|Night Diver]] Speciality Course *PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Speciality Course *PADI [[Project AWARE]] Coral Reef Conservation Speciality Course *PADI Project AWARE Fish Identification Speciality Course *PADI Project AWARE Specialty Course *PADI [[Underwater search and recovery|Search and Recovery]] Speciality Course *PADI Semiclosed [[Rebreather]] Course Speciality Course *PADI Surface Marker Buoy Certification (New as of 2008, <10 certified worldwide) *PADI Underwater Naturalist Speciality Course *PADI [[Underwater navigation|Underwater Navigator]] Speciality Course *PADI [[Underwater photography|Underwater Photographer]] Speciality Course *PADI [[Underwater videography|Underwater Videographer]] Speciality Course *PADI [[Wreck diving|Wreck Diver]] Speciality Course ==PADI Professional Certifications== *PADI [[Divemaster]] *PADI Assistant Instructor *PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) *PADI Specialty Instructor *PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT) *PADI IDC Staff Instructor *PADI Master Instructor *PADI Course Director ==See also== *[[Scuba diving]] *[[List of diver training organizations]] *[[Diver training]] ==References== {{Reflist}} *[http://www.padi.com/padi/en/footerlinks/whypadi.aspx "Why PADI (Professional Association of Diving Professionals)?"], "PADI Web site", 2006. ==External links== *[http://www.padi.com Official site] *[http://www.projectaware.org Project AWARE Official site] *[http://www.sportdiver.co.uk Sport Diver Magazine] - The official magazine of the PADI Diving Society [[Category:Underwater diving]] [[Category:Diver training agency]] [[de:Professional Association of Diving Instructors]] [[es:PADI]] [[fo:PADI]] [[fr:Professional Association of Diving Instructors]] [[it:Professional Association of Diving Instructors]] [[nl:Professional Association of Diving Instructors]] [[ja:PADI]] [[no:Professional Association of Diving Instructors]] [[pl:PADI]] [[ru:PADI]] [[fi:PADI]] [[sv:PADI]] [[tr:Profesyonel Dalış Eğitmenleri Birliği]]