Open water
Open Water Diver is the IDEA entry-level scuba certification course. It
provides the fundamental knowledge and skills to scuba dive. Upon successful
completion of this course, graduates are considered competent to engage in
open water diving activities without supervision, provided the diving
activities and the areas dived approximate those of training.
Advanced open water
The purpose of the course is to increase knowledge, skills and experience of
a diver. You will learn underwater navigation techniques and techniques for
diving at night, in limited visibility and in deeper water. You will be
introduced to special interest areas in diving such as underwater search and
recovery.
Rescue Diver
Rescue diver training expands your knowledge of diving, increases your level
of diving skills and makes you more aware of what is happening in the diving
environment around you. As a rescue diver, you are trained to respond
properly to diving emergencies. Certification as a rescue diver is also a
prerequisite for the dive master rating, and the distinguished master scuba
diver certification. Includes textbook and C-card.
Master Diver
The IDEA Master Diver program is part of the advanced educational program
for sport divers. This program is offered to Advanced certified divers, to
train in different specialty areas of diving. The advanced educational
programs are designed for divers who wish to continue their scuba education
but not pursue the professional levels. It is required that the diver
complete five specialty courses one of which is Rescue Diver. The Master
Diver must also complete the IDEA Dive Medic program or its equivalent and
be certified in CPR.
Scuba Master
The Scuba Master program is a continuation in advanced education for the
sport diver. Advanced education programs offer continuing education scuba
courses for divers not interested in the professional level. It is important
that the sport diver stay active and continue to develop their open water
skills and classroom knowledge. Diver safety is important, the well trained
active sport diver is a safe diver. To achieve this level the Advanced Diver
must complete a total of ten specialty courses, Certified IDEA Dive Medic or
its equivalent & be certified and current in CPR & Rescue.
Scuba Master Elite
The Scuba Master Elite certification is the final level of certification for
the non professional sport diver. The certification package is to have
completed a total of fifteen specialty courses. Complete a medical
evaluation form, Dive Medic & CPR Certified, Complete the Scuba Master
program. This certification is the most highly respected in the industry.
Frankly Scuba Master Elite status is most coveted and many Instructors don't
have the experience level as the non professional level. To achieve this
level and then to go on as an Instructor makes for top notch sought after
Instructor.
Dive Master
This course is an ojt situation that teaches you complete dive operations
from compressor operation to supervising students to boating operations.
Assistant instructor
The Assistant Instructor program allows the aspiring Instructor candidate
the opportunity to teach the various classroom sections - pool skills & open
water checkouts - under the direct supervision & guidance of an instructor.
This opportunity prepares the student to move up to Instructor with an
easier transition than jumping from Dive master to Instructor.
Instructor
Duane Meyer is our Regional Course Director. If you have wondered if you
could enjoy your sport of diving and make money at the same time then you
want to talk with Duane. Call and he will help you see if a professional
career or avocation is for you.
Instructor Trainer
This workshop is for the instructor who has reached the level where he is
ready to open his own shop or wants to create a staff under him. Paradise
Dive Center can certify you to certify IDEA Instructors.
Diver Safety Assistant
The course of Diver safety Assistant is designed to train a non-diver (non
diving friend, parent, etc.) to assist a diver in the event he was in
trouble on the surface and needed assistance. The purpose of this specialty
is to provide the non-diver with enough background knowledge of diving so as
to enable that person to feel comfortable at the dive site, and to enable
that person to render assistance when needed. It is not the intent of this
course to provide diving certification. This course would be especially
useful to the parents of Jr. Divers, and to husband/wife combinations where
one dives and the other does not. In completing this program, these
individuals will feel less "Left out" and more importantly, they will be
able to aid the divers if the need should arise.
Underwater Navigation Specialty
Being able to travel underwater from point to point accurately saves time,
air and energy. By understanding and being able to use your compass you will
be able to locate an offshore rock or reef, a wreck, your exit point or
return to your boat underwater. You will be able to plan and execute a safe,
simple and rewarding dive. Knowing where you are underwater is a rewarding
and secure feeling. The true test of an accomplished diver is the ability to
relocate a dive spot by using fixes, and/or making a complete dive and
finding the exit point without surfacing. This course is designed to
establish a base of knowledge and skills, which are used throughout your
continuing education program.
Basic Search & Recovery
"An action specialty, virtually invaluable to every diver."; could be the
best way to describe the Search & Recovery Specialty. Since every time you
enter the water, you are searching - for something to observe, catch,
photograph or collect - the more you develop skills to assist you the more
comfortable and successful you will be. Man enjoys the challenge of
searching, finding and retrieving anything since it satisfies an inner need.
Adding this skill to the already rewarding skills learned in your Open Water
and Advanced Open Water Scuba Courses will expand your horizons and give you
additional applications for diving. Since you never know when or where
something will be lost in the water, it may be a good idea to be prepared.
Just a few of the object that people lose in the water are: Prescription
glasses, wallets, tools, anchors, boat motors, bicycles, weight
belts......and the dream of all divers......boats and ships. Completion of
this specialty will prepare the Advanced diver to both plan and execute your
own Search and Recovery operation. Come and join us in this action packed
and fun program.
Advanced Search & Recovery
Advanced Search & Recovery takes up where the Basic Search & Recovery course
leaves off. Advanced Search & Recovery students will study in depth all gas
laws, diving physics and physiology and search & recovery techniques and
skills. Students will gain a higher level of safety and skill required to
dive and recover objects and artifacts at deeper depths and of larger size.
Artifact Diver
The Artifact Diver course is designed to be safe supervised introduction to
artifact diving. It will place special emphasis on collecting and reporting
artifact finds, terminology and how to identify types of artifacts. Lecture
and water work will be done in proper identification of types of artifacts,
approximate age of artifact, how to locate possible artifact locations and
how to care for and protect your artifacts.
Boat Diver
The ease of boat diving and its accessibility to dive sites which cannot be
reached from shore, draw all divers to boat diving trips. The exhilaration
of traveling with a squadron of porpoise, observing whales spout, seeing
flying fish skip across the waves can be an exciting addition to a boat
diving trip. Finding clear water offshore for u/w photography, or the
perfect reef loaded with lobster, fish, crabs or scallops asking to be
placed in your goodie bay awaits you in boat diving. This course is designed
to prepare the diver for safe, comfortable, and enjoyable boat diving
whether from a small rubber boat, six pack boat or a large multi-day
liveaboard. Boat diving expands the divers ability to explore and infinite
number of new and exciting dive sites - easily. Good visibility and calm
water awaits you.
Basic Underwater Photography
Capturing that special moment, sharing an experience with friends, proving
you were actually there, remembering the excitement and fun are all reasons
you take a camera along on your dives. With some simple techniques and
practice you can be ready to capture those rare moments underwater, when the
lobster comes out to meet you, the eagle ray glides by gracefully, a fish
decides to befriend you, a sea lion treats you as a toy, or a whale puts on
a show. It is the lament of many divers "Oh! If I only had a camera. You
should have seen what just happened to me. No one will ever believe me." By
the time you complete the Underwater Photography Course, you will be able to
venture into the water and return with invaluable "prizes". Join us now for
the fun and excitement of documenting your underwater experience.
Basic Underwater Video
Capturing that special moment, sharing an experience with friends, proving
you were actually there, remembering the excitement and fun are all reasons
why you should take a video camera along on your dives. With some simple
techniques and practice you can be ready to capture those rare moments
underwater when: the lobster comes to meet you, the eagle ray glides by
gracefully, a fish decides to befriend you, a harbor seal treats you as a
toy, or a whale puts on a show. It is the lament of many divers "Oh! If I
only had captured that on a tape or disk. You should have seen what just
happened to me. No one will ever believe me." By the time you complete the
Underwater Video Course, you will be able to enter the water and capture the
moments on tape or disk so you can relive the experience and share it with
others. Join us now for the fun and excitement of documenting your
underwater experiences.
Current (Swift & Drift) Water Diver
Moving water offers thrilling experiences to divers who know how to "Go with
the flow". Drifting in an envelope of water while the scenery passes by can
be a truly spiritual experience for the experienced Drift Diver. Planning to
take advantage of moving water allows you to expend a minimum of energy and
conserve air - thereby getting more out of the dive. In many areas of the
world, the only types of diving which are done are drift dives, and as you
begin to expand your exploration of innerspace you will need drift diving
skills to safely enjoy this exciting aspect of diving.
Limited Visibility Diver
Limited Visibility Diver is an introduction to diving in conditions of
silted water or dark water. Limited visibility training is beneficial to
have in other types of specialty areas such as collector, artifact, search &
recovery and salvage. The diver will be trained to deal with little or no
visibility, to enter and exit from dark water, to use safety lines. The
proper use of diving equipment in dark water conditions and the use of
safety precautions will be taught.
Night Diver
Night Diver is designed to introduce the experienced advanced openwater
diver to night diving. It has special emphasis on diving safely at night and
making dives to a maximum depth of 60 feet with ideal conditions. Students
will be instructed in the use of site entry and exit, lights and the use of
chemical lights. Night diving is one of the most exciting and rewarding
activities of the diver. Many new divers find the idea of night diving scary
but once you have learned the techniques and safety involved in a night dive
the spectacular array of nocturnal creatures that unfold before your eyes
makes this one of the most desirable activities. Lobster hunting or playing
with the bioluminescence......this is fun! This course is to prepare the
diver to dive safely at night and includes the planning and preparation,
procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of night diving. The following
topics are covered in the course; dive lights, navigation, buddy system
techniques, buoyancy control, communications, disorientation, and nocturnal
aquatic life. There is minimum of three dives for this course. The Advanced
Open Water night dive may constitute one of the required dives for this
specialty.
Deep Diver
Every diver who ever expects to dive over 60 feet should be Deep Diver
Certified. This course is designed to develop the specific knowledge,
attitude and skills required to plan and execute safe deep dives. This
program should be a prerequisite to any training program over 60 feet, i.e.,
Photography, Wreck, Search & Recovery, Research, etc. Note: All Divers
should take this specialty program based on the in-depth instruction that
the Physics & Physiology and the safe diving techniques experienced. The
main emphasis during the diving should be using proper techniques for
descents and ascents, monitoring the gauges and logging the information:
awareness.
Kelp Diving
The beauty of fluid motion is constantly apparent when we dive in the kelp.
Gliding effortlessly through the forests of the sea, with the sensation of
weightlessness is a spiritual experience. Enjoying Mother Nature in one of
the truly prolific areas of the world is possible once you have developed
the proper knowledge, attitude and skill. Having the confidence to venture
into, utilize and appreciate the algae's whenever you go diving will be a
direct result of completing the Kelp Diving workshop. The proper techniques
for moving up, down, through and around algae's without getting tangled or
disturbing the environment will be integrated with learning about the algae
ecosystem. Expect Mother Nature to put on a show, enter a kelp bed and stand
by for one of the most exciting and fulfilling times of your diving career.
High Altitude Diving
Beautiful scenery, clear skies, Mother Nature at her best - and you with the
knowledge and sill to explore where others have never been. ALTITUDE DIVING
- expands you opportunities to enjoy a totally different environment -
safely. Exploring a submerged town, searching for a lost outboard motor,
collecting fishing lures are all diving pastimes available in high altitude
lakes. Providing a meal of fresh fish (Caught with hook and line
underwater), crawdads, clams or mussels for your friends would leave a
lasting impression. The excitement of locating favorite hang-outs for the
linkers and then feeding them. Learning what fish eat and how they react to
bait would make you a better fisherman. The knowledge that wherever you go
you can enjoy your chosen recreation - SCUBA diving - expands you ability to
enjoy what the earth/water have to offer. This course is designed to
instruct the diver in technique, concepts, and problems associated with high
altitude diving.
Equipment Specialist
SCUBA - HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT THAT ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER
A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT, SURVIVE AND PERFORM FEATS OF WONDER. Since diving is
an equipment intensive recreational activity, we have designed this
equipment specialty program to help make you an aware consumer by providing
you with information on the benefits, features, application, personal
requirements and environmental consideration for the selection of the full
range of SCUBA diving equipment. Well chosen and maintained equipment allows
you to enjoy with confidence and comfort you experiences underwater. Care,
maintenance, service and repair is critical to this equipment's longevity
and your continued enjoyment of diving as well as to protect your
investment. Come join us for the fun filled exploration of the world of
SCUBA diving equipment and accessories. Learn how to properly maintain and
learn to be a knowledgeable consumer when it comes to the purchase & repair
of your equipment. Observe a regulator being completely dismantled and
rebuilt......observe a BCD power inflator mechanism being serviced. Bring in
your own equipment for hands on proper cleaning demonstrations Plus lots of
extra inside tips to understand this stuff.
Oxygen Provider
Our DAN (Diver's Alert Network) Oxygen Provider Course is a 4 hour course
incorporating a review of the causes, symptoms and treatment of a number of
diving accidents along with the appropriate methods of oxygen
administration. This course is primarily a hands-on experience with the
different types of oxygen mask options to fit various scenarios. By the end
of the course you will be able to recognize a dive accident and administer
oxygen appropriately.
Nitrox Diver
This workshop prepares the advanced diver for safer diving with longer
bottom times. Not for deep diving as commonly misunderstood. NITROX is a
safer form of mixed gas diving that reduces the possibility of decompression
sickness significantly. Many divers report they feel refreshed and
rejuvenated after NITROX diving. Includes textbook and certification.
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