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Advanced
Open Water Diver
After the Open Water Course is the Advanced
Course.
This consists of five different specialty
dives over two days. Each of the five dives
in the course are preceded by reading the
PADI Adventures in Diving manual, going
over a knowledge review with your instructor
and a debriefing. Generally they are conducted
from one of our dive boats, although some
of the dives may be carried out from our
beach.
A deep dive and a navigation dive
must be completed as part of this course
with the additional three dives being selected
by the students from the range of specialties
within the PADI program.
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Emergency First Response (Medic First
Aid)
This a basic training course in emergency
care, which concentrates on CPR (cardiopulmonary
resuscitation) along with other essential
emergency procedures.
The course lasts approximately eight hours
and can be conducted either in one day or
over a few evenings (so as not to interfere
with your dive package).
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Rescue Diver
This course is the first step in expanding
a diver's knowledge beyond that of a recreational
level and is a prerequisite for all PADI
leadership level training such as Divemaster
and Open Water Scuba Instructor.
The Rescue course takes three days; the
first two days cover such topics as basic
search and recovery techniques, emergency
control and management and takes the previously
learned first aid training into the water
for specific diver related procedures.
The final day is spent on the dive boat
putting this new knowledge into practice
through carrying out rescue scenarios with
both conscious and simulated unconscious
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Divemaster
To produce the best divemasters you need
the best training and we are renowned for
producing some of the best divemasters in
the area.
In fact we generally only employ divemasters
that we have trained.
To this end we run our courses over a minimum
of four weeks and up to a maximum of six.
The latter includes an internship where
the student will thoroughly learn how to
be a working divemaster.
Usually this applies to people wishing to
become a diving professional rather than
someone who just wants to learn for their
own development.
The initial seven to ten days are spent
covering academic studies such as physics,
physiology, decompression theory, diving
skills and the recreational dive planner.
After this a student moves on to more practical
aspects relating to the diving profession
such as training exercises, underwater map
making, diving skills assessment and the
different roles a divemaster may undertake.
The final part of the course is spent working
with our instructors assisting on various
PADI courses and working with our divemasters
out on the dive boats.
This will give them a wealth of experience
along with a thorough knowledge of what
being a working divemaster is all about.
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Specialty Courses
These are relatively short courses usually
run over one or two days.
We do not offer certain specialties such
as ice diver or cave diver as they are not
applicable to the environment here in the
Red Sea.
We therefore offer the following specialty
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Instructor Development Course (IDC)
The IDC is for people who are thinking of
furthering their career within diving. The
course takes 9 days and within that time
the candidates learn how to teach the full
range of PADI courses.
The IDC is followed by a two day exam which
is conducted by independent examiners form
PADI headquarters.
During the exam each candidate is tested
on their ability to teach academic, confined
and open water sessions as well as being
tested on waterman ship and rescue skills. |
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