SCUBA CLASSES

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    Your first and most important decision to start or continue your diving will be the choice of your PADI SCUBA Instructor. I am a trained and certified PADI Instructor available in most of the Southeast. Working with independent instructor allows you to work with the dive shop of your choice while still enjoying the quality and fun of Dive With Dom. If this is your first time experiencing a SCUBA adventure, I can recommend a quality shop in your area for purchasing your gear and usually get you a discount.

    I have weekend, weekday, and evening classes available and both private and group sessions are available. Want to start a SCUBA Club with your group? This is a great team and report builder for any group such as: Fitness Centers, Church and Youth Groups, Corporate Clubs, and Apartment Communities wanting to promote a sense of community with group activities. I will manage and handle all training, you just say when and I will guide you from there. There is no cost to the group for this extra service and if the group is large enough I can offer discounts.

    I conduct Open Water through Dive Master training and have many trips planned, I also put together private trips including private airfare to the destination of your choice and the rate as competitive as flying commercial without the headache and can cut the times down to fit some great diving into a two or three day weekend.

PADI Open Water Diver Course

    Now 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, the dive company that sets the standards in the global diving community.

Why PADI Open Water?
    As a certified PADI Open Water Diver, the most widely recognized and respected rating in the world, 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.

What do I need to start?
    Virtually anyone who is in good health, reasonably fit, and comfortable in the water can earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification. You must be older than the age of 14 to begin the PADI Open Water Diver program. For those of you who are not above the age of 14 and would like to participate in the PADI Open Water Diver Program, then the PADI Jr Open Water Diver program is available to you. If you are between 10 and 14 or have a child between these ages, there is a PADI Junior Open Water Diver program available.

• A PADI Jr Open Water Diver between the ages of 10 and 11 years may only dive with a PADI Professional, a certified parent or certified guardian to a maximum depth of 12 metres/40 feet.

What will I do?
    Throughout the course, you’ll learn fundamentals of scuba diving, including dive equipment and techniques. You earn this rating by completing five pool dives and knowledge development sessions and by making four open water (ocean or lake) dives.

How long will it take?
    PADI programs are performance based. You proceed as you demonstrate mastery of the course skills. This allows you to work at a pace that is comfortable for you.

What is the Cost?
    Price: Email me for details on group classes and check my calendar so see which classes I am teaching!. I have Private lessons available; $375. This includes Pool Session, Rental Gear ( BCD, Regulator, Gauges, Tanks, and Weights), classroom and Instructor.

    • I have class weekends and weeknights also available over four evenings.
  

What you will need:
    Mask, Snorkel, Fins, and Booties
    You will also need to have watched the PADI Open Water DVD

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

    The Adventures in Diving program offers both the Adventure Diver and Advanced Open Water Diver certifications. If you complete any three adventure dives, you can earn your PADI Adventure Diver certification. If you complete your Deep Adventure Dive, Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive and three Adventure Dives for a total of five, you can earn your Advanced Open Water Diver certification.

Why Advanced Open Water Diver?
    After your five dives, you'll be more experienced, feel more comfortable in the water and simply enjoy diving more because you better understand the underwater environment.

What do I need to start?

• PADI Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
• Minimum age: 15 (12 for PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Diver)

• Altitude Diver
• Boat Diver
• Drift Diver
• Deep Diver
• Dry Suit Diver
• Diver Propulsion Vehicle
• Multilevel Diver
• Night Diver
• Peak Performance Buoyancy
• Search and Recovery Diver
• Underwater Naturalist
• Underwater Videographer
• Underwater Photographer
• Underwater Navigator
• AWARE Fish Identification
• Wreck Diver

• Recommended Course Hours: 15
• Minimum Open Water Training: five dives over two days

• Adventures in Diving Crew-Pak
• Adventures in Diving Video
• Log Book

Where can I go from here?
    PADI Advanced Open Water Divers at least 15 years of age can enroll in PADI Wreck or Deep Diver Specialty courses and continue on to the PADI Rescue Diver or Junior Rescue Diver course.

PADI Adventure Dives can also credit towards the corresponding PADI Specialty Diver

PADI Rescue Diver

Why PADI Rescue Diver?
    Rewarding and fun – that best describes the PADI Rescue Diver course. This course will expand your knowledge and experience level: Rescue Divers learn to look beyond themselves and consider the safety and well being of other divers. Although this course is serious, it is an enjoyable way to build your confidence.

What do I need to start?

• You can enroll in the Rescue Diver Course as a certified Open Water Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another training organization) and participate in the Rescue Diver knowledge development and rescue training sessions, in confined water only, while working on your Advanced Open Water Diver certification.
• To participate in the rescue training sessions in open water, and to participate in the open water rescue scenarios, you must be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization.
• Minimum age: 15 years old (12 for PADI Junior Rescue Diver)
• Successful completion of a sanctioned CPR program within the past 24 months. The Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) and Secondary Care (First Aid) courses meet these requirements.

What will I do?
    Rescue Diver training will prepare you to prevent problems and, if necessary, manage dive emergencies. During the five open water sessions, you'll cover:

• Self-rescue and diver stress
• AED and emergency oxygen delivery systems
• dive first aid
• swimming and non-swimming rescue techniques
• emergency management and equipment
• panicked diver response
• underwater problems
• missing diver procedures
• surfacing the unconscious diver
• in-water rescue breathing protocols
• egress (exits)
• first aid procedures for pressure related accidents
• dive accident scenarios

• Recommended Course Hours: 25
• Minimum Open Water Training: five sessions over two days

What will I need?

• PADI Rescue Diver Crew-Pak
• PADI Rescue Diver Video on DVD

Where can I go from here?
    The PADI Rescue Diver certification is a prerequisite for all Professional level PADI courses, beginning with the PADI Divemaster certification. Contact your local PADI Dive Center or Resort to enroll in a PADI Rescue Diver course and prepare yourself to Go Pro.

PADI Divemaster

What can PADI Divemasters do?

• Work at local dive centers, on live-aboard dive boats, yachts and at exotic resort locations
• Assist PADI Instructors with students
• Lead PADI Scuba Divers on guided dive tours
• Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers
• Teach PADI Discover Snorkeling programs
• Conduct PADI Scuba Review programs for certified divers
• Lead certified divers on Discover Local Diving experiences
• Teach Emergency First Response programs after successful completion of an Emergency First Response Instructor course.

• PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or qualifying certification from another training organization
• PADI Rescue Diver certification or qualifying certification from another training organization.
• Medical clearance signed by a physician
• 20 logged dives
• 18 years old

• Learn dive leadership through classroom and independent study sessions
• Complete water skills and stamina exercises in confined and open water
• Training exercises to test organizational and problem solving abilities
• An internship or series of practical training exercises

How long will it take?

• Two weeks - three months

• Divemaster Training Package
• Divemaster Video
• Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving
• Diving Knowledge Workbook
• PADI Instructor Manual
• Log Book