Other Dive Organizations for Your Dive Professional Career

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Choosing a Dive Organization for your professional dive career

We are not going to argue what the best dive organization is, because it simply depends on your needs and wishes. If you want to work as a divemaster or dive instructor, think about what kind of job you want. Is it something you want to do between studies and work - as a gap year or do you see yourself working as a dive professional until retirement? Are you thinking of traveling around and working in different countries? Than you should select a dive organization that is (well) presented in those countries.

Of course, selecting a dive organization with a lot of dive centers give a lot more opportunities for jobs. Would you love to work in tourism / leisure diving in a tropical destination - than you should choose an organization where getting certified does not take 'forever'. If getting certified for SCUBA diving takes weeks of training, it is probably not what people will do during their holiday... Think about those things, ask yourself questions and do your research!

The dive organizations PADI and SSI are featured on separate pages as those courses are mostly offered on our website.

Other Dive Organizations

Become a SDI TDI ERDI Pro

SDI (Scuba Diving International), TDI (Technical Diving International) and ERDI (Emergency Response Diving International) are three training agencies within one organization. SDI focuses on recreational diving. From SDI Open Water SCUBA Diver to courses like research diver and visual inspection procedures, there are many dive certifications to 'collect' with SDI, some really useful for (aspiring) dive professionals. Their order of recreational dive professional levels is: SDI Divemaster, SDI Open Water Scuba Diving Instructor (OWSDI), SDI Course Director, SDI Instructor Trainer. TDI (Technical Diving International) is the largest technical diving agency in the world. Their order of dive professional levels is: TDI Divemaster - TDI Instructor - TDI Instructor Trainer ERDI is a Public Safety Diving (PSD) agency that trains police men, fire fighters and people from other public safety organizations in search and rescue techniques underwater. Their order of dive professional levels is: ERD Supervisor - ERD Instructor - ERD Instructor Trainer. SDI TDI ERDI has over 25 regional offices servicing over 100 countries. (Source: TDISDI)

Become a EFR Pro - Creating Confidence to Care

The Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR), Secondary Care (First Aid), Care for Children, CPR & AED courses are often thought to SCUBA divers. If you say EFR you are likely to say PADI, as PADI Rescue courses often have the EFR first aid and CPR training integrated. However, Emergency First Response or EFR, is a separate company offering only first air and CPR training courses. You can do those courses without being a SCUBA diver. Their Emergency First Response Instructor course is needed before becoming certified as a dive instructor with PADI. Also they offer the Emergency First Response Instructor Trainer Course, where you can learn to train others to become Emergency First Response Instructors.

Become a NAUI Pro - The Definition of Diving

NAUI LEADERSHIP AND INSTRUCTOR COURSES Both the Assistant Instructor and Divemaster ratings allow individuals to attend an Instructor Training Course (ITC) to be trained and qualified as NAUI Instructors. Completion of a NAUI Familiarization-Instruction-Testing (FIT) Program is required prior to enrollment in the NAUI Assistant Instructor course, NAUI Divemaster course, or NAUI Instructor Crossover Course (ICC). (Souce: NAUI)

Become a IANTD Pro

International Association of Nitrox Divers, IAND, was formed in 1985 in response to the needs of the diving public. Up until that time, mixed gas diving and the use of decompression gasses was limited, in a formal way, to military and commercial divers. The name was changed to the International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers, IANTD, to better reflect the organization’s additional emphasis technical diving.

Become a ADIP Pro

L'Association des instructeurs de plongée / The Association of Diving Instructors (ADIP) was created in 1997 by Jacky Marino with the help of instructors from various organizations. ADIP is a Belgian dive association. Since October 2009, the ADIP has become an international association. ADIP is present in 46 countries. (Source: ADIP)

Become a ProTec Pro

ProTec stands for Professional Technical and Recreational Diving. ProTec roots lay back in the early eighties, when the founders of ProTec, among some enthusiastic deep and mixed gas divers in Austria and Switzerland, set up their way to dive beyond the sport diving limits with new rules and training to achieve maximum safety for this extreme sport. ProTec represents itself as a modern, international training organization for contemporary technical and scuba diving. They focus on the quality, flexibility and individual support of our instructors, which is the basis for a good and successful cooperation. (Source: ProTec)

ASTD Dive Professionals

Association of Sport and Technical Divers (ASTD) ASTD is a training and organization operating in the field of sport and technical diving training and medical training. Diving training includes all aspects of sport-recreational diving, including Nitrox diving and a wide range of specializations. The second part of the training covers technical diving including diving with special Trimix and Heliox mixes, diving in enclosed areas and diving with closed and semi-closed circuits. In the area of paramedics training ASTD provides training of medical specialties focused on diving and training of medical personnel according to law. For recreational purposes. Sport recreational diving is carried out using air or nitrox mixes up to 50% of oxygen while divers are immersed in the recommended depth of not more than 40 meters in free - open water. Ice diving, cave diving and decompression dives can be also included in the sport diving after going through proper education and gained experience in special training. (Source: ASTD)

DDI Dive Professionals

Disabled Divers International (DDI) is a not-for-profit organization, with the aim to promote, develop and conduct disabled scuba diving training programs for professional and non-professional students. All board members are volunteers, dedicated to promoting and developing disabled scuba diving internationally. Since its introduction in 2010, DDI has gathered extensive support and recognition within the diving industry and conducted both professional and non-professional programs all around the world. DDI professionals and DDI dive centers can now be found in 58 countries with more on the way, enabling disabled diving world wide. (Source: DDI)

CMAS

The CMAS has developed a CMAS International Diver Training Certification System that consists of Diver, Speciality Diver, Technical Diver and Leadership Diver Training Standards and which allows divers,that have been trained in accordance with the prescribed CMAS International Diver Training Standards, to have their certifications recognized throughout the world in countries that are members of the CMAS family of divers. One Star Instructor Training Programme - Two Star Instructor Training Programme - Three Star Instructor Training Programme (Source: CMAS)

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