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DAN and NAUI allied in 2007 to work together for diver safety. DAN is the official dive accident insurance provider for NAUI. In November 2015, DAN and NAUI renewed their alliance to extend their reach of dive safety programs. [51] NAUI initiated a worldwide coverage instructor liability insurance policy in 1974. [52]
A PADI 5 Star Dive Center is a dive centre that exclusively offers PADI training and certification, has been a PADI dive centre for at least 12 months, with no verified violations of PADI quality assurance over that period and no open QA investigations, and have been awarded all three of PADI's dive centre recognition awards (the criteria for ...
The completed form is returned to the initiating instructor to issue the certification. [5] PADI instructors can also accept students for certification dives using the Universal Referral Program form, [3] [5] but cannot refer their learners to other certification agencies' instructors for branding and liability reasons. [6]
During the IDC the candidate will learn PADI Standards and Procedures, the PADI system of instruction, diver safety and risk management, the role of the diving instructor in the recreational diving industry, and marketing and sales counseling for recreational diving business. 100 logged dives are required before the applicant can take the two ...
A recreational diver may have a duty of care to another diver if one of these conditions occurs: [1]. The diver is the instructor of the other diver. [1] This is usually established by a contract or other agreement to teach the other diver how to dive, or some part of the skills and knowledge required for certification as a competent diver.
PADI Professional Association of Diving Instructors – Recreational diver training and certification agency [40] Pure Apnea - Specialising in both sports and recreational freediving. Currently the only freedive education system separating competitive from recreational freediving (www.pureapnea.com)
The legal duty of care of a divemaster to a client varies according to the legislation of the country, where it is often poorly defined. The use of waivers and/or assumption of risk forms that are intended to minimize legal accountability of divemasters is a common practice, but the validity of such waivers will vary with the legislation.
The Professional Diving Instructors Corporation (PDIC) is an international SCUBA training and certification agency. It has an estimated 5 million active recreational divers. [2] Founded in 1969, PDIC was established out of the need to properly train SCUBA instructors. [1]