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PADI courses are recognized, recommended and cited by the institutions and organizations listed below for both recreational diving and vocational training. PADI courses [clarification needed] are recommended for college credit in the US by ACE. [35] PADI is a member of the United States Recreational Scuba Training Council (RSTC). [36]
NASDS (USA) - National Association of Scuba Diving Schools only USA (Founded in the 1960s and merged with SSI in 1999) [29] TAC - The Aquatic Club - existed in the UK between 1982 and 1986. dissolved organization [30] YMCA SCUBA – Defunct recreational diver training and certification agency (1959-2008). [31] [32]
The Diving Certification model originated at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) in 1952 after two divers died whilst using university-owned equipment. [3] The then President of the University of California, Robert Gordon Sproul, restricted diving to those who had been trained through the program at SIO and thus "certification" was born.
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OWD is an entry-level course. Normal physical health and fitness are required. Persons who wish to attend a PADI OWD course must be at least 15 years old, but a PADI Junior OWD course (JOWD) can be attended at the age of 10 years. These children's dive courses differ only in a child-oriented mediation of the same contents. [citation needed]
List of degree-granting institutions with current accreditation School Location Control Founded Initial Accreditation References Abraham Lincoln University: Glendale, CA: Private for-profit 1996 2011 [6] [7] [8] Acacia University Tempe, AZ: 2003 2010 [9] American Business and Technology University: St. Joseph, MO: Private for-profit 2001 2006 ...
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The equivalent course offered by National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) is the Advanced Scuba Diver. As a second level qualification, the AOWD certification level is aimed somewhere between the CMAS* Diver and CMAS** Diver qualifications, or between the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) Ocean Diver and Sports Diver qualifications, although some differences occur.