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New Dive Computer Option for PADI Open Water Course |
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Teaching Open Water Without Tables
Technology has brought about dramatic improvements in the tools we use in everyday life.
Mapquest and GPS are widely used instead of maps.
More people write emails than letters.
Cell phones are replacing the need for a traditional phone,
and DVDs and DVRs have made VCRs obsolete.
When reliable, convenient alternatives appear, consumers make the change to better tools. We've seen a similar evolution in the dive industry.
PADI has just launched a dive computer option for the Open Water course. Students who choose this computer option may use a dive computer instead of a table or eRDP during their Open Water course.
(from the 3rd Quarter 2009 Undersea Journal)
 A new training option for the PADI Open Water Diver course allows you to teach dive computer use instead of RDP use ...you've probably been teaching your entry-level divers to use their RDP's to plan dives and act as backup to the dive computers the actually use on their dives. You can continue to do this - teach both RDP and computer use - or you can teach computer use only.
Whichever option you choose, student divers will continue to learn the basics of decompression theory, the importance of dive planning to keep nitrogen levels within acceptable limits, and how to monitor depth, bottom time and surface intervals as they always have by using the PADI Open Water Diver Manual, Multimedia, or PADI eLearning.
New and Updated Products for Open Water
Dive Computer option
New Products: available now
 60335 - Open Water Computer Diving crewpak
Includes: How to Use and Choose Dive Computers book, Open Water manual, student record file and blue logbook.
This crewpak is similar to 60300 and 60067 but with no table/eRDP and the computer book instead.
MSRP: $67.90
60347 Open Water Computer Diving crewpak
with multimedia DVD-ROM
Includes same items as 60335 above but with Multimedia DVD-ROM in lieu of Open Water Manual. Also includes How to Use and Choose Dive Computers book (included in crewpak).
This crewpak is the same as 60316 and 60328 but without the table or eRDP and a computer book instead.
MSRP: $91.40
Dive Simulator
The Dive Simulator is an electronic product the student (and instructor) can download from PADI. It's essentially a generic dive computer for training purposes only. Access information is included with the How to Use and Choose... book (page 17).
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Updated Products: Release Dates TBA
71023 - Open Water Quiz and Exam Booklet
The OW Quizzes and Exams will be revised in our next printing to incorporate a computer option. Stay tuned to padiinstructorinfo.com to find out when this product becomes available.
In the meantime….
An errata for the OW exams is on the PADI Pros’ Site home page.
Knowledge Reviews: included in new crewpak
Computer students complete knowledge reviews 1-3 from the regular OW manual.
For knowledge reviews 4 & 5, computer students use a special version found in their How to Use and Choose Dive Computers book. Knowledge review answers are on the PADI Pros site..
Open Water Prescriptive Lesson Guides
We are currently revising the Open Water PLGs. A new version will be released in (we estimate) late September / early October.
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Not Updated:
The PADI Open Water Manual, Multimedia DVD-ROM and Open Water DVD remain the same.
Computer students will use these products in the same way as traditional learners. The only exception is: computer users have a special version of knowledge reviews 4 & 5 in their How to Use and Choose Dive Computers booklet.
Please read the 3rd Quarter 2009 Training Bulletin for more information on teaching this new option. We will not release a revised version of the Open Water Instructor Guide in 2009.
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PADI will continue to support an RDP table for both Open Water and Enriched Air. For instructors who prefer teaching with the eRDPML, all of our current eRDPML products will also remain available.
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PADI Public Safety Diver Instructor Requirements |
Announced earlier this summer, the PADI Public Safety Diving Specialty has been generating a TON of calls and questions. While I still don't have any info on when this program will launch, I got the list of instructor pre-req's. to tide you over.
I've heard the instructor guide is being finalized and I expect we'll have the materials on or before DEMA time.
Instructor Pre-requisites
1. Master Scuba Diver Trainer Instructor, or higher
2. Full Face Mask Distinctive Instructor Certification
3. Dry Suit Instructor Certification
4. Any three of the following PADI Instructor ratings:
a. Search and Recovery
b. Night Diver
c. Limited Visibility
d. Emergency Oxygen Provider
e. Underwater Navigation
5. Current EFR Instructor or qualifying equivalent
6. Current Medical
7. Proof of related profession – Police, Fire, Paramedic, Dive Team Member etc.
8. Minimum 1 year PSD experience
9. 20 missions or 10 missions and 10 PSD certs.
10. ICS (Incident Command System) training Level II (200). It is free and available online through FEMA website (NIMS – National Incident Management System). You can simply send a copy of your diploma.
http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is100a.asp
http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is200a.asp
Course Materials: (release date TBA)
1. Public Safety Diver Instructor Guide
2. Lesson Guides
3. Specialized forms and Checklists for use during class and diving operations in the field.
Diver Prerequisites:
1. PADI Advanced and Rescue Diver or qualifying equivalent certification;
2. 18 years old;
3. Proof of affiliation/employment with a public safety team
4. Any ancillary courses necessary to carry out public safety diving in the local area (dry suit, full face mask, etc.)
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New Product for Teaching the Dive Computer Option in Open Water |
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Updated Advanced Open Water Crewpak Now Shipping |
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Alternative Student Kit Includes More Required Materials
In response to member feedback, we have a new Adventures in Diving crewpak which includes a surface marker buoy (aka safety sausage) and a whistle in lieu of the Nav-Finder.
Why the new signaling devices?
PADI Standards require Adventures in Diving / AOW students carry an audible signaling device throughout their training, and visual signaling devices are recommended for divers of all levels.
Is PADI Getting Rid of the Nav-Finder?
The Nav-Finder remains a useful tool for many instructors and student divers. That said, putting safety equipment in the hands of divers is of primary importance. The Nav-Finder remains available as part of the Underwater Navigator crewpak (60023) and as an ala carte item (60051).
The Adventures in Diving crewpak with Nav-Finder (60325, and 60307) will be available until the end of 2009 or until our supply is exhausted.
Why Use a Crewpak Instead of Book & Table?
The new crewpak offers several advantages for retailers:
- Both student and retailer save money buying required materials as a package
- Safety equipment becomes a permanent addition to student's gear which they may replace or upgrade
- Increased awareness of signaling devices can drive sales of signaling devices to other divers.
The new Adventures in Diving crewpak is available in two formats: a book version and a multimedia CD-ROM version. Both ship in a water-resistant zippered pouch and include the student workslate, surface marker buoy (SMB)and whistle.
Product Info
60329 Adventures in Diving Crew-Pak w/SMB & Whistle
MSRP: $73.60
60331 Adventures in Diving Multimedia Crew-Pak w/SMB & Whistle
MSRP: $89.80
The Adventures in Diving program is offered online as an eLearning course. Student cost is $120. Read more about AOW online.
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PADI Scuba Tune-Up Guidebook Now Shipping |
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Newly-Revised Product Available Now
This newly-revised Scuba Tune-Up Guidebook (rev 08/09) allows your student to quickly and effectively review scuba diving fundamentals.
The self-directed learning format has been preserved in the new version - but the layout has been simplified. Each quick quiz assessment covers a different area of dive theory. safety, problem management, etc. Correct answers allow the student to finish the book quickly.
Incorrect answers direct students to an explanation of the concept. For example, a student who cannot answer, "What are the five steps in a pre-dive safety check?" will be directed to read a section on the steps of BWRAF and the importance of each.
The new version includes:
* an expanded discussion of computer diving
* eRDPML use
* and an optional review section for diving with Enriched Air Nitrox
MSRP: $20
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