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The Rebreather Training Council is a body representing leading training organisations that offer rebreather training. Presently, ten organisations are members and work together to exchange information and create agreed training standards and operational protocols. In 2017, the RTC published the RTC Recreational Rebreather Diver Level 1 standard, now, the RTC has also published the RTC …
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Guest article by PADI Regional Manager Chris Hailey Back in 2010 I was backpacking south east asia being a travelling bum. I used to live on pot noodles, street food and sleep in the cheapest accomodation money could buy just so I could conserve money to pay for my addiction… SCUBA diving!!!! After 4 weeks …
Written by Bob Wilson Recently, I completed teaching a PADI Tec Deep Diver course. This took place in a classroom, a pool, a lake known as Dutch Springs Pennsylvania, and the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New Jersey. I had the pleasure of working with PADI Tec Deep Diver candidates Leo Marando and Neil …
Are you a PADI TecRec Instructor or Instructor Trainer in Asia Pacific? Stay up to date with the latest material and standard changes by attending the PADI TecRec Instructor and Instructor Trainer Update this coming Monday 16th July, 2018. Hosted by Technical Diving Consultants Junya Kato and Don McFadden, the webinar will cover not only …
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PADI recently introduced a route for tec instructors to become TecRec Instructor Trainers without also having to be a PADI Course Director and ran our first course this month at EMEA HQ in Bristol, UK! This allows for two different routes to become a Tec Deep Instructor Trainer (the first level of TecRec IT) both requiring …
There is no question that technical diving opens up a whole new underwater world to divers. With so much of our planet covered in water it is no surprise earth is teeming with incredible diving only accessible to technical divers. From deep ocean walls to sunken shipwrecks to stunning caves and famous blue holes. There …
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