Thanks in advance for participating.
Please contact PADI Americas Market Research Executive, Cheryl Gilmore cheryl.gilmore@padi.com for any survey-related questions.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Undersea Journal Reader Survey
Thanks in advance for participating.
Please contact PADI Americas Market Research Executive, Cheryl Gilmore cheryl.gilmore@padi.com for any survey-related questions.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
YENİ Open Water Diver DVD Turkish
PADI’de sürekli değişiklikler yapıyoruz ve sizin de ürün katalogumuzdaki son değişiklikleri bilmek isteyeceğinizi düşündük.
Daha fazla bilgi için PADI satış temsilciniz ile iletişim kurunuz veya online olarak kolayca http://www.padi.com/my-padi/ sitesinden Shop Online butonunu tıklayınız.
Ürün Open Water Diver DVD Turkish
Ürün Numarası 70831T
Satış:
T (+44) 117 300 7322
E sales at padi.co.uk
Things are always changing here at PADI and we thought you’d like to know about the latest changes to our product catalogue.
Call your PADI sales representative for more information or order online – simply log in at http://www.padi.com/my-padi/ and click Shop Online.
Daha fazla bilgi için PADI satış temsilciniz ile iletişim kurunuz veya online olarak kolayca http://www.padi.com/my-padi/ sitesinden Shop Online butonunu tıklayınız.
Ürün Numarası 70831T
Satış:
T (+44) 117 300 7322
E sales at padi.co.uk
Things are always changing here at PADI and we thought you’d like to know about the latest changes to our product catalogue.
Call your PADI sales representative for more information or order online – simply log in at http://www.padi.com/my-padi/ and click Shop Online.
PADI Marketing Suite 2010
View your Marketing Toolbox at any time – simply log in to the PADI Pros' Site.
Click on the 'Toolbox' menu and select 'Marketing'.
The site is dynamic and updated frequently so keep checking back for new and updated information.
Changes to PADI DSD
As you are no doubt aware, there have been a few changes to the Discover Scuba Diving (DSD) course during the last year or so. It is important to understand how to run the new program whilst ensuring that customers enjoy the experience and dive centre scheduling isn’t affected. The suggestions below will help you achieve this but please refer to the instructor guide for the full outline. If you haven’t got it yet, the 2010 Instructor Manual is free to download from the new PADI Pros’ site www.padi.com/my-padi/ .
What has changed?
In the 1st Quarter 2009:
Inflate and deflate a BCD at the surface became a mandatory skill for all DSDs
Rationale: although the instructor or DSD Leader is responsible for controlling participant’s buoyancy underwater having participants practice BCD inflation and deflation at the surface gives them experience of inflating the BCD themselves should they need to secure buoyancy on the surface.
In the 4th Quarter 2009:
Added: When the Discover Scuba Diving experience is conducted in confined open water:
• Skill performance requirements are conducted in shallow water before moving to water too deep in which to stand;
• You may not engage in any other activities, such as taking photographs or video, while supervising participants.
Rationale: Provides additional preparation and heightened supervision for participants in confined open water.
Added: Have participants complete and sign the Discover Scuba Diving Knowledge and Safety Review.
Rationale: Helps to ensure participants understand and accept basic dive safety principles.
NOTE: This review is located in the revised Discover Scuba Diving brochure.
Why have PADI made these changes?
Discover Scuba Diving participants have the least experience and least training of all our course participants. The goal of the DSD is to introduce them to the underwater world in a safe and enjoyable format. The new standards check student understanding of basic dive safety and ensure increased participant skill at pool and confined open water level. Increased knowledge and ability increases legal protection for you and gives your students greater confidence which leads to greater enjoyment and an increased likelihood of them continuing diving.
How can we implement the new DSD?
DON’T PANIC – you already do most of this anyway :-)
Have students complete the pre-course paperwork in the DSD brochure as usual. The briefing can be done either at the dive centre or at the dive site. Just follow the DSD flip chart or cue card and explain the basic dive safety principles to them and how they will be applied to the DSD they are doing. Then ask the students to complete the Knowledge Review - it takes just a couple of minutes and serves to address any misunderstandings prior to getting in the water.
OK – so now you may be wondering how you get through all these extra skills? Have a quick look down the list below:
Have participants practice the following skills in shallow water:
Exception: Only BCD inflation/deflation required for pool-only experience.
• Breathing underwater
• Regulator clearing
• Regulator recovery
• Mask clearing
• Equalization techniques
• Inflate and deflate a BCD at the surface
The skills in red are something that divers do as part of any dive – you probably do all these skills on every DSD without even thinking about them as skills! Don’t forget you have already covered the theory during the briefing.
So that leaves three additional skills. They do not need to be mastered, only practised. Try not to think about them in terms of teaching an Open Water Diver course but rather as an introduction to the skill. You will have explained how these skills are done during the briefing so you can demonstrate each skill underwater and get participants to practice. Note that the mask clearing does not say that they need to have a specific amount of water in their mask so you can just get them to practice the technique for clearing their masks of any water that seeps in during the dive.
These skills must be practiced before taking divers into water to deep to stand up in. It’s up to you to use your professional judgement to then determine whether they are comfortable enough to move into deeper water. Don’t forget that if the experience is a pool only experience, the only skill the students need to practise is inflate / deflate BCD at the surface. Remember that all these skills can be conducted by a DSD leader or above if the student does not intend to progress to full open water.
The great news is that DSDs who complete the skills with an instructor in a pool/confined open water can then go on to the DSD open water dive with an instructor. Why not sign them up for the pool/confined open water DSD and if they enjoy themselves you can sell them not only the DSD open water dive but also add on supervised dives for the rest of their holiday! Don’t forget if you do the confined open water option somewhere where there is also access to open water they don’t even need to get out of the water, the instructor can take excited students for an open water dive straight away. Lastly, if you are located in a resort and the student does not have the time to continue to the PADI Scuba Diver or PADI Open Water Diver courses at that moment, don't forget to promote eLearning via the Scuba Connect programme.
I’ve still got questions – who can I ask?
You can also email/call our Training Department on training@padi.co.uk or 0117 300 7324. Your Regional Manager, Immi Wallin, immi.wallin@padi.co.uk, +358 400 426621, is also always on hand to answer questions or pass them on to the relevant person.
What has changed?
In the 1st Quarter 2009:
Inflate and deflate a BCD at the surface became a mandatory skill for all DSDs
Rationale: although the instructor or DSD Leader is responsible for controlling participant’s buoyancy underwater having participants practice BCD inflation and deflation at the surface gives them experience of inflating the BCD themselves should they need to secure buoyancy on the surface.
In the 4th Quarter 2009:
Added: When the Discover Scuba Diving experience is conducted in confined open water:
• Skill performance requirements are conducted in shallow water before moving to water too deep in which to stand;
• You may not engage in any other activities, such as taking photographs or video, while supervising participants.
Rationale: Provides additional preparation and heightened supervision for participants in confined open water.
Added: Have participants complete and sign the Discover Scuba Diving Knowledge and Safety Review.
Rationale: Helps to ensure participants understand and accept basic dive safety principles.
NOTE: This review is located in the revised Discover Scuba Diving brochure.
Why have PADI made these changes?
Discover Scuba Diving participants have the least experience and least training of all our course participants. The goal of the DSD is to introduce them to the underwater world in a safe and enjoyable format. The new standards check student understanding of basic dive safety and ensure increased participant skill at pool and confined open water level. Increased knowledge and ability increases legal protection for you and gives your students greater confidence which leads to greater enjoyment and an increased likelihood of them continuing diving.
How can we implement the new DSD?
DON’T PANIC – you already do most of this anyway :-)
Have students complete the pre-course paperwork in the DSD brochure as usual. The briefing can be done either at the dive centre or at the dive site. Just follow the DSD flip chart or cue card and explain the basic dive safety principles to them and how they will be applied to the DSD they are doing. Then ask the students to complete the Knowledge Review - it takes just a couple of minutes and serves to address any misunderstandings prior to getting in the water.
OK – so now you may be wondering how you get through all these extra skills? Have a quick look down the list below:
Have participants practice the following skills in shallow water:
Exception: Only BCD inflation/deflation required for pool-only experience.
• Breathing underwater
• Regulator clearing
• Regulator recovery
• Mask clearing
• Equalization techniques
• Inflate and deflate a BCD at the surface
The skills in red are something that divers do as part of any dive – you probably do all these skills on every DSD without even thinking about them as skills! Don’t forget you have already covered the theory during the briefing.
So that leaves three additional skills. They do not need to be mastered, only practised. Try not to think about them in terms of teaching an Open Water Diver course but rather as an introduction to the skill. You will have explained how these skills are done during the briefing so you can demonstrate each skill underwater and get participants to practice. Note that the mask clearing does not say that they need to have a specific amount of water in their mask so you can just get them to practice the technique for clearing their masks of any water that seeps in during the dive.
These skills must be practiced before taking divers into water to deep to stand up in. It’s up to you to use your professional judgement to then determine whether they are comfortable enough to move into deeper water. Don’t forget that if the experience is a pool only experience, the only skill the students need to practise is inflate / deflate BCD at the surface. Remember that all these skills can be conducted by a DSD leader or above if the student does not intend to progress to full open water.
The great news is that DSDs who complete the skills with an instructor in a pool/confined open water can then go on to the DSD open water dive with an instructor. Why not sign them up for the pool/confined open water DSD and if they enjoy themselves you can sell them not only the DSD open water dive but also add on supervised dives for the rest of their holiday! Don’t forget if you do the confined open water option somewhere where there is also access to open water they don’t even need to get out of the water, the instructor can take excited students for an open water dive straight away. Lastly, if you are located in a resort and the student does not have the time to continue to the PADI Scuba Diver or PADI Open Water Diver courses at that moment, don't forget to promote eLearning via the Scuba Connect programme.
I’ve still got questions – who can I ask?
You can also email/call our Training Department on training@padi.co.uk or 0117 300 7324. Your Regional Manager, Immi Wallin, immi.wallin@padi.co.uk, +358 400 426621, is also always on hand to answer questions or pass them on to the relevant person.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Visit the New PADI Pro site!
Please feel free to log on to http://www.padimembers.com/
REMEMBER!!
You need to create your New account, the first time you log on to the site, even if you have a profile on the old site, just follow the instructions on the web page. Write down and save the user name and password for your account, so that you can find it later if you happen to forget it.
Navigate around and make yourself familiar with the content.
These are just some of the tools, reference materials, templates and other valuable resources PADI Members can use to maintain their competitive advantage:
Toolbox – From business tutorials to marketing support to the latest in PADI eLearning®, the Toolbox is a virtual portal to educational webinars, customizable marketing collateral, reference materials and more. Plus, there’s also a new Image and Video Gallery that offers web-ready icons, logos, dive lifestyle images and video clips.
My Professional Development -- PADI Members seeking to develop their business acumen and dive education will find career development tools, online courses and webinars, updates and additional resources to help them climb the ladder to success.
Training Essentials –Teaching standards, Training Bulletins, the digital instructor manual, course curriculums, exams, assessments and more – everything needed for training divers of any level – now all reside in one place for quick reference.
Online Services – Dive-Chek®, Pro-Chek™, shop online, PIC Online and PADI eLearning – this is a powerful suite of online services PADI Members can easily and conveniently access at any time.
My Account – PADI Members can manage their member accounts – updating contact information, customizing communication preferences and reviewing membership ratings – in the My Account area. Plus, PADI Retail and Resort Members can access real time reports detailing student counts and certification processes.
The PADI Pros’ Site also features an Event Calendar for posting or viewing the latest dive-related happenings, a Reading Room complete with reference materials, a Classified Advertisement section that includes an employment board and the latest member news and updates.
Check out this powerful online resource and exclusive benefit of PADI Membership today. For more information regarding the PADI Pros’ Site, contact your PADI Regional Manager or Sales Consultant.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
2010 Türkiye Üye Forumları
Üye Forumu bilgileri güncel tutmak, PADI sistemindeki yeniliklerini ve PADI profesyoneli olarak bu yeniliklerden nasıl yararlanabileceğinizi keşfetmek için önemli bir fırsattır. Dalış camiasındaki yenilikleri takip etmek ve diğer PADI profesyonelleriyle tanışmak için de üye forumları en uygun yerdir.
7 Nisan 2010, Saat: 17:00
Marinem Otel Ankara
Bayındır Sokak No: 35 Kızılay, Ankara
10 Nisan 2010, Saat: 17:00
MEDEX, İstanbul Fuar Merkezi, İstanbul
Kayıtlar Forum günü sunumun başlama saatinden önce yaptırılabilir. Forumlara katılım ücretsizdir.
Forumların sunumu Bölge Yöneticisi Immi Wallin tarafından gerçekleştirilecektir.
2010 Member Forums in Turkey
Over the last 12 months PADI and the dive industry has continued to evolve, bringing changes and new opportunities.
The Member Forum provides an ideal opportunity to stay current, explore what is new within the PADI system, and how it can help you to develop as a PADI Professional. It’s also a great place to find out what is new in the marketplace and to meet up with other PADI Pros’.
7 April at 17:00
Marinem Hotel Ankara
Bayindir Sokak NO: 35 Kizilay, Ankara
10 April at 17:00
MEDEX, Istanbul Fuar Merkezi, Istanbul
Registration is on the day at the Forum prior to commencement. There is no charge for attendance at the Forum.
Forums will be conducted by:
Immi Wallin, Regional Manager
Tec Rec Seminerleri
TecRec Teknik Dalgıç Eğitimi
10 Nisan 2010
Saat:12:00 - 13:00
MEDEX İstanbul Fuar Merkezi'nde
Sunumu gerçekleştiren: PADI Bölge Yöneticisi ve Teknik Dalış Danışmanı Immi Wallin
Seminer teknik dalgıç olmakla ilgilenen veya halihazırda teknik dalgıç olan tüm MEDEX fuarı ziyaretçilerine açıktır. Seminerde yeni TecRec dalgıç eğitimi kurslarının tanıtımı yapılacaktır.
TecRec Seminar
Introducing TecRec Technical Diver Training
10th of April
12:00-13:00
at MEDEX Istanbul Fuar Merkezi
Conducted by Immi Wallin, PADI Regional Manager and Technical Diving Consultant
The seminar is open for all MEDEX exhibition visitors who are interested to become technical divers or who already are technical divers. The new TecRec diver training courses are introduced.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Project AWARE'e destek verin
YENİ Project AWARE Kartları
Yeni ve sınırlı sayıda basılan Project AWARE sertifika kartlarına artık sahip olabilirsiniz.
Öğrenci dalgıçlarınız artık sertifika kartlarının 2010 AWARE versiyonuna sahip olabilir veya varolan kartlarını değiştirerek sualtının korunmasına katkıda bulunabilirler. Minimum bağış tutarı olan 5 İngiliz Sterlini karşılığı, her dalgıç deniz kaplumbağalı yeni kartı edinebilir ve bağışlarının tamamının en çok değer verdikleri şey olan sualtı yaşamının korunmasına destek olarak kullanıldığından emin olabilir.
Bir kopyasını indirin
Sınırlı sayıda basılacak Project AWARE kart seçeneklerinin 2010 posterini indirin.
Project AWARE Vakfı'nın sürmekte olduğu koruma çalışmaları ile ilgili detaylı bilgi almak ve doğrudan katkı sağlamak için http://www.projectaware.org/ sitesini ziyaret edebilirsiniz.
NEW Project AWARE Card
The new limited edition AWARE certification card is now available.
Your student divers can now choose the new 2010 AWARE version of their PADI certification card or replace their card and support underwater conservation. For a minimum donation of £5, any diver can sport the new sea turtle card and know 100 percent of their gift supports protection for the environment they love most.
Download a copy
of the Project AWARE Limited Edition Card options poster for 2010
To find out more about Project AWARE Foundation's ongoing conservation efforts and to become directly involved visit http://www.projectaware.org/
Yeni ve sınırlı sayıda basılan Project AWARE sertifika kartlarına artık sahip olabilirsiniz.
Bir kopyasını indirin
Sınırlı sayıda basılacak Project AWARE kart seçeneklerinin 2010 posterini indirin.
Project AWARE Vakfı'nın sürmekte olduğu koruma çalışmaları ile ilgili detaylı bilgi almak ve doğrudan katkı sağlamak için http://www.projectaware.org/ sitesini ziyaret edebilirsiniz.
NEW Project AWARE Card
The new limited edition AWARE certification card is now available.
Your student divers can now choose the new 2010 AWARE version of their PADI certification card or replace their card and support underwater conservation. For a minimum donation of £5, any diver can sport the new sea turtle card and know 100 percent of their gift supports protection for the environment they love most.
Download a copy
of the Project AWARE Limited Edition Card options poster for 2010
To find out more about Project AWARE Foundation's ongoing conservation efforts and to become directly involved visit http://www.projectaware.org/
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