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In This Issue. . . Training Bulletin Required Reading ining TTrainingra BULLETIN A Training and Education Update for PADI Members Worldwide FIRST QUARTER 2012 Product No. 01220 In This Issue. PADI Open Water Diver Course Quick Review Options 2 Divemaster Revisions – European Languages 2 New AWARE Shark Conservation Diver Distinctive Specialty 3 Frequently Asked Questions 4 PADI Tec Sidemount Diver Course Launched 5 New Safe Diving Practices Form for Technical Diving 6 Rebreather Register 7 Rebreather Introduction 7 Newly Revised CPR & AED Course has Global Application 8 Primary and Secondary Care Exam Changes 8 Training Bulletin Required Reading This update is the primary training communication from your PADI Regional Headquarters to you. It announces PADI training standards and procedures changes and their implementation date. Your PADI Membership commitment requires you to keep abreast of PADI standards by reviewing and putting into practice the information in this quarterly update. The Training Bulletin is published quarterly by PADI, Professional Association of Diving Instructors 30151 Tomas, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 USA +1 949 858 7234 © PADI 2011 All rights reserved Training Bulletin – First Quarter 2012 Page 1 Training PADI Open Water Diver Course Quick Review Options Student divers who complete PADI Open Water Diver Online learn how to use the Recreational Dive Planner (RDP Table or eRDPML) in addition to completing the computer-based dive planning section. Whether your dive center teaches com- puter-based dive planning or RDP use, eLearners are prepared for both possibilities. Until now, all Open Water Diver Course Online students had to complete the entire Quick Review, which covers both RDP and computer-based dive planning questions. Effective immediately, you can direct your Open Water Diver Online students to com- plete only those questions on the Quick Review that relate to the type of dive planning taught at your dive center. For example, if you teach the RDP, then have student divers complete questions 1 – 18. If you teach only computer-based dive planning, have the student divers complete questions 1-15 and 19-25. You continue to have the option of having your eLearners complete all 25 Quick Review questions. Divemaster Revisions – European Languages When the PADI Divemaster course was revised last year, an implementation date of 1 July 2011 was set for those using the English language version of the course material. Now that the revised materi- als are available in Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish, you can begin teaching the revised course as soon as you receive them. Required implementation of the material in these fi ve languages is 1 October 2012. Page 2 Training Bulletin – First Quarter 2012 Project AWARE New AWARE Shark Conservation Diver Distinctive Specialty The new AWARE Shark Conservation Diver AWARE Shark Conservation Diver distinctive Distinctive Specialty course is a tool you can use specialty rating, which credits toward Master Scuba to engage both divers and nondivers in protecting Diver. There are no prerequisites for the course un- vulnerable shark species. This course helps sup- less dives are included, in which case the diver must port Project AWARE’s focus on improved shark be a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or higher fi sheries management at national and international and at least age 12. levels while building community backing for shark Dives for the specialty certifi cation focus on conservation through online tools, education, and recognition of dive site features that may harm training. sharks and their environment, and to recognize The AWARE Shark Conservation Diver Dis- what has the potential to reduce negative effects on tinctive Specialty course applies to a broad range of sharks. Use the Guide to Impacts on Sharks found in audiences and educates students about: the Instructor Guide appendix to help deliver the • the value of sharks to marine ecosystems and training dive objectives.When sharks are seen, div- economies ers identify and list the conservation status of each • major threats pushing many shark species species; however, seeing sharks on the dives is not a close to extinction course requirement. • what is missing in current shark fi sheries You can download instructor materials, the study management guide and the program participation certifi cate from • misperceptions about sharks projectaware.org/category/resource-zone/sharks. In • how they can help protect sharks. addition to a certifi cation card, you can also award divers with the AWARE Specialty Course Certifi cate Course materials include the AWARE Shark Con- of Completion (Product No. 40098). servation Diver Instructor Guide, Study Guide and To become an AWARE Shark Conservation Div- Lesson Guides. You can teach the course via inde- er Distinctive Specialty Instructor, take a specialty pendent study (using the study guide), or through instructor training course from a PADI Course instructor-led presentations using the lesson guides. Director, or apply directly to your PADI Regional There is a section for you to teach about the con- Headquarters using method 2. There is no logged servation status of sharks found in your area, or, shark dive requirement. All instructor application choose to cover sharks of particular interest if no fees are donated to Project AWARE. sharks are found locally. Those who complete all knowledge develop- Errata: ment can earn an AWARE Shark Conservation Please note these corrections to the Program Participation Certifi cate. Divers who AWARE Shark Conservation Diver Specialty complete the two open water dives receive the Instructor Guide. Under Instructor Prerequisites: PADI Instruc- tors may apply for the AWARE Shark Conser- vation Diver Distinctive Specialty Instructor rating after completing a Specialty Instructor Training course with a PADI Course Direc- tor, or by providing proof of experience and applying directly to a PADI Regional Head- quarters, no logged dives or other History of Experience is required. In Knowledge Review, Question 10: Name at least fi ve sharks found in your local area (or those sharks introduced to you by your instructor) and list their conservation status. Training Bulletin – First Quarter 2012 Page 3 Frequently Asked Questions Q. What are the supervisory requirements for Members must ensure that student dives and Discover Scuba Diving additional dives? leadership-level course candidates have, in their A. While an instructor must directly supervise possession, a personal set of current materials the initial open water dive, participants can for study and use during the course and for make additional open water dives under the reference afterward.” PADI student materials supervision of either an instructor (maximum are required for PADI core courses, leadership- ratio 4:1) or, under the supervision of a certi- level courses as well as several specialties, such fi ed assistant (maximum ratio 2:1) while the as Enriched Air Diver, Digital Underwater instructor indirectly supervises. Keep in mind Photographer, Emergency Oxygen Provider, that these supervisory requirements apply to all Rebreather Diver courses, National Geographic Discover Scuba Diving open water dives: Diver. There are no exceptions to the required • Do not leave participants unattended, either at materials standards, even when family and the surface or underwater. friends take the course together. • Position yourself so that you or a certifi ed as- Q. Provided I meet the other PADI Self-Reliant sistant can make immediate physical contact Diver Instructor requirements, does my with, adjust buoyancy for and render assistance public safety diver certifi cation qualify to to, participants. meet the PADI Self-Reliant Diver or PADI • Continually observe participants with only the TecRec Diver certifi cation requirement? brief, periodic interruptions needed to lead the A. Yes. In this case, the 20 logged self-reliant dive dive and to provide assistance to individual requirement (see below) could be public safety divers. dives. These dives can be either actual call outs • Do not engage in any other activities, such as or simulated training exercises with your public taking photographs or video, while supervising safety diver team. Because public safety divers particpants. are trained using redundant systems, such as You must also take into account changing pony bottles, and dive in hazardous situations variables and reassess your ability to directly su- without a buddy in the water, this meets the pervise and closely observe participants during intent of having a PADI Self-Reliant Diver or a additional dives, and, if needed, reduce ratios. PADI TecRec diver-level certifi cation. PADI Self-Reliant Diver Specialty Instructor Q: Why are training materials required for requirements: every student taking a PADI Open Water Diver course? • PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor • 25 divers certifi ed A: There are several reasons, for example: when • PADI Self-Reliant Diver or PADI TecRec student divers have their own course materials, Diver certifi cation; or qualifying certifi cation it allows and encourages them to make person- • 20 logged self-reliant dives (dives using redun- al notes in the materials, which assists learning dant equipment and following techniques of and retention; it allows them to effectively self-reliance) complete the quick quizzes and knowledge reviews in the manuals – a key learning step Q. Does the EFR CPR & AED Course satisfy in PADI’s educational system; it ensures that the CPR and fi rst aid training prerequisite the materials
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