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ACUC - American and Canadian
Underwater Certifications, Inc. is a worldwide
diver training organization originally formed as the
Association of Canadian Underwater Councils. |
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DAN - Divers Alert Network
is an international nonprofit diving safety organization
and assists in the treatment of underwater diving
accidents plus provides member Instructor's with oxygen
training. |
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IANTD - International Association
of Nitrox and Technical Divers, Inc. founded
in 1985, is the first diving instructor certification
agency to train Enriched Air Nitrox (EANx). In 1991
IANTD extended its range of certification to Deep
Air and all breathing gases other than air. |
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NAUI - National Association
of Underwater Instructors was formed in 1960
for trained underwater educators. NAUI has grown to
become the world’s largest democratic underwater
educational association. The Institute at Hall’s
is an officially sanctioned “Professional Development
Center” for NAUI.
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NSC - National Safety Council
was chartered by an act of Congress in 1953.
The National Safety First Aid Institute provides up-to-date
training and materials in the art of first aid and
basic life support (CPR). |
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PADI - Professional Association
of Diving Instructors is the world’s
largest diver training organization. PADI training
is handled through specially selected employees of
the Institute. |
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SDI – Scuba Diving International
grew out of a sister company TDI –
Technical Diving International. SDI Instructors reflect
a new, fresh, innovative approach to diver training. |
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TDI - Technical Diving International
is a training and diver and instructor certification
agency specializing in programs beyond the traditional
boundaries of recreational diving. |
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YMCA – Young Men’s
Christian Association Over 40 years since
inception, YMCA SCUBA provides the highest level of
community-oriented education for divers and instructors.
(Over 2400 YMCAs in United States) |
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Universal Referral Program
Instructor is five U.S. based diver training
agencies—IDEA, PDIC, NAUI, SSI and YMCA - who
agreed to work together with a open water training
referral program |
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IDEA - International Diving
Educators Association was originally established
in 1952 as part of the FSDA - Florida Skin Divers
Association. FSDA was and still is a large group of
politically active dive clubs. FSDA was changed to
IDEA in 1978. IDEA is represented in over 30 different
countries.
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PDIC - Professional Diving Instructors Corporation
is an international SCUBA training and certification
agency founded in the 1960s. PDIC offers diver training
from the open water level to instructor. |
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SSI - Scuba Schools International has
been serving divers for over 28 years. It continues
to be one of the fastest growing and innovative diver,
instructor and business training agencies in the diving
industry. |
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