Professional Diving Instructors Corporation
| Professional Diving Instructors Corporation | |
|---|---|
| sport | Diving |
| Founded | 1969 |
| president | Tom Leaird |
| Association headquarters | Largo, Florida, USA |
| Homepage | https://www.scubaeducators.org/ |
Professional Diving Instructors Corporation (PDIC International) is an international diving organization based in Largo, Florida . It was founded in 1969 in Montenrey, California, USA to create uniform standards for instructor training.
history
Ed and Ruth Brawley founded the then “Professional Diving Instructors College” in 1969 as the first school for diving instructors in the USA. In the early 80s PDIC was taken over by the Murphy family who changed the name to "Professional Diving Instructors Corporation". They expanded internationally and led the association for 2 generations.
In 2011, PDIC was bought by Tom Leaird, who in 2008 had already co-founded SEI Diving ("Scuba Educators International"), a diving association that emerged from the YMCA diving program. Since 2020 PDIC and SEI Diving have been operating under the name "SCUBA Educators". The company headquarters was relocated to Florida.
In 2019, PDIC trained divers in 24 countries.
International cooperation
PDIC Intl is a founding member of the RSTC US , which, as part of the WRSTC ("World Recreational Scuba Training Council") as an organization for uniform standards in diving training, develops guidelines with a large number of international diving associations.
Tom Leaird became chairman of the RSTC US in 2017 and PDIC has also been issuing CMAS certificates in the USA since 2017 .
SEI has extensive ISO certifications for training.
education
Diver
- Snorkeling for families
- I tried Scuba Scuba Introduction
- OPEN WATER DIVER (Autonomous Diver)
- Diver Refreshed
- ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER Level 2
- ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER Level 3
- DRAM RESCUE DIVER
- MASTER DIVER
Specialty courses
- Dry suit diver
- Equipment Services
- Nitrox Diver
- Night diver
- Coral Reef Ecology
- Crime Scene Investigation Diver
- Ice Diver
- Underwater Hunter
- Underwater navigation
- Search and Recovery Diver
- Deep Diver 40m
Professional courses
- Dive supervisor
- Assistant instructor
- Instructor
- Instructor crossover
- Instructor trainer
- Course Director
Individual evidence
- ^ History. Retrieved May 15, 2020 (American English).
- ^ History. Accessed November 1, 2019 .
- ↑ United States Council. Retrieved November 1, 2019 (American English).
- ^ World Recreational Scuba Training Council. Retrieved November 1, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ SEI and PDIC both are RSTC Members and approved CMAS Issuers with Exciting News on Upcoming Expansions and Developments. In: DiveNewswire. October 26, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ SEI Diving & PDIC International Europe, Mexico, Switzerland. - Documenti pubblici - Documenti pubblici. Retrieved November 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Open Water Courses. Accessed November 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Specialty Courses. Accessed November 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Leadership Courses. Accessed November 10, 2019 .