Dive Training Agencies
- BSAC - British Sub Aqua Club - A sports
diver training agency, teaching via the club principle, with more than 400
schools and 55,000 members in over 50 countries.
- Canadian Diving Group - Commercial
diver training organization and partnered with colleges, government, and
international companies. CDG offers commercial diver training, consultancy, and
R and D.
- CMAS - Confederation Mondiale des
Activities Subaquatiques - The World Underwater Federation. One of the
oldest dive organisations in the world, and one that serves to coordinate
standards among water sports and activities.
- Dive Rescue International -
Training agency specializing in aquatic rescue, recovery and investigative
training for law enforcement, fire rescue, and other public safety SCUBA teams.
- IANTD - International Association
of Nitrox and Technical Divers - Enriched Air, Cave, Wreck, Rebreather,
Trimix, Gas Blenders, Technical Scuba Divers, Instructors and Instructor
Trainers.
- Independent Association of Diving
Instructors - Serves to provide an open listings to many recreational dive
training instructors.
- NAPSD - National Association of Public Safety
Divers - A non-profit training organization with programs taught through an
education network for the water recovery professional.
- NASDS - The National Association of Scuba
Diving Schools - A certification agency that requires their instructors to
be associated with a Retail Dive Store Facility and strives to ensure strict
teaching standards.
- NASE Worldwide - National Academy of
Scuba Educators - A certifying agency which follows the philosophy that the
actual job of teaching students lies in the hands of the instructor, not the
training agency. Instructors teach each course in the manner that best
accomplishes competent training and produces safe divers.
- NAUI - National Association of Underwater
Instructors - In the forefront of the fight to make scuba divers more aware
of the need for quality diving education and increased safety.
- PADI - Professional Association of Diving
Instructors - The largest and most recognized diving organization around the
world with courses ranging from Snorkeling to Course Director.
- PDIC - Professional Diving Instructors
Corporation - An international training and certification agency with
instructors and training facilities located worldwide.
- Portuguese Federation for
Underwater Activities - FPAS contacts and information.
- PSA - Professional Scuba
Association - An organization that offers certification for various extended
range, mixed gas and other technical Diver Courses.
- SAA - The Sub-Aqua Association - A club
system to train people to dive and get the most out of the underwater world -We
aim to provide news, information, entertainment about all aspects of the scuba
diving industry.
- SCUBA Instruction for Canada
and the United Kingdom - Information about the training offered by The World
Association of SCUBA Instructors (WASI) and the National Association of SCUBA
Educators (NASE).
- SSAC - Scottish Sub Aqua Club - The
Governing Body for the sport of scuba diving in Scotland. Established in 1953
and proud holder of one of the best safety records in amateur diving.
- SSI - Scuba Schools International - As
one of the fastest growing training organization in the industry, SSI has gained
acceptance across the world with levels of training from your very first
snorkeling experience all the way through Master Instructor.
- YMCA SCUBA - The history of national
dive training in the United States began with the development of the YMCA SCUBA
Program. Throughout the history of sport diving, the YMCA has maintained
unsurpassed standards.
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