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Educational Standards

All PADI programs, entry-level through scuba instructor training, fall under strict educational standards monitored for worldwide consistency and quality. PADI takes a proactive approach to quality management and randomly surveys PADI Divers to confirm that their courses met PADI’s high standards as well as the divers’ expectations. No other diver training organization works to maintain this level of professional reliability and integrity. PADI’s commitment to a quality assurance process helps continually improve customer satisfaction.

  • Professional Quality
Just as scuba divers must earn PADI certifications, PADI Scuba Instructors must complete a development program that sets the industry standard for scuba instructor training. Each new PADI Scuba Instructor demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the PADI System and the ability to conduct PADI programs by meeting specific criteria. Before earning the PADI Scuba Instructor rating, all candidates are evaluated by a select group of PADI-employed Instructor Examiners. This ensures that the evaluation process is objective, fair and consistent worldwide. This is just one of the ways PADI training stands above others in the industry.
  • Continued Adventures with the Scuba Diving Lifestyle
Your underwater adventures begin in your entry-level course and grow as you explore new dive sites, use new scuba gear and try different types of diving, like night diving or wreck diving. Providing the education, equipment and experiences you want and need, your PADI Dive Shop or Resort supports your diving and helps you truly live the scuba diving lifestyle.

 

  • PADI Scuba Courses

You can tap into more than 25 specialty diver courses that allow you to focus on your areas of interest. You can progress up through PADI Rescue Diver on to PADI Divemaster and put your scuba skills to use assisting other divers, or aim for the elite PADI Master Scuba Diver level – diving’s ultimate non professional level scuba diver rating. The PADI System of diver education allows you to continue your dive education for a lifetime – even after you become a PADI Scuba Instructor – a vocation or avocation that provides a fulfillment few careers can match.

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