Training
We at MarineDomain Diving are here to offer you the best and most enjoyable scuba diving courses that we can. The courses are held in small groups so that you get the individual attention that you require to make a proficient and safe scuba diver.
WHAT MARINEDOMAIN DIVING SUPPLY:
1. Use of Full Scuba kit during your course. (That's a tank, regulator and buoyancy jacket)
2. Use of Weight belts during your course.
3. Internationally recognised Scuba Diving license.
4. 2 Passport photos of yourself
5. We have a limited number of 5mm wetsuits. If one fits it's your to use free during the course.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUPPLY
1. A Scuba Diving Medical from a doctor.
PADI® Discover Scuba Diving
When you discover scuba diving, you discover excitement and adventure - freedom and serenity. Nothing compares to the "weightless" exhilaration of breathing underwater. Only a diver knows the feeling!
The PADI® Discover Scuba Diving programme lets you experience the thrill of diving under the supervision of a Instructor in ideal conditions, such as those found at a resort. During your adventure, you'll master some basic concepts and scuba skills before heading off on an open water dive.
Your open water dive takes you as deep as 12 metres. The Discover Scuba Diving experience is a great way to get a head start on your PADI® Scuba Diver or PADI® Open Water Diver certification. That's because the skills you complete during your adventure may credit these certification levels, so you can continue where you left off.
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PADI® Scuba Diver
Thinking of getting certified for an upcoming vacation, but don't have the time to put into a regular diver course? Now there's a quick and easy programme designed especially for you! This is your chance to slap on some fins, strap on a mask and experience an intense adventure in a short amount of time. The PADI® Scuba Diver programme is a pre-entry level certification that is perfect for vacationers or people who only plan to dive a couple times a year.
As a subprogramme of the PADI® Open Water Diver programme, the PADI® Scuba Diver rating allows you to get certified quickly and easily by minimising time constraints. With the PADI® Scuba Diver certification you can dive under the direct supervision of a PADI® professional on your next vacation or dive trip. This programme is a wonderful opportunity to explore the underwater world with the comfort and safety of having an experienced guide with you at all times.
The knowledge and skills you learn in this programme are just the beginning of an exciting array of courses and programmes that await you. During the course you will use the PADI® Open Water Diver Manual and Video. Credit earned in this programme can be used toward the PADI® Open Water Diver certification. The PADI® Open Water Diver course uses the same materials as the Scuba Diver course, so already you are on your way to continuing further dive adventures.
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PADI® Open Water Course
The PADI® Open Water Course provides the student with internationally accepted certification to dive to depths of up to 18 metres. The courses comprises of lectures with audio/visual aids, pool sessions and at least 4 ocean dives. A qualified instructor will take you through the theory and teach you underwater skills.
You will need to be able to swim 200m and then tread water for 10 minutes as part of the physical requirements to complete the course.
Everyone attending a dive course will also need to present a current diving medical to Australian Standard 4005. 1 . This is a relatively simple examination that many GP's perform or you may prefer one specialising in diving medicals. As a guide, fees may range between AUS$40 and AUS$150 so it pays to check first.
The minimum age for enrollment is 10 years with a limit of no more than 2 children under age 12 in the course; there is no maximum age.
Upon successful completion of the course, you will be awarded the lifetime, worldwide PADI® Open Water Diver certification!
CLASSROOM THEORY
Before getting into Scuba, we need to teach you some theory about diving. The theory of Scuba Diving is explained in the 'Go Dive' book and video. This new knowledge will help you understand about Scuba Diving equipment, diving techniques, the marine environment and diving safety procedures. Your instructor will ensure that you fully understand and happily answer any questions you might have before the pool session
SWIMMING POOL TUITION
Before you get to try the real thing in the ocean, we will need to get you comfortable. Here in the pool you'll learn basic Scuba Diving skills including, neutral buoyancy, equipment handling, swimming techniques and underwater emergency procedures over 4 pool sessions. This excellent controlled environment allows you to stop, stand up and confer with your instructor while you practice until you are completely ready for your first ocean experience.
OCEAN DIVES
Your final step, off to the ocean and the chance to utilise your newly acquired skills. Over the final days of your course you will complete 4-5 ocean dives and have the opportunity to explore the underwater world first hand, all under the watchful eye of your instructor.
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PADI® Advanced Open Water Diver
Maybe the best course we have to offer is the PADI® Advanced Open Water. The Adventures in Diving program fine-tunes your diving skills and allows you to explore a great deal of what diving has to offer.
The Adventures in Diving program offers you a structured program where you gain additional experience and skills under the guidance of a professional. The course is based on 5 Dives, each touching on one of the PADI® specialties, there are over 16 to choose from. The PADI® Advanced Diver Course will give you lots of new skills, heaps of diving and some thrilling sites.
On completing the PADI® Advanced Open Water Diver course you will be awarded the Advanced Certification. This will now allow you to extend your diving depth from the 18meters to 30 meters.
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Emergency First Response
Want to be ready in an emergency? Then this programme is for you!
The Emergency First Response programme covers basic training for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency care. In addition, it's a medically based programme covering primary care, secondary care and treatments following national consensus guidelines.
The programme is designed for divers and non-divers, and also meets the CPR and first aid prerequisite for earning your PADI® Rescue Diver rating.
So if you're seeking CPR/first aid training to meet a diving programme requirement or for personal enhancement, this programme is for you. Find out more here
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PADI® Rescue Diver
How do you take a subject like accident prevention and management and turn it into fun? Call it the PADI® Rescue Diver programme!
The PADI® Rescue Diver programme develops your knowledge and skills so you can effectively perform diver assists and rescues, manage diving accident situations and render first aid. The programme is an important step in expanding your knowledge and experience as a diver.
The PADI® Rescue Diver programme covers:
Self-rescue and diver stress;
Diving first aid;
Swimming and non-swimming assists;
Egress (exits);
Surfacing the unconscious diver;
Underwater problems;
Missing diver procedures;
Panicked diver response;
In-water artificial respiration;
Dive accident scenarios;
First aid procedures for pressure related accidents;
Emergency management and equipment considerations.
To get into the PADI® Rescue Diver programme, you'll need to be certified as an Advanced Open Water Diver. You'll also need to have successfully completed the Emergency First Response programme or a sanctioned programme in CPR within the past 24 months.
After successfully completing the programme, you'll receive the internationally recognised PADI® Rescue Diver certification card.
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PADI® Master Scuba Diver
Reach for the top of your sport -- the diver level unrivalled in the recreational ranks: PADI® Master Scuba Diver.
With this certification in hand, you'll have reached the highest recreational diver accomplished in the PADI® System of diver education.
The PADI® Master Scuba Diver rating denotes superior achievement and proficiency in dive skills, experience and underwater activities. Isn't that what you're all about?
To put yourself on top and reach the PADI® Master Scuba Diver level, you need to complete PADI® Open Water Diver or equivalent, PADI® Advanced Open Water Diver, PADI® Rescue Diver, and any five PADI® Specialty Diver certifications.
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PADI® Divemaster
For those of you looking to join the leaders of the pack, look no further. The PADI® Divemaster programme is your first step leadership level in the PADI® System of diver education. This rating denotes you as a person who:
1. Has a high level of personal diving skill;
2. Has instructor level knowledge of diving theory;
3. Has had significant training in how to assist an instructor during training activities;
4. Is able to assume appropriate responsibilities that benefit the welfare of other
divers.
In other words, you're the cream of the crop and we want you!
As you may know, many PADI® Divemasters go on to become PADI® Instructors. So, the training and experience you gain through the PADI® Divemaster programme helps shape your abilities and attitude toward becoming a professional level diving educator.
As a PADI® Divemaster, you'll be qualified to:
1. Organise, conduct and supervise recreational diving activities, both land and boat based;
2. Assist PADI® Instructors in conducting PADI® Diver programmes.
To qualify for PADI® Divemaster training, you'll need to:
1. Be certified as an PADI® Advanced Open Water Diver;
2. Be certified as a PADI® Rescue Diver;
3. Have logged a minimum of 20 open water dives prior to entry into PADI® Divemaster training, and completed and logged a minimum of 60 open water dives with experience in night, deep and navigation prior to certification as a PADI® Divemaster;
4. Be at least 18 years old.
5. Be in good physical condition for diving and submit a medical exam form signed by a physician.
You'll complete three phases in the PADI® Divemaster programme:
1. Watermanship and skills assessment
Watermanship and stamina
General diving skills
2. Knowledge Development
Diving physics
Diving physiology
Diving skills and environment
Supervising students in training
Dive management and control
Dive planning
Emergency assistance plan for Diving emergencies in the local area
Mapping a local open water site
3. Practical Application
This involves training activities using various structured training sessions, simulated scenarios and internship sessions. These training sessions enable you to gain practical experience as an instructional assistant and a supervisor of open water diving activities, both as a coordinator and as an underwater guide.
As a PADI® Divemaster you'll be able to:
1. Act as certified instructional assistant to PADI® Instructors.
2. Supervise participants in PADI® experience programmes for uncertified divers.
3. Generally supervise both training and no training related diving activities by planning, organising and directing dives.
4. Teach and certify PADI® Skin Divers.
5. Conduct the PADI® Scuba Review program for certified divers.
6. Enrol in PADI® Instructor level training.
Upon successfully completing the PADI® Divemaster programme, you'll receive a certification card and wall certificate denoting this rating. You'll also become a member of PADI® and receive benefits, including the ability to purchase professional liability insurance.
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PADI® Open Water Scuba Instructor (This course is done by Gary through Perth Scuba - www.perthscuba.com)
The PADI® Instructor Development Programme (IDC) prepares you to function as a PADI® Open Water Scuba Instructor. In addition, it further develops your leadership and teaching abilities to the instructor level and prepares you to teach PADI® programmes.
To qualify for the PADI® IDC, you must:
1. Be certified as a PADI® Assistant Instructor or a PADI® Divemaster, or as an instructor with another recreational diver training organisation.
2. Be at least 18 years old.
3. Be fit for diving and submit a medical form signed by a physician.
4. Have been a certified diver for at least 6 months and logged at least 60 open water dives with experience in night, deep and navigation prior to starting the IDC, and have logged at least 100 dives prior to entering the Instructor Examination (IE).
5. Submit proof of CPR training within 24 months.
During the PADI® IDC, you'll learn the PADI® System of diver education, standards and procedures, effective academic teaching presentations, teaching in confined water, conducting open water training dives and additional related topics. You'll learn these topics one of two ways; through the PADI® IDC or the PADI® Instructor Orientation Programme (IOC).
After successful completion of the IDC or IOC, you must successfully complete the PADI® IE. You will be evaluated on; dive theory, academic teaching, confined-water (pool) teaching, open-water teaching and general diving skills and professionalism.
As a PADI® Open Water Scuba Instructor you can conduct the entire range of PADI® experience programmes and PADI® diver programmes, from Open Water Diver through to Divemaster (except for specialties and Emergency First Response).
After successfully completing your PADI® IDC / IOC and IE, you receive a certification card and certificate denoting this rating. You'll also become a member of PADI® and receive benefits, including the ability to purchase professional liability insurance (which may be required to conduct some activities).
An information booklet with more details can be found here
PADI® Deep Diver Specialty
Expand your training and experience to greater depths. Take the challenge and add some depth to your diving adventures! PADI®'s Deep Diver programme offers you the adventure of a lifetime - going deep to see things others only dream about.
The programme includes four open water dives, which are conducted over at least two days. The minimum depth for the deep dives is between 18 to 30 metres, with no dive exceeding 40 metres. All your dives will be conducted within the no-decompression limits. During your programme, you'll cover the knowledge, skills and techniques needed to dive deep. Topics covered include:
" Planning, organisation, procedures, problems and hazards of deep diving;
" Risk factors and decompression-tables review;
" Safety stops and emergency decompression procedures;
" Special equipment, descent lines and buoyancy-control considerations;
" Procedures for flying after diving and high-altitude diving;
" Orientation to recompression chambers.
The core Deep Dive conducted during the Adventures In Diving programme may be counted toward this specialty.
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PADI® Underwater Photography Specialty Diver
Photographs create memories for life that you can share. Capture those special moments! No photo experience required! That's what the programme is for - showing you how to take award winning pictures underwater.
During your PADI® Underwater Photographer programme you'll go on two open water dives, which may be conducted in one day. This is where you'll put in to practice the tips and techniques you learned from your instructor and the PADI® Underwater Photogragher Manual and video.
Your elective Underwater Photography dive conducted during the Adventures In Diving programme may count toward this specialty.
Capture your underwater adventures on film so you can share the thrill of diving with friends and family.
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PADI® Underwater Naturalist
This course includes two open water dives, which will introduce you to different aquatic life and include an overview of responsible human interactions with aquatic life. Some of the topics covered are:
- The planning, organization, procedures, problems and hazards of diving in different aquatic environments.
- A basic overview of major aquatic life groupings.
- Factual information that dispels myths of potentially dangerous aquatic life.
- Responsible human interaction with aquatic life.
- Diving techniques used to help preserve bottom dwelling aquatic life and minimize aquatic life disturbance.
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PADI® Nitrox Diver Courses
The EANx Diver Course teaches the use of enriched air to extend allowable no decompression limits, using up to 40% oxygen. You'll learn the benefits and EANx as well as how to safely handle oxygen rich gas mixes.
Why Nitrox? Three words --- more bottom time. On a 20m dive on air the allowable bottom time is 45 minutes. With a 36% Nitrox mixture the allowable bottom time is 95 minutes, and many divers report less fatigue after diving with Nitrox.
Isn't it time you made the switch to Nitrox?
Note: Contrary to popular opinion, Nitrox is not used for deep diving. Instead, the optimum depth range for Nitrox is from 10m to 34m.
Note: The only equipment that needs modification is your tanks. These must be upgraded for Oxygen service and labeled with a Nitrox label. Once modified, the tanks can be filled with Nitrox.
The minimum age for enrollment is 15 years and you must be a certified diver with a minimum of 10 dives. However, no additional dives are required to complete this course.
The course will train you to safely dive with mixed gas and allow you to dive for longer with less chance of you getting decompression illness. Mixed gas diving has been used by military and commercial divers for many years it is now readily available for recreational divers so why not take advantage of what it has to offer.
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PADI® Wreck Diver Courses
Are you interested in Ship Wrecks, if so this is the dive course for you. This course will enable you to demonstrate practical wreck diving knowledge, it will also show you how to safely explore wrecks by enabling you to identify hazards of wreck penetration and demonstrate the techniques and procedures to minimize those hazards.
During your PADI® Wreck Diver programme you'll go on four open water dives, which may be conducted over at least two days. This is where you'll put in to practice the information you gained from listening to your instructor and from the PADI® Wreck Diving Manual and/or video. Topics covered include:
" The planning, organisation, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of wreck diving;
" The preparation and use of lights, air supplies, special equipment, penetration lines and reels;
" Limited-visibility diving techniques and emergency procedures.
The elective dive conducted during the Adventures In Diving programme may be counted toward this specialty.
*Wreck penetration-training dives are limited to within the light zone and within 40 metres from the surface, vertical and horizontal distance included. If the wreck used for training is located in deep water (over 18 metres), the Deep Diver rating is recommended as a prerequisite for the PADI® Wreck Diver programme.
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PADI® Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Diver
Join the upper echelons of dive proficiency; distinguish yourself with first-class buoyancy control!
PADI®'s Peak Performance Buoyancy programme is the perfect opportunity to hone your buoyancy skills. Perfect your buoyancy and you'll conserve air, energy and our precious environment. Your programme will include two open water dives, which may be conducted in one day.
Some of the topics covered in your PPB programme are weight position and distribution, streamlining, use of weighting guidelines, positioning and distributing weight for comfort and desired body position, visualisation techniques prior to dives, buoyancy checks, establishing neutral buoyancy and hovering during all segments of a dive.
The elective Peak Performance Buoyancy Dive conducted during the Adventures In Diving programme may be counted toward this specialty.
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PADI® Drift Diver Specialty
Gliding with the currents, feeling the rush of flying underwater, is what drift diving is all about.
During your PADI® Drift Diver programme, you'll go on two open water dives (which may be conducted in one day). We highly recommended that you enrol in this programme if planning on diving in the Tropics to expose yourself to the techniques and procedures for drift diving. Topics covered include:
" The planning, organisation, problems and hazards of drift diving;
" Special equipment - floats, lines, reels;
" Proper procedures for buoyancy-control, navigation and communication;
" Site selection and overview of aquatic currents causes and effects;
" Techniques for staying close to a buddy or together as a group.
The elective Drift Dive from the Adventures In Diving programme may be counted towards this specialty.
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PADI® Underwater Navigation Specialty Diver
Knowing where you are - underwater - and where you're going comes in real handy, especially if you're looking for an object or locating that beautiful reef that you heard about.
During your PADI® Underwater Navigator programme you'll go on three open water dives familiarising yourself with the skills, knowledge, planning, organisation, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of underwater navigation. You'll learn methods of estimating distance underwater, natural navigation techniques, how to use underwater patterns, dive site relocation techniques, and compass navigation techniques.
The elective Navigation dive conducted during your Adventures In Diving programme may count toward this specialty.
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PADI® Night Diver Specialty
See the underwater world in a whole new light, and bear witness to nature's amazing, endless palette!
Most divers find night diving mysterious, yet alluring. At night a dive site takes on a new aura and new adventure. Darkness lays a veil that you penetrate with your lights as you explore.
The flora and fauna differ at night as underwater life switches to nocturnal behaviour, and nocturnal animals emerge. You may find an Octopus, crawling amid a reef, change colour before your eyes and jet away into the blackness.
During your programme you'll go on three open water dives. You'll learn to prepare night dive activities and develop your knowledge and techniques for night diving. Topics covered include:
" Planning, organisation, procedures, problems and hazards of night diving;
" Proper procedures for buoyancy control, navigation and communication;
" Use of dive lights and buddy-system techniques;
" Disorientation and emergency procedures;
" Orientation to nocturnal aquatic life.
The elective Night Dive conducted during the PADI® Adventures In Diving programme may count toward this specialty.
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PADI® Underwater Search And Recovery Specialty Diver
Accidentally drop something in the water? Looking for lost treasure? Learn effective ways to locate objects underwater with PADI®'s Search & Recovery Diver programme!
During your programme you'll go on four open water dives, which are conducted over at least a two-day period, with time being equally divided between academic and actual water-training sessions. Topics covered include:
" The planning, organisation, procedures, problems, and hazards of search and recovery diving;
" Limited-visibility diving and underwater navigation techniques;
" Proper techniques and safety considerations for object location including the use of various search patterns, lines and reels;
" Proper techniques and safety considerations for recovery of objects using various lifting devices.
The elective search and recovery dive conducted during the Adventures In Diving programme may count toward this specialty.
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PADI® Boat Diver Specialty
The PADI® Boat Diver programme makes diving easy - just take one giant step off the back and you're in the water!
During the Boat Diver programme you'll go on two open water dives, which must be - you got it - conducted from a boat. (Both dives may be conducted in one day). It's a good idea, but not required, that you enrol in this programme to learn the techniques and procedures for diving from different types of boats (inflatable boats, hard-hulled day boats, cabin cruisers, liveaboards, sailboats, etc.). That's a good thing - the more boats you dive from, the more diving you do too!
And, the Elective Boat Dive from the Adventures In Diving counts toward certification requirements for this specialty.
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Specialty Diver courses offered by Marinedomain Diving
PADI® DEEP DIVER
PADI® BOAT DIVER
PADI® DRIFT DIVER
PADI® NIGHT DIVER
PADI® WRECK DIVER
PADI® DRY SUIT DIVER
PADI® MULTILEVEL DIVER
PADI® UNDERWATER NATURALIST
PADI® UNDERWATER NAVIGATION
PADI® ENRICHED AIR (NITROX) DIVER
PADI® UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY
PADI® PEAK PERFORMANCE BUOYANCY
PADI® UNDERWATER SEARCH AND RECOVERY