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If you’re already a certified diver, why not take advantage of the great underwater conditions here in the Maldives and develop your skill set? We offer an extensive range of further education courses for certified divers. Whether you want to gain your next level certification card and become an Advanced Diver or even Rescue Diver, or if you’re interested in perfecting your buoyancy skills or using Enriched Air, we have a course for you. A new certification is the perfect souvenir of a perfect diving holiday.
If you’d like to complete a course and gain a certification but don’t want to spend your time on holiday studying in a classroom, we’ve got the perfect solution. The PADI eLearning system allows you to complete the theory part of your course at home, in your own time, leaving just the dives to complete with us.
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PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
If you’re already a certified diver aged 12 or over, the PADI Adventure Diver course opens the door to more scuba diving adventures. You can choose a specialism such as underwater photography, wreck diving, drift diving, AWARE Fish Identification, Peak Performance Buoyancy or night diving. You can pick any three dives of your choice, then they can be credited towards a PADI Speciality Diver course (which puts you on your way to becoming a Master Scuba Diver). The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver allows you to develop your experiences and skills even further. You can do it straight after your PADI Open Water Diver course if you wish. It encompasses theory, practical tests and five adventure dives including Underwater Navigation and Deeper Water Diving (between 18-30m/60-100ft). You can choose from a range of fun dives such as those listed above.
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PADI Rescue Diver
The PADI Rescue Diver course builds on what you already have learned about how to prevent problems and what to do if any problems occur. It’s a challenging but thoroughly rewarding course and by the end of it you’ll probably say it’s the best PADI course you’ve ever done. Participants are given a PADI Rescue Diver manual which provides all the knowledge you need to handle almost any emergency situation. During the course you learn important skills such as self-rescue, recognizing and managing stress in other divers and emergency management and equipment as well as rescuing panicked divers and unresponsive divers. You learn how to think like a rescue diver and practice skills with your instructor. To enrol, you need to be 12 or over and have a PADI Adventure Diver qualification (or equivalent).
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Emergency First Response Provider
This training gives you the knowhow and confidence to respond to emergencies, should you ever need to put your lifesaving skills into action. These are also an essential part of the PADI Rescue Diver course. The skills apply not just to diving but can also be put into practice in other situations with friends, family, colleagues or members of the public. During the training you learn useful skills such as CPR, BLS (Basic Life Support) and rescue breathing. It also covers preventing and caring for shock, spinal injury management, use of barriers to reduce disease transmission, basic First Aid and First Aid kit considerations as well as optional AED (Automated External Defibrillator) use. Having this knowledge gives you the peace of mind that you know the correct basic lifesaving and First Aid procedures if ever required to use them.
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PADI Specialty Courses
Best Dives Maldives offers a wide variety of speciality courses covering a host of interests, from conservation with Project AWARE to refining your practical diving skills with Peak Performance Buoyancy. If you’re interested in First Aid and lifesaving skills, we have courses for that too, with the Emergency First Response and Rescue Diver certification. Come and have a chat with our friendly team to discuss your goals and requirements and we’ll be more than happy to advise you on which direction to take. Our professional staff are on hand to guide you every step of the way. You’re guaranteed to enjoy the satisfaction you receive from challenging yourself and expanding your knowledge and skillset, and let’s not forget, diving is fun! Particularly here in the beautiful Maldives; one of the world’s top diving destinations.