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News – Your PADI Certification Card

Posted on August 18th, 2011 by Sarah  |  Comments Off

Congratulations…… you have just completed your PADI Advanced Open Water Course.

So how do you show this to Dive Centres around the world?

Your PADI certification card is proof that you’ve successfully completed your PADI training. This will arrive through the Post system to your home address. Once you have the card you are ready to start diving.

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If you’re like most divers, you never miss an opportunity to go scuba diving.

If you loose the card, what can you do?

You may also want to replace your card if:

  • You damage it .
  • You changed your name. (You’ll need a copy of legal documentation of name change.)
  • You are upgrading from any PADI Junior Diver certification.
  • You would like to replace your existing card with a new Project AWARE Edition Certification Card.
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  • You want to collect fun limited edition certification cards!

You can easy replace your card online at padi.com. It will be with you in about 3 weeks. You can also print a temporary card if you cant wait that long.

It’s a little bit harder to change your name, contact PADI first and let them have an email showing the legal documentation. They will change your name on their system; you can then order the new card online. Sound like too much admin? Again why not take the next course?

The future is coming….

As with everything else this small card is going electronic.

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"the future....."

The eCard uses the power of the smartphone (initially available for Apple, and Android smartphones) and will be hosted, managed and displayed using the PADI Application.

The PADI eCard will be proof of certification.
Security of the eCard was one of PADIs primary concerns, so QR coding (a specific, two-dimensional code) is integrated to make authentication straightforward and easy.

The PADI eCard will be available for new certifications and replacement cards starting in fourth quarter 2011.

Divers will have the options of a PADI eCard, plastic PADI certification card or both.

Who are PADI?

Posted on August 6th, 2011 by Sarah  |  No Comments »

 

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John Cronin and Ralph Erickson founded PADI in 1966. The two friends met one evening, over a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black Label, and started to pursue their dream to create a Scuba certification agency that was different than the one that had certified Ralph. They were concerned about the professionalism of the current agencies.

John and Ralph knew there had to be a way to make it easier and safer for people to take their first breaths under water.

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John wanted “professional” to appear in the name, and Ralph came up with “association of Diving Instructors” after a few more drinks PADI was born.

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Professional Association of Diving Instructors

It started from small beginnings, in a basement in a suburb of Chicago, based solely in the USA but grown massively over the years and is today a multi-national association of scuba diving professionals. PADI is the world’s largest organization for recreational diver training and education.

It is estimated that 7 out of 10 recreational scuba divers are trained and certified by PADI Instructors using PADI educational materials and program standards.

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PADI is represented in over 175 countries and territories.   Over 130,000 individual Members operate worldwide and there is a global network of more than 6000 PADI Dive Center’s and Resorts.

PADI presently certify close to 1,000,000 divers annually around the globe. As at today they only require 108,600 more to hit  20 million certifications of recreational divers, this is a massive achievement, if you are lucky enough to be the 20 millionth there is a great prize up for grabs.