PADI Career Development Course (CDC)
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PADI Career Development Course (CDC) by PADI
PADI Career Development Course (CDC): Your All-Inclusive Path from Advanced Diver to PADI Instructor!
Ready to transform your passion for diving into a fulfilling professional career? The Dive Right In Scuba PADI Career Development Course (CDC) is our premier, all-inclusive program designed to take you from a certified PADI Advanced Open Water Diver all the way through to becoming a highly prepared PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, plus additional valuable operational training!
Learn from the best at Dive Right In Scuba, a PADI 5-Star Career Development Center (CDC) training dive professionals since 1975. Our expert PADI Course Directors are dedicated to your success, providing thorough, real-world training that creates dive professionals respected worldwide.
Your Journey Through the CDC Package:
This comprehensive package bundles all the core PADI courses needed for your professional progression:
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver: Build upon your Open Water skills with five Adventure Dives, including the mandatory Deep and Underwater Navigation dives, plus three electives you choose to explore your interests (like Wreck, Night, Photography, etc.).
Emergency First Response (EFR) Primary & Secondary Care: Master essential CPR and First Aid skills for responding to medical emergencies – a prerequisite for Rescue Diver. - PADI Rescue Diver: Learn critical problem prevention and management skills, how to assist other divers, and handle dive emergencies. This course significantly enhances your awareness and abilities.
- PADI Divemaster: Take the first step into the professional ranks! Learn leadership skills, how to supervise dive activities, assist instructors with students, and refine your personal skills to a demonstration level.
- Emergency First Response (EFR) Instructor: Gain the qualifications needed to teach vital CPR and First Aid courses to others – a requirement for becoming a PADI Instructor.
- PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC - AI & OWSI): This intensive program is the heart of instructor training. You'll master the PADI System of diver education, learn how to organize and present information, conduct skill development sessions, manage open water dives, and prepare thoroughly for the PADI Instructor Examination (IE).
- DRIS Resort Training Course (RTC): Go beyond the standard IDC! This unique DRIS course adds immense value, providing training for nine PADI Specialty Instructor ratings, three DAN Instructor ratings, plus practical knowledge in compressor operations, boat/pool maintenance, sales techniques, and dive center/resort management.
Prerequisites to Start the CDC Package:
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification).
- Minimum age 18 (required for Divemaster and Instructor levels).
Note: You must meet the specific prerequisites for each subsequent course within the package as you progress (e.g., dive count, medical statement, CPR/FA dates).
What's Included:
- Tuition for all listed PADI and DRIS courses (AOW, Rescue, EFR Provider*, DM, EFR Instructor*, IDC, RTC).
- PADI Application Fees (AI and OWSI levels).
- PADI Instructor Examination (IE) Fee. *(EFR Provider & EFR Instructor training are integrated into the program schedule.)
What's Not Included:
- PADI Course Materials (eLearning codes, Crew-Paks for DM, IDC, Specialty Instructor courses).
- Personal Dive Equipment (Mask, Fins, Snorkel, Boots, SMB, Spool, etc.).
- Rental Gear for courses (if needed beyond what's provided in OW).
- Dive Site Entrance Fees / Boat Charter Fees.
- FRTI Instructor Materials (if applicable for DAN courses in RTC).
Accreditation & Disclosures:
Dive Right In Scuba is VA approved. Dive Right In Scuba is approved to operate by the Private Business and Vocational Schools Division of the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) - www.ibhe.org. IBHE Online Complaint System - www.complaints.ibhe.org. Dive Right In Scuba is not accredited by a US Department of Education recognized accredited body.
Invest in your future and become a highly qualified PADI Professional! Enroll in the Dive Right In Scuba Career Development Course online today!
Features
Key Topics
- Program Goal: Train divers from PADI AOW to PADI OWSI + additional skills.
- Included Courses:
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
- Emergency First Response (Primary & Secondary Care Provider)
- PADI Rescue Diver
- PADI Divemaster
- Emergency First Response Instructor
- PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC = AI + OWSI)
- DRIS Resort Training Course (RTC - includes 9 Spec Instructor, 3 DAN Instructor, Ops Training)
- Training Provider: Dive Right In Scuba (PADI 5-Star CDC, since 1975)
- Starting Prerequisites: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or equivalent), Minimum Age 18 (for pro levels). Subsequent course prerequisites must be met as candidate progresses.
- Included: Tuition for all listed courses, AI/OWSI Application Fees, PADI IE Fee.
- Excluded: All PADI Course Materials (eLearning/Crew-Paks), Personal Gear, Rentals (beyond OW if needed), Site/Boat Fees, FRTI Materials (if needed for RTC DAN courses).
- Accreditation/Disclosures: VA Approved, IBHE Approved (w/ complaint link), Not accredited by US DoE recognized body.
- Outcome: PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor rating (after passing IE), plus qualifications from RTC (multiple Specialty/DAN Instructor ratings, operational knowledge).
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Proposition 65
Safe Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 – Warnings Required
WARNING: This Dive Right In Scuba product can expose you to certain chemicals which are known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
We appreciate your decision to purchase Dive Right In Scuba products to provide the best in water experience. We take our job seriously! You may have noticed that our products now show a warning label at point of sale referring to carcinogens and birth defects. You may also have begun to see warnings related to carcinogenic substances or substances causing birth defects prominently displayed in hotel lobbies, hospitals, or other places of business recently. These warnings are required by the State of California, and we believe that an explanation of the California statute legislating the requirement will provide you valuable information regarding the relative risks of the chemicals that may be present in consumer products.
In 1986, the State of California passed the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act; otherwise known as “Proposition 65” or "Prop 65". Prop 65 requires businesses like ours to disclose to individuals the presence of chemicals listed in the Act prior to point of sale. The regulations implementing this Act have been amended over time with the most recent updates will take effect on August 30, 2018. There are more than 900 chemicals on the Prop 65 Chemical List, including many chemicals that are found in components of a wide array of consumer goods or are used to manufacture components that make up consumer goods.
Prop 65 does not establish acceptable concentrations for any listed chemical; however, the agency which enforces it has established what is called "safe harbor" exposure levels for about one third of these chemicals below which warnings are not required. These "safe harbor" are established for listed carcinogens based on the quantity of the chemical that would result in one excess case of cancer in an exposed population of 100,000, assuming lifetime (70-year) exposure at the level in question. A similar process is used to establish safe harbor levels for listed reproductive toxicants. Additional information in plain language on safe harbor levels is available from the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment at http://oehha.ca.gov/Prop65/background/p65plain.html
At Dive Right In Scuba, the safety of your in water experience is our highest priority. We go to great effort to select materials that offer superior value, quality, and durability while also being generally recognized as safe and reliable for the full life of the product. Dive Right In Scuba also works closely with many regulatory bodies, such as the US Coast Guard and Underwriter’s Laboratories, to ensure the longevity of your on-water safety through targeted selection of durable, long lasting materials and components that undergo significant validation testing before being used to manufacture end items. Sometimes the safety promise we offer appears at odds with the health and safety requirements of other legislation in certain parts of the world when some regulations are updated ahead of others. To ensure compliance with applicable legal requirements, Dive Right In Scuba has placed a warning on products that contain a Prop 65 listed chemical, either directly or as a part of the raw material supply chain. This allows us to comply with California law and provide our California consumers with the disclosure required by Prop 65, while still promising the safest on water experience possible.
Dive Right In Scuba is working diligently with regulatory bodies and our own manufacturing partners to continue to continue to improve our product performance and reduce the presence of less desirable chemicals. Water is a precious resource we all share that is important to the health and well-being of our planet and all people. Our goal is to continue to enhance your water life experience while reducing our overall impact to the planet and, in particular, its waterways. While it is a bit of a juggling act to achieve, we are confident you will see continued improvement in both the immediate and long term future. We hope this explanation will enable you to understand why you will be seeing warnings on some our products.
Thank you for your continued use of Dive Right In Scuba products.