dive otago secondary schools programme
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A guide to Secondary School Programmes offered by Dive Otago Ltd.TRANSCRIPT
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PADI Discover Scuba Diving 7
PADI Discover Snorkelling Adventure 6
PADI Open Water Diver 10
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver 11
Diploma In Professional Scuba Instruction 12
PADI Discover Snorkelling 7
All Programmes 13
Year 9-13
Year 11-13
Booking Forms 18-19
Have a Go Experiences
STAR Courses
Tertiary Career Courses
Memorandum of Understanding 16
administration forms
contents
Memorandum of Agreement 17
We are a bunch of keen adventurers and explorers. Over 70% of the earth’s surface is water. Mulitply that by the depth and that’s a whole lot of volume to be explored. It
makes sense for us to dive, it means we can explore as much of this amazing planet as we can.
We want to live inspired lives and we want to inspire others. We want to fill our memories and memory cards with interesting colours, textures and experiences. The underwater world is full of unusual, mesmerizing and unique creatures that capture our imagination on every dive. Teaching gives us the opportunity to share our knowledge and introduce others to a truly beautiful world below the surface.
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We love this planet and we understand that water is essential to its future health as well as our own. We heard Jacques Cousteau when he said “people protect what they love” So we decided to show people what we knew they would love.
Inspiration
Why we do what we do... It’s all about Inspiration, Maths and Water
Career Pathways
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Individual BookingsIf you have an individual student we can book them onto one of our holiday programmes or they can join in one of our regular monthly courses
Group BookingsWe take a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 10 but we can usually accommodate several groups into one longer booking
who IS PADI? The Professional
Association of Dive Instructors.
The largest provider of dive training in the world.
about our courses
eLearningStudents receive comprehensive online training for the theory portion of their course
Pool DivesAt Dive Otago we have our own 3.5m deep indoor heated pool, the perfect place for students to have a go or practise their new skills
Ocean DivesOpen Water training is conducted at one of our amazing local dive sites
NZQA Level and CreditsAs a tertiary institution the delivery of Unit Standards is a breeze. We offer a range of snorkelling and diving Standards
PADI CertificationsThese certifications are recognised world wide and as such give students access to the most number of dives sites and jobs
Boat DivesIn the Advanced programme students get the chance to dive from our dive boat Seahorse and explore even more of Dunedin’s great diving sites
At Dive Otago we pride ourselves on delivering fun dive courses with safety utmost in mind. We have a range of experiences and courses from snorkelling through to Instructor Level.
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This is a great experience for students to have a go at scuba diving in the comfort of our heated dive pool!
First up students will complete a short orientation and safety briefing in one of our classrooms. It is here they will learn about the scuba diving equipment they will be using and what happens to their bodies when breathing underwater.
Next we will head downstairs to get fitted into wetsuits and scuba equipment. Once every one is ready, it’s time to jump into our diving pool. We start in the shallow end and introduce students nice and slowly to the exhilarating experience of breathing underwater. Once they are comfortable here, it’s off to the deep end to complete their first ever confined water scuba dive!
Minimum Age: 12
Teacher Forms:
f Have a Go Booking Form (page 18)
Student & Parent Forms:
f Discover Scuba Booklet
Medical Considerations:
Any students that answer yes on the PADI Discover Scuba Brochure will need an RSTC Medical Form.
PADI Discover Scuba Diving
2 Hours
Groups $ 17 per student
PADI’s Discover Snorkelling experience gives students an introduction to snorkelling skills in our pool.
Students will be introduced to equipment and skills from one of our qualified scuba instructors. Students will practise using equipment safely; they will complete surface dives, equalization techniques, surface swimming, underwater swimming, duck dive and snorkel clearing methods.
If you have your own pool one of our instructors can also come to you.
Minimum Age: 12
Teacher Forms:
f Have a Go Booking Form (page 18)
Student & Parent Forms:
f Discover Snorkelling/Skin Diving Booklet
Medical Considerations:
Please inform us of any Medical Conditions.
PADI Discover Snorkelling
1 Pool Snorkel Dive 1.5 Hours
Groups $ 13 per student
1 Pool Scuba Dive
Our Have a Go sessions give students a unique opportunity to experience the underwater world. Whether it is taking their first breath on Scuba in our heated pool or seeing a seahorse for the first time in its natural environment, it will be an experience they will never forget.
A great advanced snorkelling skills course and introduction to our local marine environment.
The PADI Snorkelling Adventure is the perfect option to go beyond the pool and experience aquatic life in the snorkeller’s local environment. Snorkelling in the ocean opens up options such as marine life identification, photography, videography, exploration for artifacts and participating in research activities.
During the course students will learn about snorkelling specific equipment and the physiological effects of water pressure on the body. In the pool students will practise entries and exits, use the buddy system and complete surface dives. They will learn rescue techniques such as the buddy tow, cramp release on self and buddy, emergency release of weight belt to gain buoyancy as well as duck dive and snorkel clearing methods.
In the ocean students will utilise the skills learned in the pool as well as assessing environmental conditions and hazards at the dive site.
Minimum Age: 12
Teacher Forms:
f Have a Go Booking Form (page 18)
f Memorandum of Understanding (page 16)
f Memorandum of Agreement (page 17)
Student & Parent Forms:
f Discover Snorkelling Adventure Booklet
Medical Considerations:
Please inform us of any Medical Conditions.
PADI Discover Snorkelling Adventure
1 Pool Snorkel Dive
2 Half Days
Groups $ 65 per student
LEVEL 2 - 2 Credits (unit 28391)
have a Go
1 Ocean Snorkel Dive
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Kelp forests
In our Star Dive Courses, students will gain NZQA Unit Standards while also studying towards a PADI Dive Certification! These courses give students a taster of our Tertiary Career Programmes as well as teaching a wide range of other life skills including responsibility, teamwork, physiology, physics, ecology, self-reliance, advanced navigation, weather interpretation, boating and marine biology.
Online Theory - Dive courses require students to master not only the equipment they will be using during their dives but also the new environment they will be entering. The underwater environment affects how we see, how we move, how we navigate, how our body works, how we perceive things and how we can interact with the environment around us.
In both our PADI Open Water Diver and PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Courses, students will complete the theory or knowledge development part of their course, using PADI’s state of the art online eLearning framework.
Students will be presented with interactive videos, slide shows, quizzes
as well as a final exam. On the first day of their course students will complete a quick quiz to ensure they have remembered what they have learnt online. If a student is having trouble with anything our qualified instructors are only a phone call away.
Equipment - We provide all of the equipment students will need during their course except for swimsuits and towels. We do however, always recommend students purchase their own where possible. Dive equipment will always work best when fitted to the individual. Most people who have tried snorkelling will understand the discomfort a leaking mask can cause and when scuba diving comfort becomes even more important. Students who own their own equipment or at least
some of the essentials are also more likely to continue diving after their course.
Safety - Teachers and parents who are not divers themselves often question the safety of this unfamiliar sport. PADI’s diving standards ensure all dive centres and instructors adhere to a strict set of guidelines that keep all students learning to dive safe. Dive Otago is recognised as a PADI 5 STAR Career Development Centre, the first and only dive centre in New Zealand to obtain this rating. This rating ensures that your students are receiving top level service and training. Since opening in 1996 we have trained over 2300 people to scuba dive.
Star courses
otago Peninsula
To Dunedin
What cool things could be seen on a dive in Otago!Crayfish, Nudibranch, Kelp Forests, Feather Duster Worms, Dead Mans Finger Coral, Blue Moki, Telescope Fish, Octopus, Finger Sponges, Sea Lions, Seahorses, Pipefish, Dwarf Octopus, Camouflage Crabs, Shield Shells, Blue Cod, Copper Moki and Trumpeter.
Seahorses
30m max depth
FISh REEF
Blue cod
5 - 20m
5 Shipwrecks
ARAmoAnA molEwEllERS Rock20m max depth
Moki
finger Sponge
Sea lions
STar coursesdunedin dive Training Sites
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Minimum Age: 14
Teacher Forms:
f STAR Booking Form (page 19)
f Memorandum of Understanding (page 16)
f Memorandum of Agreement (page 17)
Student & Parent Forms:
f STAR Advanced Open Water Booklet
f Including RSTC Medical from a doctor
Gain confidence and experience
The Advanced Open Water Diver Course will increase student’s confidence and develop their scuba skills so they can become even more comfortable in the water. This course builds on what they’ve learned and develops new capabilities by introducing them to new activities and new ways to have fun scuba diving.
Students will complete the following dives as part of this course: Boat, Deep, Underwater Navigation, Underwater Naturalist, and Wreck or Peak Performance Buoyancy.
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Certification
2 Days
Groups or Individuals $ 375 per student
350 group rate2 Boat Scuba Dives
4-6 Hours online
LEVEL 3 - 3 Credits (unit 28407) LEVEL 4 - 10 Credits (unit 28404 & 28405)
Worldwide Certification
Dive Otago provides our students with an extraordinary opportunity. Our young students all return to school positive and excited about the experience they have had. The photographs that come back with the students are enlightening and we use them in our school newsletter or the community newspaper. The staff are very helpful and understanding with any enrolment problems that arise, making the enrolment process easy.
Helen-May Burgess Gateway/ STAR Coordinator The Catlins Area School
3 Ocean Scuba Dives
The world’s most popular learn to dive course
A one week course is designed to introduce secondary school students to the world of diving. The PADI Open Water Dive Course is the entry level qualification required to dive independently of an instructor to a depth of 18m.
During the course students will learn the theory behind what happens to our bodies while underwater, how the different equipment works and how to plan dives safely. They will also practise their dive skills in our heated indoor pool. Finally we will take them to the ocean for four dives over two days. In the ocean they will demonstrate skills and then go for a guided dive with our instructors.
Minimum Age: 14
Teacher Forms:
f STAR Booking Form (page 19)
f Memorandum of Understanding (page 16)
f Memorandum of Agreement (page 17)
Student & Parent Forms:
f STAR Open Water Booklet
f Including RSTC Medical from a doctor
PADI Open Water Diver Certification
5 Pool Scuba Dives
5 Days
Groups or Individuals $ 475 per student
450 group rate4 Ocean Scuba Dives
12-15 Hours online
LEVEL 3 - 7 Credits (unit 28392)
Worldwide Certification
Give your students an opportunity
they will never forget.
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Diploma National Certificate Programme
Foundation Leadership Instruction
Duration: Full-time 36 Weeks 12 Weeks 18 Weeks 18 Weeks
Duration: Part-time n/a Min 16 Weeks Min 16 Weeks Please Enquire
Prerequisite Diving Qualification None None Foundation or Equivalent
Leadership or Equivalent
Minimum Age 18 16 18 18
Logged dives during course 100+ 40 20 40+
Student Loans and Allowances
PADI Open Water Diver
PADI Advanced Diver
Basic First Aid
PADI Rescue Diver
PADI Divemaster
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor with 5 Specialty Ratings
DIvE PRoFESSIonAlS ARE nEEDED All ovER ThE woRD Eco Tourism, Dive Travel, Marine Science, Commercial Diving, Surveying, Underwater Photography, Videography and Natural History Filmmaking.
Designed by industry experts, The Diploma in Professional Scuba Instruction will prepare you to enter the dive industry with the highest level of training and qualifications needed to be employed anywhere in the world.
This programme will take you from a Beginner Diver through to a Specialty Scuba Diving Instructor in just one year. Skills are developed over the year and you will have plenty of time to master all the things you will need to know to be a great instructor.
What sets our programme apart from the rest is that you will not only complete all of the PADI courses required to become an instructor, we will prepare you to work in the industry by providing you with the additional skills employers are looking for.
You will learn every day dive center tasks such as how to fill dive
cylinders as well as how to properly maintain equipment. Selling dive gear in a retail environment is another essential skill most employers are looking for and you will learn the latest techniques to maximise sales.
You will learn how to plan, coordinate and lead dive trips and how to interpret weather information. The programme also includes a one week practicum to a South Island dive destination and it is here, in a controlled environment, that you will apply your newly acquired knowledge and skills by demonstrating your ability to successfully manage risk and lead tourist groups. You will also learn a range of other valuable skills such as Advanced First Aid and how to produce a CV to kick off your new career.
After successfully completing this course, you will be qualified to instruct all recreational PADI courses up to and including Divemaster along with 5 specialty courses.
Exit Dive Qualification: PADI OPEN WATER SCuBA INSTRuCTOR WITH 5 SPECIALTy
RATINGS
Duration:
36 WEEKS (1 yEAR) FuLL-TIME
Entry Requirements:NO ExPERIENCE NEEDED
18 yEARS OF AGE (BEFORE TERM 2)
RSTC MEDICAL (SIGNED By A HyPERBARIC DOCTOR)
International Students:THIS COuRSE IS APPROVED FOR INTERNATIONAL STuDENTS
diploma in Professional Scuba Instruction
NZQA Approved Approved programme for Student Loans and Allowances
Over 100 Dives Log a minimum of 100 scuba dives throughout your programme
Worldwide CertificationThe world’s largest scuba diving training agency
Dive TripOne week practicum to a South Island destination
Tertiary Programmes70% employment rate. Recognised by the industry as producing
great Instructors.
97%Pass rate. We work hard so our students succeed
Over
300 Instructors trained since 1996. We have the most experienced
Instructor Trainers in the country.
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Olivia MarshalScuba Diving Instructor
Subsurface Fiji, Fiji
Graduated 2014
“ Having studied at Dive Otago my training was better and my skills sharper than other
candidates when they started”
Joshua Fogg Scuba Diving InstructorHayman Island, Australia
Graduated 2014
“ I am the envy of lots of people, I have worked and travelled all over the world
and now I have a real career doing something that I love”
Jen ClentPADI Regional manager
PADI Asia Pacific
Graduated 2003
Thailand
australia
Bali
Papa new Guinea
Samoa
new Zealand
Vanuatudubai
croatia
our GraduatesDoing what they love all over the world!
“Dive Instructing is the perfect career if you want to do something you are passionate about, travel the world, meet lots of interesting people along the way and get paid to do something you love. My favourite memory above water is seeing people fall in love with diving on a discover scuba session or handing them their first certification”
Dimitry SharomovUnderwater PhotographerPangaea Project with Mike HornGraduated 2009
“ Every year we make amazing expeditions to the different corners of our planet, Many thanks to all your team for teaching me how to dive! ”
Sam Bull & Annie Kjestrup
Scuba Diving Instructors Pro Dive Cairns, Australia
Graduated 2014
“ We meet a group of new people every week and
spend 5 days with them. We have met some pretty
amazing people which has opened up the world to us especially in terms of travelling. We’ve seen incredible things under
the water on every scale, from nudibranchs right up to hump back whales and
everything in between. Hanging out with turtles
and being circled by sharks during night dives
has become a regular part of our day. ”
“ This is beyond a dream experience. After
finishing study I received a scholarship
for one year of dive travel and research all over the globe!”
PadI career Placement assistance
As a PADI Professional, you gain access to career
placement through the PADI Pros Site’s job board, which
lists career openings all over the world.
Anthea Ibell 2011/12 Australasian Rolex ScholarGraduated 2009
Mexico
egypt
Greece
Spain
United States
cayman Islands
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STAR Funded Learning
Memorandum of Agreement
This Agreement is between Dive Otago Ltd and [School]. This memorandum of agreement is for the provision of Scuba Diver and Snorkelling Training. The learning experiences provided to students will enable them to work towards/complete unit Standards for which the provider has NZQA accreditation. These standards are not on SESL (STAR Excluded Subject List) so are eligible for STAR funding.
Fees
The fees have been agreed upon for the training, assessment and certification are as follows.
PADI Open Water Programme ..................................................................................................................... $475
PADI Advanced Open Water ........................................................................................................................ $375
PADI Discover Snorkelling Adventure ............................................................................................................ $65
All prices are per student and exclude GST. Invoice will follow immediately after booking. Refunds will not be considered for any withdrawal after being invoiced except in the event of a change in the student’s medical eligibility.
Attendance
• The school or Parent / Guardian and the provider will contact each other within an hour of the course start each day to exchange attendance information if there is an unexplained absence.• The school or Parent/Guardian is responsible for reporting anticipated and reported absences, while the provider is responsible for reporting actual absences.
Student Results
• The school is responsible for reporting assessment results to NZQA.• Student results sheets need to be for individual students, rather than standard by standard, as these provide evidence for students as to their achievement. Each result sheet needs to show the institution name and provider number, student name, standards passed, level and credit value of each standard, and date of achievement for each standard.• Student results are to be provided within six weeks of the end of the course of study.
Health and Safety
• Students are considered to be the responsibility of the school during the school term and school hours, parents/guardians outside of school hours such as a weekend or holiday period, while travelling to and from the venue but are the responsibility of the provider while on site.• The provider has appropriate health and safety plans in place. These are to be supplied to the school on request.• To ensure that the specific needs of individuals are met, the school will inform the provider of any health, learning or supervision issues that may impact on the provider being able to fulfil these obligations.
Provider Name
Provider Representitive
Signature
Date
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TO BE COMPLETED By PROvIDER
School Name
School Representitive
Signature
Date
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TO BE COMPLETED By SCHOOL
Dive Otago Ltd.
STAR Funded Learning
Memorandum of Understanding
Between Dive Otago, an approved delivery site of Academy of Diving Trust (Hereinafter called the “Provider”) and Board of Trustees (Hereinafter called the “Board”) agree to negotiate the supply of STAR courses designated in the Schedule A (or any variation negotiated).
The Provider acknowledges that it is accredited by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) for all courses offered/provided. Evidence of accreditation will be provided on request from the Board.
The Provider and the Board agree that a contract arising from this memorandum will be completed prior to the commencement
of course delivery.
SCHEDULE A
Programme yes No Number of Students
PADI Discover Snorkelling Adventure
STAR PADI Open Water Diver Course
STAR PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
Provider Name
Provider Representitive
Signature
Date
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School Name
School Representitive
Signature
Date
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TO BE COMPLETED By SCHOOL
Dive Otago Ltd.
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