PADI Professional Primer Program
The PADI Professional Primer Program prepares participants to step into the PADI professional roles of the dive industry by taking recreational divers and increasing their diving skills and certifications up to the pre- professional level and intensifying their outlook and broadening their perception on skill, safety, and standards as they pertain to not only themselves but also other divers.
The program runs 94 hours over 11 days and encompasses 8 PADI certifications. To successfully complete the PADI Professional Primer Program students must complete all knowledge reviews and prove academic proficiency on exams by scoring a 75% or higher, all missed exam questions will be reviewed until students understand 100% of the course material, as well as show mastery of skills in scenario and open water sessions. Mastery of skills is defined as performing the skill so that it meets the stated performance requirements in a reasonably comfortable, fluid, repeatable manner as would be expected of a diver at that certification level. One clock hour constitutes 55 minutes of class time and 5 minutes of break time.
Once you complete your PADI Professional Primer program you will join the best of the best in recreational scuba diving and live the dive life as a PADI Master Scuba Diver. The Master Scuba Diver rating places you in an elite group of respected divers who have earned this rating through both significant experience and scuba training. Fewer than two percent of divers ever achieve this rating. When you flash your Master Scuba Diver card, people know that you've spent time underwater in a variety of environments and had your share of dive adventures.
PADI Professional Primer Requirements
Open Water Divers who are at least 18 years old may enroll in the PADI Professional Primer course. You also need to have:
At least 50 logged dives to earn the certification.
Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) training within the past 24 months.
A medical statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months.
A Formidable Set of Scuba Diving Skills
The PADI Professional Primer Program encompasses the certifications and practical experience listed below:
PADI Advanced Open Water Certification
PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) Certification
PADI Emergency First Responder
PADI Rescue Diver Certification
PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty
PADI Deep Diver Specialty
PADI Night Diver Specialty
PADI Emergency O2 Provider
Organizing a search and recovery project and a deep dive
Your instructor may also offer the PADI Search & Recovery Diver specialty diver courses along with your PADI Professional Primer training to help you be better prepared for the PADI DiveMaster program and to broaden your abilities.
