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Scuba Qualifications
There are different diving qualification levels, each of which is pre-requisites before undertaking the next level of diving. The main qualifications are outlined below:

1. Level 1 - PADI Open Water - this four-day course gives you your basic license to dive anywhere in the world to a maximum depth of 18 meters. It consists of studying five academic modules, with five confined dives and four open water dives.

2. Level 2 - Advanced Open Water - this course takes two to three days to complete (depending upon the electives chosen), with certification allowing you to dive to 30m. You need to complete five dives, choosing from night dive, deep dive, underwater photography or videography and more.

3. Level 3 - Emergency First Response (EFR) - this non-diving qualification is a pre-requisite course for all divers, looking to go beyond Advanced Open Water Level. It teaches you both primary and secondary care, . This course is completed at the same time as the Rescue Diver qualification.

Level 4 - Rescue Diver - this four-day course requires you to complete five academic modules that enable you to be a competent rescue diver. You learn emergency management, how to identify equipment problems, ways of identifying diver stress and panic, and how to administer diver first aid.

Level 5 - Divemaster - this professional qualification is the most sought after of all diving qualifications and a starting point for a scuba diving career. It allows you to work in a scuba diving school/centre and to work alongside Instructors, teaching real students. The course takes eight full weeks (42 dives) to complete and covers a wide range of theory, practical instruction and dive mentoring.

Level 6 - Assistant Instructor Development Course - this course takes 7 days and requires all students to have completed the modules/qualifications above. During this Assistant Instructor course, you will learn to help students in various modules as you assist the main instructor.

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