What does a five-star dive shop mean? There are five stars on the signboard of the dive shop

PADI should be regarded as the most well-known diving organization on the market. Let me briefly introduce the classification of its diving clubs to let everyone know the level and corresponding qualifications of each club, as well as the scope of activities that can be managed, which will be helpful for future learning and diving choices. Let everyone know the significance of each store.

PADI International Resort Association (PIRA) is a membership association. There are diving centers that only operate diving training and equipment sales, and there are diving resorts that operate diving and hotel services. The ratings from low to high are:

PADI Diving Center/PADI Diving Resort

PADI Five-Star Diving Center/PADI Five-Star Diving Resort

PADI Five-Star Diving Resort Chi Development Center/PADI Five-Star Coach Development Diving Resort

PADI Five-Star Career Development Center

PADI Diving Center (PADI Diving Center)

This type of member Mainly serving local divers, meeting the basic teaching standards of PADI, engaging in recreational diving teaching (courses provided to divers) and equipment retail rental and maintenance services, and is qualified to organize activities such as snorkeling, scuba diving and diving trips.

PADI Diving Resort (PADIdiveresort)

This resort-based operator will cater to the needs of tourists, provide a variety of scuba diving and snorkeling instruction, and experience scuba diving , diving guides and equipment rental services, which may also include equipment sales and other water sports activities. They are usually located in resorts, directly affiliated with hotels, which provide accommodation for tourist divers.

PADI Five-Star Diving Center

This type of membership can provide a full range of diving education programs, equipment purchase and experience opportunities, demonstrate their professional image, and actively promote snorkeling and leisure activities. Scuba diving, dive travel and environmental awareness, committed to providing customers with a satisfying experience and a great diving experience.

PADI Five-Star Diving Resort (PADI Five-Star Diving Resort)

Such members can provide professional and complete diving training, equipment purchase, and hotel services including accommodation. Actively promote environmental awareness. These diving operations often cater to tourist interests and promote the development of local recreational diving. Look at the Palme d'Or logo. It was once known as the "PADI Golden Palm Resort".

PADI Five-Star Instructor Development Center (PADI Five-Star Instructor Development Center)

The Five-Star International Data Center must meet the standards of all PADI Five-Star Dive Centers and provide the same level of service . At the same time, they also need to meet additional training requirements and provide professional training at the PADI instructor level. At least one curriculum director will need to be based in town and be able to run teacher development courses. If your goal is to become a PADI diving instructor, then you need to find a PADI five-star IDC.

PADI Five Star Instructor Development Diving Resort

The resort’s Five Star IDC is a member of the Five Star Diving Resort. In addition to meeting all the requirements of a five-star diving resort, it can also provide professional training from PADI instructors. In addition, at least one course leader may lead faculty development courses. It was once known as the "PADI Palme d'Or Coach Development Center."

PADI Five-Star Career Development Center (PADI Five-Star Career Development Center)

Referred to as "Disease Control", this is quite powerful. Only PADI Five Star Instructor Development Dive Centers that provide employment-oriented training that truly helps diving leaders achieve their career goals (including providing employment services in the diving industry) are eligible to be awarded this honor. The PADI Five Star CDC is committed to excellence and providing divers with the opportunity to live a diving lifestyle.

Few dive shops can do this. There are currently 196 PADI diving centers and resorts in Greater China, but as far as I know, there are only a few in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The organization I work for now, Asia Diving Institute, used to be the only PADI five-star CDC in Singapore. Now it has all switched to SSI and has become a regional service center taking over Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei.

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PADI Diving Boat (PADI Diving Boat)

Mainly used for tourists to take diving boats and engage in recreational scuba diving or snorkeling tours and teaching services, and some also provide diving equipment rental, refueling and other water sports activities. If the PADI dive shop you choose has its own boat, or if you have the opportunity to join a liveaboard, please look for this sign on the boat.

For the above content, please refer to the PADI official website link:

/about-padi/about-padi-Diving Centers and Resorts

PADI’s five-star store application standards Including but not limited to the following:

1. You must swear allegiance to the PADI organization. You can only provide PADI plans and courses, and are not allowed to teach courses of other organizations, such as SSI, CMAS, etc. at the same time.

2. There must be at least 150 certified students who meet the following numbers:

5 PADI Dive Leaders

50 PADI Advanced Open Water Divers

10 PADI Rescue Divers

5 PADI Master Divers

10 Project Awards 3. Some basic hardware qualifications must be met, such as the number of coaches, classrooms, swimming pools, rental equipment storage rooms, diving boats, equipment sales stores, etc. (There is a list on the application form, but I can’t remember the specific content)

Understand the importance of the all-round diving service center.

An excellent diving center should provide a full range of services for diving enthusiasts. Through a fully functional diving center, in addition to providing basic education, training and equipment shopping, diving enthusiasts around the world can also obtain diversified exchanges of knowledge, skills and even life interests through exclusive club functions, thereby enhancing their participation in diving. The quality and enjoyment of the event.

In addition to enthusiastic senior instructors, divers with different qualifications from all over the world gather in this diving center to form a small group centered on diving themes. Because of the same topics, the different backgrounds of the members enrich the connotation of participating in diving club activities. Arrangements for participants to obtain high-quality diving trips also virtually improve the quality of life, making it an exquisite all-round diving center.

The choice of resort can only help you filter out some irregular institutions. The core link in diving teaching is the instructor who directly interfaces with the students, which is easily overlooked by consumers. It is recommended that when you plan to learn to dive and choose a diving shop, you should learn more about the instructor's situation instead of blindly comparing prices and accommodation conditions.