Information:

About ITDA Group Training:

Our training methods have evolved over the past ten years from a Commercial diving / Military style to the educational style we adopt today...

Training divers is a unique process as we require a theoretical understanding of our life-support equipment, the environment and the skills required to handle any potential emergency.

Therefore your Instructor (Our Professionals) must be able to both teach and train to the level appropriate for certification to our unique high standards.

We focus our educational training on extensive knowledge of both decompression theory and equipment failure (Modern Dive Equipment is very safe, but the divers may make critical errors in operating equipment correctly). "Human Error"...

We also train our divers in risk assessment techniques to better consider their training, skills and limitations before commencing a dive. (Some might argue, that this is excessive safety for Sports Divers, and I refer such to Worldwide accident reports)...   YOUR SAFETY IS OUR 1st. PRIORITY!

Our advanced training methods are unique as we do not focus on performance objective goals in order to meet a standard and therefore achieve a pass grade...

ITDA Group Diver Skills training is based on two scoring methods, continual assessment as a process and a final evaluation to meet our standards. We achieve this by using our three "C's" Method... Comfort - Confident - Competent... The student MUST be comfortable with the skills learned, and this gives rise to confidence and in turn produces a "Competent Diver". IF THE INSTRUCTOR CONSIDERS THE STUDENT TO BE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS! They may deny certification or limit the certification to a SAFE Level...

We also apply our standards at every level of diver training and this ensures that both instructors and students are constantly practicing rescue skills and emergency drills, in addition to CPR First Aid and up to IHMP Dive Medic programs available to ITDA Group Divers at any level and also non-divers... See: Standards