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1 Introduction
This section includes suggestions on how to use this guide, an overview
of course philosophy and goals and ways you can organize and integrate
student diver learning.
1.1 How to Use this Guide
This guide speaks to you, the Underwater Communication Specialty
Instructor. The guide contains four sections – the first contains
standards specific to this course, the second contains knowledge
development presentations, the third considers confined water and
surface training and the fourth details the open water dives.
All required standards, learning objectives, activities, and performance
requirements specific to the Underwater Communication Distinctive
Specialty course appear in boldface print. The boldface assists you in
easily identifying those requirements that you must adhere to when
you conduct the course. Items not in boldface print are
recommendations for your information and consideration. General
course standards applicable to all PADI courses are located in the General
Standards and Procedures section of your PADI Instructor Manual
1.2 Course Philosophy and Goals
The purpose of the PADI Underwater Communication Specialty Diver Course
is to explain what diving communication is, how it works, and how it can be
used. We will be discussing how to get the best performance
out of today's technology and how communications can be fully integrated into
the many activities that are performed during dives for business, study,
research, recreation, and even teaching
The goals of Underwater Communication training are:
Teaching underwater and describing the environment and the animals is
an interaction we're used to on the surface, why not underwater as well?
Conducting dives and classes with communications gives the ability to
deliver the necessary instructions clearly and unambiguously instead of
using gestures that can cause confusion or be misinterpreted.
The communications are often essential. In some cases it can save a
human life. People who work underwater need to communicate with
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