A BIT ABOUT RAID

The Rebreather Association of International Divers, RAID, is the world's fastest growing diver training agency with both full service and satellite regional offices, dive stores and instructors waiting to provide diver services to you across the globe. RAID is also the first diver training agency to offer a complete range of online diver academic programs from beginner to instructor examiner levels in snorkeling, scuba and freediving.

FROM REBREATHERS TO RECREATIONAL

The Rebreather Association of International Divers, first developed training for rebreathers or closed circuit scuba diving. The “technical” merits of the training programs proved very successful and demand grew for similar training courses to be offered for open circuit divers. Unlike many other agencies that are primarily recreational oriented and which have then added “rec-tec” or “tech” courses to their programs, the development of RAID’s broader recreational program came directly from the rigorous requirements of so called “technical diving”. Those same training philosophies and methods were then adapted for recreational diver training – examples of this are the emphasis placed on the amount of time actually spent in the water practicing core diving skills, the early stage introduction of enriched air use and the importance placed, from the very beginning, on the core skill of buoyancy, the foundation on which all diving skills are built.

EARLY LEARNING OF INWATER SKILLS

At RAID we feel there are no short cuts to training. For example, our most popular entry level program: Open Water 20, requires more in-water hours developing skills than is generally required by industry standards. This means new divers are able to build their skill level whilst maintaining their personal confidence and safety a general philosophy that is practiced by RAID professionals throughout all courses.

To be a RAID instructor, or even a RAID entry level diver, your buoyancy control needs to be at the top of the skills list. While diving is a safe sport if you gain proper training and follow the safety rules, the Divers Alert Network (DAN) statistics has revealed that dive accidents often reflect poor buoyancy control and therefore is a major risk factor in all forms of diving. This is why at RAID we put so much emphasis on great buoyancy control at every level of training. For example, the RAID Open Water 20 course introduces buoyancy skills, whereas at that level other training agencies generally reserve it for a separate specialty course, and we do this because we believe it is important to develop buoyancy skills from the beginning to ensure safe and enjoyable diving practices.

NO CLASSROOM BUT ALL CLASS

RAID’s online training system incorporates over 50 courses. It is the most comprehensive and largest bank of online courses in the dive industry covering every level of training from snorkeling to high-tech rebreather diving. These online courses allow the student to progress through the diver academics at their own pace, any time, anywhere. This approach also allows the RAID instructor to spend more time in the water with students developing their skills.

ADVANCED QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM

RAID is a dive centre based training agency, meaning that all RAID professionals and instructors are associated with a dive centre and do not operate as “one man bands”, ensuring a higher level of oversight and quality control. This ground breaking quality assurance program incorporates a globally acclaimed and fully integrated approach to ensure the highest standards are maintained.