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An IAHD instructor is the specialist who has learned how an IAHD course best is given. An IAHD Centre is the logistic place where you can follow an IAHD diving course.
IAHD diving instructors are advised to cooperate with an IAHD Centre so that you, as a student, can get the best of both.
IAHD centers can have 2 different types of qualifications: a dive centre and a training centre.
In order to gain the status of IAHD dive centre, the centre must:
- Have paid the required contribution in full;
- Show evidence of professional registration / recognition of local government;
- Have a professional image and appearance;
- Have regular opening hours;
- Be relatively active in the sale of IAHD courses and associated materials;
- Have a varied selection of scuba diving equipment for hire, that meets the IAHD guidelines;
- Have a facility for filling scuba cylinders;
- Have a suitable classroom for IAHD students within an acceptable distance from the dive centre;
- Have a swimming pool or confined water and an open water location that meets the IAHD training requirements, within an acceptable distance from the dive centre.
- Employ at least one IAHD instructor in active status.
In order to gain the status of IAHD training centre, the centre must:
- Have paid the required contribution in full;
- Show evidence of professional registration / recognition of local government;
- Have a professional image and appearance;
- Have regular opening hours;
- Be relatively active in the sale of IAHD courses and associated materials;
- Have a varied selection of scuba diving equipment for hire, that meets the IAHD guidelines;
- Have a facility for filling scuba cylinders;
- House an area where a certified specialist can service and repair dive equipment;
- House a fully equipped class room suitable for IAHD students;
- Have a swimming pool or confined water and an open water location that meets the IAHD training requirements, within an acceptable distance from the dive centre.
- Employ at least one IAHD Staff Instructor or higher in active status;
- After gaining the status of IAHD Training Centre, conduct at least one associate (dive) course per calendar year.
