Scuba Professional: Insights into Sport Diver Training & Operations (The Scuba Series)

Scuba Professional: Insights into Sport Diver Training & Operations (The Scuba Series)

<b>Scuba Professional</b> is the natural successor to Simon Pridmore's first book, <i>Scuba Confidential - An Insider's Guide to Becoming a Better Diver</i>. Whereas <i>Scuba Confidential </i>focused on how to scuba dive, <b>Scuba Professional</b> looks at how diving is taught and how dive operations are conducted.<br /><br /><b>Scuba Professional</b> is an excellent source of out-of-the-box ideas and independent, objective advice for instructors and dive operators. It is also an indispensable guide for those aspiring to become dive professionals with chapters such as <i>Do You Have What It Takes?</i> and <i>Which Training Agency?</i><br /><br />In short, this is everything you wanted to know about working in scuba diving but never dared to ask.<br /><br /><b>Scuba Professional</b> is not only for professionals. Serious divers who take more than a passing interest in their hobby and want to know what goes on behind the scenes will be fascinated by the topics addressed and the insights offered.<br /><br />From a dive safety point of view, Simon looks at the bigger picture and, in a series of chapters on avoiding and handling accidents, sets out a framework for developing the safety culture within our sport. He also examines the present state of key aspects of the dive industry and speculates as to the future.