Gold Palm Resort PADI 5 Stars

Professional Course Opportunities  
 
The particular "Formula College" gives you a serial of important advantages if compared to the normal development of the same courses in town. First of all, you'll effectuate your course directly in the sea (and what a sea!),  in a diving center of prestige, that will involve you as a true member of its staff. 
The courses are combined with the holiday packages called "Blue Weeks" - excluding the months of July and August - at an all inclusive cost that will give you the opportunity to save up to 50% on the normal price list. Practically with the same money that you would spend for a course in town, you'll buy a week of holiday on the Emerald Coast, even effectuating 10 recreational dives in the water of the “Mediterranean Tropic”  

 

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Recreational Courses - Formula College
BEGINNER OPEN WATER DIVER * 460,00
ADVANCED ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER 550,00
     

* NOT including the 10 recreational dives

INCLUDING: accommodation,  half board and 10 dives

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Specialty Diver Courses - Best Offer with Fixed Dates (Formula College)
From 08/05 to 15/05 Dry Suit 570,00
From 15/05 to 22/05 Ray Semiclosed Rebreather 670,00
From 22/05 to 29/05 Underwater Scooter 570,00
From 29/05 to 05/06 Underwater Photography 530,00
From 05/06 to 12/06 Underwater Video 570,00
From 19/06 to 26/06 Neptune System 570,00
     
N.B.   The above mentioned offers are not valid in July and August. In June and in the first 15 days of September they are available with an extra charge of €40. Each course includes PADI Kit or learning material as indicated in the price list and the necessary equipment to effectuate the technological courses.

INCLUDED: accommodation,  half board and 10 dives 

Buying a "Blue Week" + a Specialty Diver Course you get a 35% discount on all courses, included Rescue and EFR.  The training dives will be canceled from the 10 dives included in your  package.

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Professional Stages - Formula College
MASTER GUIDE
Become a real professional dive guide starting from the advanced level (PADI AOWD; CMAS 2Stars or others) of any diving organization!
At the end of the stage you'll be a PADI Dive Master with the Master Guide Certification by the ODC: a dive guide qualified to manage an excursion for experienced divers, but also many parallel aspects of this activity (boat navigation and guide, anchorages, repairing and maintenance, marketing, diving center management, etc.).
This stage lasts minimum 4 following months, in the period from 20th APRIL to the end of OCTOBER.
Under all points of view you'll be a member of the staff of the diving center,  living in the staff's apartment and receiving a monthly allowance for the board. Practically you'll pay the courses with your job.
P.S. Details on request.

 

EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE, RESCUE, DIVE MASTER - Formula “FULL IMMERSION STAGE”

The “Full Immersion Stage” lasts 4 weeks and gives you the opportunity to reach the certifications Emergency First Response, Rescue and Dive Master. With this stage you will have the unique chance to acquire in one month all the abilities and contents normally learnt in 6 months of a course in town.  Moreover with no additional costs you will spend a month at the sea, effectuating 30 dives with the Orso Diving Club.

The price is € 1.500,00 and includes: accommodation in the staff's apartment, the courses Emergency First Response, Rescue and Dive Master, learning material and 30 open water dives.

The  "Full Immersion Stages" will take place in the following periods:

1)     From 1st May     to 29th May

2)     From 4th September to  2nd October

ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR                          02/09 OCTOBER

One week  in Formula Stage:  € 500. The price includes: Assistant Instructor Course, accommodation in the staff's apartment, learning material, 6 recreational dives  .

N.B. For the participants of the Stages "Master Guide" or "Full Immersion" 30% discount.

ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR and OPEN WATER SCUBA INSTRUCTOR COURSES

Are you a Dive Master with boat license and/or do you speak English and/or German? If so, you can participate in the Assistant Instructor or in the OWSI Course and become a real “Master Guide”, working with us for at least 4 months in the period from April to November  with accommodation and  monthly allowance for the board of € 200,00 

N.B.  For the participants of one of the stages "Master Guide" or "Full immersion + Assistant Instructor"  it will be possible at the end of October to attend the OWSI Course at a very convenient price.  

Recreational Diving Courses

Could you have any better chance to learn diving? During your holiday you'll learn to dive in the clear sea of the "Emerald Coast," supported by a PADI "5 Star Gold Palm Resort": the best you can have if you are looking for high quality and first class service.
 
The collective Beginner Courses include: full equipment (tank, weights, mask, snorkel, wet suit, fins, complete regulator with octopus and pressure gauge, jacket); instructor for a maximum of 6 students; PADI Open Water Diver Learning Kit (book, Log-Book, PADI bag, certificate, sticker, PADI plastic Recreational Dive Table and other material); open water dives; certification and T-Shirt of the Orso Diving Club. 
 
The practical lessons will take place directly in the sea, only a few minutes of navigation from the diving, in a beautiful little bay isolated from winds and drifts and not accessible to other boats. We usually reach the bay with a rubber boat that we moor on our private buoy. From here we swim to the shore and dive 2 to 5 meters deep for the first exercises, while for the last dives we reach the depth of 18 meters.

Minimum 2 student required!

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Beginner Courses

DISCOVER SCUBA It is an underwater "first experience", preceded by a short introduction to the basic information on safety in diving, which allow the participants to begin using scuba equipment and tanks under supervision in shallow confined water. It is recognized as credit toward the Open Water Diver Course. No certification is issued. Maximum depth: 6 meters. Minimum age: 10 years.

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DISCOVER SCUBA DIVING After the completion of the course, this certification allows you to experience the thrill of diving up to 12 meters, under the supervision of an instructor. It is structured in two sessions. The first one comprehends some theory and exercises in the sea; the second one is a real dive up to the depth of 12 meters. Minimum age: 10 years.

OPEN WATER DIVER  It qualifies you to dive with a buddy, without supervision, always using the knowledge and techniques learned during the course, up to the maximum depth of 18 meters. The necessary theory is learned in 5 sessions, developed through the study of the book, briefings with the instructor, videos and other multimedia supports. Parallely the theory is practiced directly in the sea, during four trainig dives in open water environment. Minimum age: 10 years. 

Advanced Courses
ADVENTURE DIVER  For this course you choose 3 adventure dives that interest you and under the guidance of an instructor you broaden your awareness of them. Before each dive you will have to read the relative chapter in the book, completing the final Knowledge Review and making a briefing with the instructor. Maximum depth: 30 meters. Minimum age: 12 years. Prerequisite: PADI Open Water Diver or equal qualifying certification by another training organization.
ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER It is a more complete course than the Adventure Diver, as you choose 5 specialties, among which a deep dive and a navigation dive are compulsory. Before each dive you'll read the relative chapter in the book, completing the final Knowledge Review and making a briefing with the instructor. This certificate is requested if you whish to continue your PADI diving education. Maximum depth: 30 meters. Minimum age: 12 years. Prerequisite: PADI Open Water Diver or equal qualifying certification by another training organization.   

You can choose among the following Adventure Dives: Boat; Peak Performance Buoyancy; Multilevel with Computer; Naturalist; Navigator; Night; Deep; Wreck; Drift.

Note that each dive of the Adventure Diver and Advanced Open Water Diver Course gives credit as first dive of the relative PADI Specialty Course. In the same way, the first dive of a PADI Specialty Course gives credit as a dive of the Adventures Diver or Advanced Open Water Diver Course. 

RESCUE DIVER It is the crucial step in your diving education, where you broaden your knowledge and experience beyond the purely recreational level. Rescue Divers learn not only to take care of themselves, but also to consider the safety and well-being of other divers. They'll be trained to prevent problems and manage emergencies. The course is structured in five theoretical lessons and five practical sessions in open water, where 12 realistic rescue situations will be reproduced. Minimum age: 12 years. Prerequisites: PADI Advanced Open Water and Medic First Aid / Emergency First Response (not older than 2 years) or equal qualifying certifications by other training organizations.
DIVE MASTER It is the entry professional level of your diving career. The Dive Master Course sharpens the skills acquired in the Rescue Diver Course. It extends your ability in problem solving, broadens your knowledge in managing and preventing accidents and trains you for the supervision of certified and non-certified divers. The study of the diving theory is at professional level. The course is structured in 5 theoretical sessions and 10 dives in which the candidates improve their attitudes, judgement, abilities and water skills, applying the learned theory. Minimum age: 18 years. Prerequisites: PADI Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver or equal qualifying certifications by other diving organizations.
EFR - EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE  It is the basic course for Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) and Emergency First Response Secondary Care (First Aid). It teaches you the steps and techniques for handling life thereatening emergencies. 
Specialty Diver Courses
PEAK PERFORMANCE BUOYANCY (2 dives)
UNDERWATER NATURALIST (2 dives)
DRIFT DIVER (2 dives)
BOAT DIVER (2 dives)                

MULTILEVEL DIVER (2 dives)
UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHER (2 dives)
DRY SUIT DIVER (2 dives)
DIVER PROPULSION VEHICLE (2 dives)
ENRICHED AIR DIVER (2 dives)
NIGHT DIVER (3 dives)
UNDERWATER VIDEOGRAPHER (3 dives)  
RAY SEMICLOSED REBREATHER (3 dives)  
DEEP DIVER (4 dives)  
WRECK DIVER (4 dives)  

OPERATIONAL: The training sessions generally take place during the normal collective dive excursions. In this way you have no restrictions to particular days nor limits due to the minimum number of participants.

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