| Articles Topics covered in the PADI
Open Water Diver course.
This article lists
the topics that you will cover during the classroom portion of your course.
During your course you'll be given access to the course manual. As the
cost of manuals is quite high, over 1,500 Baht - they aren't included in the
cost of dive courses by the dive schools on Koh Chang. The same applies to
accompanying videos and VCDs/DVDs which you'll have access to at the dive school but
will have to pay extra for if you require your own.
You'll notice that
the manual is divided into five chapters. Each chapter contains it's own
exercises and 'Knowledge Review' questions, pay attention to these questions as
there is a final exam and the format and questions are very similar to that of
the Knowledge Reviews in the manual.
Chapter 1
- The Underwater World
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Diving Equipment
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Scuba Systems
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The Buddy System
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Confined Water Training Preview
Chapter 2
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Adapting to the Underwater World
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Respiration
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Diving Equipment
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Diving Communications
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Buddy System Procedures
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Confined Water Training
Preview
Chapter 3
- The Diving Environment
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Dive Planning
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Boat Diving Procedures
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Problem Management
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Confined Water Training Preview
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General Open Water Skills
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Open Water Training Preview
Chapter 4
- Accessory Diving Equipment
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Health for Diving
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Breathing Air at Depth
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Dive Tables Introduction
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Using the Recreational Dive Planner
- Wheel booklet
- Complete Sample Problems and Exercise Questions using the Wheel
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Confined Water Training Preview
Chapter 5
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Recreational Dive Planner Special
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Circumstances
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Finding Minimum Surface Interval - Complete Sample Problems and Exercise Questions
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Dive Tables Definitions Review
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Basic Compass Navigation
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Confined Water Training Preview
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Open Water Training Preview
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Continuing Education
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Epilogue
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Summary of Diving Safety Practices
Now you’re ready for your final
review session. You'll find that classroom sessions are often alternated
with practical confined and open water training to allow for more variation during the course.
Some dive schools hold part of the
classroom training on the dive boat itself. This can serve two purposes,
it fills the time spent getting to the dive sites and also cuts down on the time
taken to complete the course.
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