FAQ
No.
Yes, just log on and follow the registration procedures.
No, you will probably meet one during the in water training.
No, you can contact a RAID Dive Centre from the list, anytime before, during or after your academic on-line learning.
You can choose any RAID Registered Dive Centre for your in water training.
6 months.
You can register for one course, and you will only get one certification. Each member of the family must earn his/her own certificate.
You can register for as many academic on-line programmes as you like, although you need to meet the prerequisites prior to any in water training.
Yes, just choose or contact a RAID registered Dive Centre and make arrangements with them for a Discover Rebreather session.
You need to re-register and start again as a lot of information may have been forgotten and revision is always safe.
15 years to become a RAID diver, and 16 years for Level 3 and above.
Yes, you may want to do confined water locally, and travel to a tropical island for your open water.
No, the quick quiz is an important prerequisite.
10 times, then if you don't pass you need to contact your Dive Centre for additional help.
No.
Yes.
Yes. You are a life-long member.
Yes.
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Simple - read through the various levels of education and if you meet all the prerequisites then you may "cross over" at that particular level. In other words to enter any level in the RAID system the diver needs to meet all the prerequisites before registration and must provide documentation to the RAID Dive Centre and RAID Instructor when enrolling to complete the in water training section.
YES - all the answers are in the manuals for investigation. There are many educational methods. The method RAID is employing is not for memory retention but for comprehension of a subject that requires understanding and investigation (open book quiz) and the ability to apply these with other cognitive skills to develop a diver to apply the understanding to survival skills ie diving. Basic memory retention without comprehension will not help a diver learn survival skills.
Certified OC instructors from any recognised dive agency may cross over on-line to become a RAID OC Instructor (subject to General Diving Standards).
Example: You must complete on-line academic portion of the RAID OC Level 1,2,3 and Instructor. The practical skills will be credited.
Rebreather Level 3 teaches the diver:
To become a RAID Rebreather Sport Instructor, complete on-line rebreather Level 1,2,3 and Instructor.
Then complete the RAID Speciality Instructor, by completing on-line each Instructor Speciality Programme.
Following certification, a RAID Speciality Instructor may teach unit specific courses
Rebreather instructors are automatically qualified to teach RAID OC training.
To become a RAID Rebreather Sport Instructor, complete on-line rebreather Level 1,2,3 Instructor
and Rebreather Speciality. If you have the required number of logged underwater hours then you will complete the Instructor Speciality and the relevant SIDP if required.
Requirements are subject to the specific rebreather instructor programme taken.
To become a RAID Rebreather Sport Instructor, complete on-line Open Circuit Instructor cross over, then complete the rebreather academic on-line Level 1,2 and 3.
Take a practical rebreather Level 3 programme and the rebreather speciality for the unit you wish to teach. After you have the required number of logged dives, enter the Sport Rebreather Instructor programme on-line.
Certification is subject to the detailed rebreather speciality.
No
By completing rebreather Level 3, then enrol on the rebreather Level 4 programme. After you have the required number of logged dives, enter the rebreather Level 4 programme on-line.
Yes.
Yes, as the Dive Centre will do the final signing of the certification on-line - see below.
The way the programme is designed requires there to be a RAID Dive Centre managing both the training and final certifications. So choose the next closest RAID Dive Centre to you.
A student can register on-line through a Dive Centre or by him/herself, and then choose a Dive Centre listed.
Yes, refer to General Diving Standards for fees.
The times below are ONLY estimates and are subject to location and other requirements
3/4 day course (depending on your instructor's schedule and unit speciality).
3/4 day course (depending on your instructor's schedule and unit speciality).
4 day course (depending on your instructor's schedule and unit speciality).
6/8 day course (depending on your instructor's schedule and unit speciality)..
8/10 day course (depending on your instructor's schedule and unit speciality).
6 Day programme. (depending on your examiner's schedule and unit speciality).
3.5 Day programme. (depending on your examiner's schedule and unit speciality).