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Learn about Universal Referrals
Open Water Referrals
A student who has
completed any Knowledge Development
session, Confined Water Dive or Open
Water Dive in another location can be referred
to ALDive to complete certification requirements.
A Knowledge Development
session, Confined Water Dive or Open Water Dive is
considered "complete" when the student diver has
demonstrated mastery for all its listed performance
requirements.
For example, a student
diver may be referred after completing Knowledge
Development Section One, which includes independent
study, academic review and passing the quiz, or after
mastering the skills during Confined Water Dive One, or
after completing both.
It is the responsibility
of the Instructor receiving a referred student to ensure
that the diver is adequatelyprepared to participate in
the next training step. If, in our Instructor's
judgment, the student diver?
If knowledge or skills
do not adequately meet the performance requirements, the
student restudies or retrains as necessary to meet the
performance requirements.
The referral begins when
the instructor issues a Diver Referral Record to the
student documenting the completed training. The form
must list completion dates and be initialed by the
instructor.
A copy of the student's
completed Medical Statement must also be attached, or
else the student diver completes a new Medical Statement
prior to any in-water activities with our instructor.
A Referral Record is
valid for 12 months from the last training segment
completion date.
Universal Referral
Along with the other five participating
diver certifying organizations (IDEA, NASDS, PDIC, SSI,
and YMCA), NAUI has developed the Universal Referral
Program to provide you with an extensive array of
training advantages. We can easily provide referral
training for student customers from six certifying
organizations.
Students enter the URP at a logical point - at the time
of open water training, after meeting academic and
confined water requirements. In open water training the
philosophy of all of the agencies is the same - we are
not teaching new skills; the student is applying already
learned diving skills and knowledge to the open water
environment. The initiating facility or instructor can
direct the student to any participating URP instructor,
with whom the student can complete the open water
training skills. The student returns the evidence of
training (the completed Universal Referral Form) to the
initiating facility or instructor who certifies their
student.
The URP is making paths for us and our
students rather than putting up barriers.
There is no formal organization, such as DEMA or the
RSTC, that "runs" the URP. The six agencies themselves
have signed an Operating Agreement that they will use
and honor the Universal Referral Program as outlined.
Even PADI instructors and facilities can receive
students, and be registered as Referral Instructors and
Locations under the Universal Referral Program.
A website at
www.universalreferral.com has been established to
provide information about the URP and a listing of
Referral Locations.
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