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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 1,700 Baht - they aren't included in the cost of dive courses by
the dive schools on Koh Chang. (However, as of 2006 PADI has made it
mandatory for course participants to be provided with course manuals which
they can take with them after completion of the course.) 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. You'll find that the format and questions in the final exam are
very similar to those of the Knowledge Reviews in the manual.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
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The Diving Environment -
Dive Planning -
Boat Diving Procedures -
Problem Management -
Confined Water Training Preview -
General Open Water Skills -
Open Water Training Preview
Chapter 4
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Accessory Diving Equipment -
Health for Diving -
Breathing Air at Depth -
Dive Tables Introduction -
Using the Recreational Dive Planner - Wheel
booklet -
Complete Sample Problems and Exercise Questions using the
Wheel -
Confined Water Training Preview
Chapter 5
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Recreational Dive Planner Special -
Circumstances -
Finding Minimum Surface Interval - Complete Sample
Problems and Exercise Questions -
Dive Tables Definitions Review -
Basic Compass Navigation -
Confined Water Training Preview -
Open Water Training Preview -
Continuing Education -
Epilogue -
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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