Comfort Reimagined
Diving with an OCEAN REEF Integrated Diving Mask is a totally new experience and brings a different vision to your underwater adventures. Full face masks offer greater safety and comfort, especially in cold or dirty water. For ice-diving, they are the closest thing to a ‘must-have.’ And they are often part of a public safety diver’s basic kit. But they have plenty of benefits for day-to-day sport diving as well. A IDM gives divers a clearer and broader field of view, and breathing with a full face mask is extremely comfortable because the diver can breathe more naturally than with a traditional scuba second stage—through their nose! Another benefit for instructors (and other divers too) is the option of fitting the OCEAN REEF IDM with communications. Being able to communicate with students, one-way or duplex brings a whole new dimension to confined-water training. Ask your local RAID dive centre about the RAID IDM program and the features and benefits of OCEAN REEF’s flexible, feature-packed, and revolutionary IDM. While you’re talking, ask about how easy it is to make your IDM fully customized with useful and functional accessories. #TheRAIDWay™
Wreck Camp Malta
Mark this one in your travel calendar, because it promises to be memorable. For those in the know, Malta offers some very fine ocean wreck diving in moderate conditions with water temperatures in October in the low to mid 20s. This week-long Severntec Diving event will be hosted at Paradive Diving School, and divers at all levels and any diver certified through a recognised agency is welcome. That said, divers will be able to upgrade their certifications and RAID wreck, advanced wreck, DPV and others programs will be offered. (Please book any training spots asap since space is limited and these dive sites are among the very best in the Mediterranean, so spots will fill fast.) Duration: 8 days. This will be in recreational limits unless arrangements are made prior to event The sites so far on the agenda include: HMS Māori, X127, P31, Rozi, Hephaestus, MV Karwela, MV Cominoland, Um El Faroude. (Please note, HMS Māori, X127, P29 and Rozi are shore dives.) PACKAGE PRICES: Dive package which includes: Nitrox (12-15 Litre Cylinders), ten dives (two days of shore dives three days on boat) for €500 (€50 per dive). More details to come, but contact Kevin Murphy and Severntec Diving to sign-up and to book your spot. For more information about Paradise Diving, visit their FaceBook page, or the events listing on FaceBook.
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Official response to changes in business practices
On behalf of the shareholders and management team at Dive RAID International (RAID), we wish to make it clear that our agency does NOT plan to restrict our members from conducting business however they wish and in a way that works best in their market. We are aware that a competitive certification agency has recently decided that dive centres in certain regions who “fly its flag” may no longer offer courses from other companies. Offering alternative programs in these regions, either to offer courses NOT in their curriculum or to simply offer customer choice, will result in what amounts to expulsion. RAID wants to assure its members that it has no plans to embrace a similar tactic. With very few restrictions, RAID allows RAID instructors and DCs choice, and encourages broad support of the dive industry as a whole community. We also believe that doing so supports the spirit and intent behind our membership to WRSTC, ISO, RTC, et al. Our open market policy is part of doing business The RAID Way™ which includes Zero Fee-Membership, highly competitive pricing, and support for our professionals rather than unilaterally deciding to restrict their business. We do understand that an analogy exists that while Hoover is synonymous with vacuum cleaners, consumers sometimes chose to buy Dyson because it better suits their needs. The same may be said of consumers deciding to buy scuba and freediving training. Brand primacy does not equate to the best choice for every consumer, and RAID believes in a fair, open market. Again, RAID supports customer choice and we are comfortable being judged on our high standards, track record for safety, quality, inclusiveness, and ethical business practices. Dive RAID Brasil | Dive RAID Latin America | Dive RAID Benelux | RAID Maldives | Dive RAID Malta & Gozo | RAID Deutschland | Dive RAID UK | RAID USA | Dive RAID Southern Africa | TheRAIDway-Pro Group | | Dive RAID Italia | Dive RAID Asia | Dive RAID International | et al
Growing the IT network in UK
Karl Kruger has been a valued member of Dive RAID International’s instructor-team since he joined us in 2017. As a former Military Diving Supervisor, he has been sharing his love of diving teaching what works in all sorts of conditions for close to 30 years. He has a great skills-based approach in his programs and has a quick eye fixing student problems with confidence and empathy: a perfect fit with RAID’s teaching philosophy. So, of course, it came as no surprise that he has successfully passed his RAID Instructor Trainer program recently. “With his passion for training all levels of students, recreational and tech, and a special love of exploring wrecks home and aboard, Karl is perfectly placed in South Wales at Bay Divers to offer his vast industry experience. We feel strongly that Karl’s skills a an Instructor Trainer will help him expand his business and Dive RAID International’s,” said James Rogers, RAID UK Business Director. Karl is a Regional Representative for RAID UK, he can explain why he chose RAID originally: just ask. He can assist you as a diver, Instructor or Dive Centre to make the same choice bringing positive change to the dive industry starting today. His email is: Karl@diveraiduk.com Please join us in congratulating him – and well done again from everyone at RAID HQ!
Lungfish CCR closer to CE accreditation.
RAID has just received some great and exciting news about one of “our” CCRs. The ORCA v6 Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR) is one step closer to making a huge splash in the European rebreather market! To be fully supported in EU countries (and the UK), a rebreather must conform to CE. The CE marking confirms that a product meets EU safety, health and environmental protection requirements. It is required for products manufactured anywhere in the world that are then marketed in the EU. Lungfish have successfully done all the practical tests, and the manufacturer has announced its application to attach the CE logo to the ORCA is at ‘the pivotal moment of submitting our technical file for CE certification to 100 m.’ A spokesperson for the UK-based manufacturer explained: ‘This process is the key to officially introducing the light and compact, powerful ORCA v6 with its unique user sizeable lungs and solid-state CO2 sensor, to the European market.’ We’d like to offer the agency’s congratulations to the team at Lungfish for this landmark event. Don’t miss the chance to be among the first to explore the depths with the ORCA v6! Have questions or eager to learn more? Drop RAID HQ an email and ask for more information about our Lungfish CCR Programs. #LungfishDiveSystems#ORCAv6#CCR#Lungfish#ORCA#Lungfish#CCR
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The Benefits of Being an Online Training Partner
IT’S THE BEST OPTION FOR YOU… HERE’S HOW IT WORKS RAID is an online business; we always have been. We like the whole vibe that being totally digital conveys: that’s to say a sense of community, open access, and inclusivity. And it really helps the company keep the smallest environmental ‘fin-print in the industry.’ One message we send out is “Join us.” This is an invitation to become part of our organization. That message is aimed at dive pros who want to bring positive change to the dive industry, but also to divers in general. There are more than a thousand reasons to join RAID, and one of them is the way our system works. It’s really very simple. For dive centres and instructors, we’ve done away with paper. RAID arrived at the ‘paperless office’ years ago, and it works very well. For our students, people like you perhaps, our system presents all the academics in a format that ensures customer safety and security. No books to lose, no chance of the dog eating your homework. All that is a top priority for RAID. What also counts is customer satisfaction, and something that we think is unique is our QA System (step 8 in the course flow). At the core of RAID’s QA System is customer protection, because every student is surveyed at the end of their course and as part of the final certification process. During what amounts to a class debrief, they are asked if the course met their expectations and if they feel comfortable and confident performing the course-specific skills… the stuff that’s supposed to be covered in their course by their RAID instructor. Step 8 in the RAID course flow is a vital part of the the whole system and it’s important for our students to understand why. The student co-signing skills essentially checks the final box in the process. Their input becomes part of the Quality Assurance audit trail. By checking it, the student is telling RAID HQ that everything was fine. It’s the student’s best chance to say things went exactly as expected. Investing in a robust customer protection system not only helps to safeguard customer trust and loyalty, but it also helps to protect everyone from potential legal and financial liabilities. So, it turns out that final sign-off is much more than just a simple check box. It’s the key to happy, comfortable, confident, and safer diving. Many thanks to James Omac Field Service Manager for RAID in the Philippines for the infograms used in this posting…
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Some of more than 1001 reasons to choose RAID
Pro-diver or pro diving, here’s a listing of ways RAID can change your life. And your choices are growing because our training department adds new courses every month or so. To check what’s new, browse our press releases>>> or contact RAID in your area>>>. SEND RAID HQ AN EMAIL…
