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Scuba Schools International

Scuba Schools International or SSI is an organization that teaches the skills involved in scuba diving. www.ssidiving.com

Much of their training system has been closely patterned after PADI, the Professional Association of Diving Instructors, and both organizations offer largely the same information and training. One notable difference in their programs and certification processes is that SSI requires their member instructors to be associated with a dive center, while PADI-certified instructors may teach anywhere, independently = the SSI advantage is the access to additional resources, new gear and properly inspected rental equipment; the PADI advantage is that one may not have a bona fide dive center anywhere nearby.

SSI, like PADI and NAUI, offers complete training programs from the level of absolute beginner all the way through several specialist certifications, including dive-master, rescue and recovery, instructor, etc. Rather than acting competitively, certifications from one or another agency are respected by the others, as the "dive community" tends to see itself as a whole, with the view that everyone involved contributes to the furthering of the sport (or for some, the profession). By this token, one's choice of training agency is more a matter or personal preference than anything else.

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