Professional Diving Instructors Corporation

Professional Diving Instructors Corporation
AbbreviationPDIC
Formation1969[1]
TypeNGO
PurposeScuba Instructor training and recreational diving certification
Location
Region served
Global
Websitehttp://www.pdic-intl.com/

The Professional Diving Instructors Corporation (PDIC) is an international SCUBA training and certification agency. It has an estimated 5 million active recreational divers.[2]

Founded in 1969, PDIC was established out of the need to properly train SCUBA instructors.[1] After more than ten years of training exclusively instructors, the decision was made to offer training starting at the open water level.

PDIC is a founding member of the (United States) Recreational Scuba Training Council[3][1] and is recognised as a scuba training and certification provider by several state and national organisations in the USA.[4][5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b c "PDIC History". Professional Diving Instructors Corporation. Archived from the original on 2007-08-14. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
  2. ^ "PDIC". Professional Diving Instructors Corporation. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
  3. ^ "Who we are". Professional Diving Instructors Corporation. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Merit Badges". Boy Scouts of America. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
  5. ^ "Scuba Diving". Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  6. ^ "TMAR Search and Recovery Dive Team". The Maritime Regiment (TMAR) of the Texas State Guard (TXSG). Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
  7. ^ "Scuba diving". Pennsylvania state parks. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
  8. ^ "Kentucky Administrative Regulation: 106 KAR 1:390. Search and rescue training requirements, Section 5". Kentucky state. Retrieved 2012-06-14.