Swiss Company for Underwater Breathing and Activities

S.C.U.B.A. AG was founded on June 23, 2012. The society aims to promote underwater sports and environmental projects through training and certification of instructors; developing, publishing and making available of teaching and training systems and documents in book form or digitally, providing advice and support of dive centres, dive resorts and dive schools. S.C.U.B.A. is an acronym for “Swiss Company for Underwater Breathing and Activities“.
On May 6, 2014 a new board of directors was elected . This was done to assure competences in finances, intellectual property and law. Pat Hermse is President. As published economist and auditor, his knowledge is instrumental for the financial health of the company. Intellectual property is the domain of Irmgard Tschischkale. As Lawyer and notary, Stefan Gerber contributes legal expertise. Jan Oldenhuizing is published environmental scientist and has written many textbooks for recreational diving . Jan Oldenhuizing is in charge of the operational team .
Programmes
Introductory Dives

* Try Scuba - Diving introduction in a pool or confined water.
* Try Scuba Diving - Diving introduction in open water.
Diver Level Certifications
* Scuba Diver - Trained for guided dives to a maximum depth of 12 metres.
* Open Water Scuba Diver - Autonomous diver to a maximum depth of 20 metres on sites where the bottom provides a physical depth restriction.
* Basic Advanced Scuba Diver - Autonomous diver to a maximum depth of 20 metres on sites where the bottom does not serve as a physical depth restriction.
* Advanced Scuba Diver - Autonomous diver to a maximum depth of 20 metres.
* Deep Diver - Autonomous diver to a maximum depth of 40 metres.
* Scuba Safety & First Aid - Rescue Diver with training in first-aid and CPR.
Other Certifications required for becoming Master Scuba Diver and/or Scuba Guide
* Oxygen First Aid - Training in the use of emergency oxygen.
* Compressor & Nitrox Installations - Operation and maintenance of high pressure air compressors and installations for filling Nitrox.
* Naturalist - The biological aspects of the diving environment.
* Nitrox Diver - Training for diving with blends containing up to 40% of oxygen.
* Navigation - Creating maps for dive locations and navigating with the use of maps already existing.
* Equipment - The selection and maintenance of diving equipment.
Other certifications not required for continuing education
* Diving Instruments - Decompression theory and the use of dive computers.
* Research Diving - Diving for research projects.
* Scuba-Eco - The chemical aspects of the diving environment.
* Ice Diver - Diving under ice.
* Search & Recovery - Locating and lifting lost objects.
* Photography with automatic settings - Taking pictures underwater while using automatic settings on camera and strobe.
* Manual Photography - Taking pictures underwater at a professional level.
* Boat Diving - A short introductory programme for diving from boats. This programme is often combined with Open Water Scuba Diver.
* Night Diving - Diving at night.
* Current - Training for dives in current. This programme is often combined with Open Water Scuba Diver.
* Dry Suit - Diving with a dry suit.
* Low visibility - Diving at sites with limited visibility. This programme is often combined with Open Water Scuba Diver.
* Altitude - Diving in lakes at altitude. This programme is often combined with Open Water Scuba Diver.
Professional Levels
* Scuba Guide - Training to guide other divers.
* Assistant Scuba Instructor - Serves as an assistant to instructors during training programmes.
* Scuba Instructor - Instructor.
* Advanced Scuba Instructor - Instructor qualified to teach a range of special programmes.
* Master Scuba Instructor - The highest instructor qualification.
* Assistant Scuba Instructor Trainer - Serves as an assistant to an instructor trainer during courses to become an instructor.
* Scuba Instructor Trainer - Trainer for diving instructors.
* Advanced Scuba Instructor Trainer - Examiner for instructors and trainer for new instructor trainers.
Educational Method
S.C.U.B.A. AG has combined objectivism and constructivism (http://en. .org/wiki/Constructivism_(philosophy_of_education)) in a single educational system. Programmes for novices are highly standardised. Continuing education programmes are increasingly based on constructivism. The increasing responsibility of divers when they achieve higher certification levels requires them to take context into account, which in turn requires an educational approach to prepare them for that responsibility. New instructors learn how to teach according to the objectivist learning tradition. Instructors at higher levels are introduced to constructivist methods.
General
Already 2 years after the society was founded, S.C.U.B.A. AG had a complete set of educational materials available in English, German, French and Dutch, ranging from books for beginners all the way through documentation for diving instructors. S.C.U.B.A. AG is a partner of the Schweizer Unterwasser-Sport-Verband (SUSV - Swiss Diving Federation) .
Links
# Trade Register and business information: http://www.moneyhouse.ch/en/u/s_c_u_b_a_ag_CH-036.3.053.951-2.htm
# Tauchen: http://www.tauchen.de/aktuell/news/detail.php?class59&objectID6763
# Nereus, August 2012: http://www.susv.ch/de/susv/nereus-mediadaten-2013/ausgaben-2012
# Publication: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652612005112
# Publication: http://www.sciencegate.ch/all-articles/detail?identifier54527797&titleEen+risicobenadering+voor+anti-witwasprogramma%E2%80%99s+binnen+financi%C3%ABle+instellingen
# Webpage: http://www.gfw-law.ch/inhalt/gerber.htm
# German union of patent attorneys: http://www.patentberichterstatter-muenchen.de/mitglieder.php
# Google Books: https://www.google.com/search?q=jan+oldenhuizing&gws_rd=ssl#q=inauthor:%22Jan+Oldenhuizing%22&tbm=bks
# S.C.U.B.A. Internetpage: http://www.scuba-international.com/english/contact.asp
# Educational method: http://www.scuba-professionals.com/english/philosophy.asp
# https://www.bestofdiving.info/?sId10008&aId1570
# http://www.susv.ch/de/susv/partner

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