{"product_id":"scuba-professional-simon-pridmore-9781507621073","title":"Scuba Professional: Insights into Sport Diver Training \u0026 Operations","description":"\u003cp\u003eScuba Professional introduces readers of Simon Pridmore's books for divers to a whole new level of the sport. Whereas Scuba Fundamental, Scuba Confidential and Scuba Exceptional focus on how to scuba dive, Scuba Professional looks at how diving is taught and how dive operations are conducted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScuba Professional is also an excellent source of out-of-the-box ideas and independent, objective advice for instructors and dive operators, as well as an indispensable guide for those aspiring to become dive professionals with chapters such as \"Do You Have What It Takes?\" and \"Which Training Agency?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn short, this is everything you wanted to know about working in scuba diving but never dared to ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScuba Professional is not only for professionals. Serious divers who take more than a passing interest in their hobby and want to know what goes on behind the scenes will be fascinated by the topics addressed and the insights offered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a dive safety point of view, Simon looks at the bigger picture and, in a series of chapters on avoiding and handling accidents, sets out a framework for developing the safety culture within our sport. He also examines the present state of key aspects of the dive industry and speculates as to the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There is quite simply nothing like this book. Scuba Professional offers an invaluable guide to divers who want to excel in the scuba world. This is the ultimate backstage pass into the business of scuba.\"\u003cb\u003eJill Heinerth, Underwater Explorer, Technical Instructor Trainer and Filmmaker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Terrific, really good! Simon captures the key characteristics of the diving instruction milieu concisely and with insight and clarity. It took me back to my many years of diving instruction and I was able to tick a mental check box against almost every key point he makes.\"\u003cb\u003eAssociate Professor Simon Mitchell, Consultant Anaesthetist and Diving Physician\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Required reading for every scuba professional and anyone with hopes of becoming one. In fact every diver can learn from this distillation of hard-earned wisdom. Simon Pridmore is one of the most thoughtful and readable of divers.\"\u003cb\u003eSteve Weinman, Editor, Diver Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Pridmore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1507621078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781507621073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Simon Pridmore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992153915647,"sku":"9781507621073","price":16.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_56cc8ae4-6cf0-4a7c-967e-48dd3998b528.jpg?v=1683314341","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scuba-professional-simon-pridmore-9781507621073","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}