Professional Diving Instructors Corporation
- Professional Diving Instructors Corporation
The Professional Diving Instructors Corporation (PDIC) is an international SCUBA training and certification agency. It has an estimated 5 million active recreational divers. [cite web| url=http://www.pdic-intl.com/| title=PDIC| publisher=Professional Diving Instructors Corporation| accessdate=2007-10-15]
Founded in the 1960s, PDIC was established out of the need to properly train SCUBA instructors.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 World Recreational Scuba Training Council.[cite web| url=http://www.wrstc.com/agency.php?country=usa|title=WRSTC in the USA |publisher=World Recreational Scuba Training Council |accessdate=2007-11-28] ][cite web|url=http://www.pdic-intl.com/history.html|title=PDIC History |publisher=Professional Diving Instructors Corporation|accessdate=2007-11-28] ]External links
* [http://www.pdic-intl.com/ PDIC Official Site]
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