First Ever Scuba Diving Course
It is essential to master how to flip from boat before diving in.
(Picture: Instructor Rahim Mahat)
Building artificial coral reefs by professional divers can improve the ecosystem of marine life.
(Image: The Economist)
NILAI: Civil Engineering club (CEC) collaborates with INTI Aquatic Club to teach scuba diving skills to students, and ten students now have completed PADI Open Water Diver course in Pulau Perhentian in mid-March.
INTI Scuba Diving Course, rephrased from PADI Open Water Diver Course is under PADI, the most prevalent scuba diving training organization in more than 183 countries.
The course can be paid through installations, which provides flexibility to anyone interested in joining the course from INTI, starting from RM399.
The course grants participants diving certification, and allows them to discover the aquatic world up to 18-metres deep underwater.
With a total of RM1199, the cost includes PADI Diver’s certification, equipment rental fee, instructor fee, ferry transfer, a T-shirt, PADI course materials and three to five theory classes.
“We’re going to open an introductory course for students who are interested, it will cost less than RM100,” Nurharniza binti Abdul Rahman, one of the lecturers passionate about scuba diving and the one who initiated the course last November said.
In fact, the participants need to complete at least two Confined Water Dives in INTI’s swimming pool, followed by two Shore Dives, and two Boat Dives in Pulau Perhentian. The participants will be guided by scuba instructor Rahim Mahat who has over 20 years of experience in diving.
Apart from that, currently five engineering students are assisting on a social project known as Artificial Coral Reef Protection Project which aims to help in the development of artificial reefs to avoid further degradation of the aquatic ecosystem.
