After enrolling, PADI's eLearning® system presents you with interactive presentations that include videos, audio, graphics and reading. Short quizzes let you gauge your progress, and review and correct anything you might happen to miss. This lets you move through the program efficiently and at your own pace.

The eLearning course will be available for one year from the time of course registration. Though you must finish the online portion of the course within that time frame, you will have perpetual access to an online version of the materials.

Once you finish the eLearning portion of the course, your dive center is notified that you have completed it and that you are ready for the practical phase of the program. At the end of the eLearning program, you can print out your eRecord and bring a copy of it with you to your selected PADI Dive Center or Resort.

You can go to any PADI dive centre, resort or PADI instructor to complete your course.

Initially you are linked to Bambu Diving - because that's who you're buying the course from - but you can go anywhere in the world to complete.

This varies with different courses, but typically, the Course price includes:

• • Online Course (eLearning)
  • Certification card processing fee
  • E-Record
  • Quizzes
  • Knowledge Reviews
  • Exam
  • Videos

These courses are the theory element of the relevant PADI certification. They do not include the practical, skill development sessions.

Most PADI courses require in-water training that must be conducted by a qualified instructor. Whichever instructor or dive centre that you choose to complete your training will charge a fee for that training.

However, it will be cheaper than their full price as part of the course is already complete.