To get the best price for your RAID membership 2018 enquire directly through RAID UK & Malta. Online pricing is always quoted in US Dollars with tax added on top; RAID UK are pleased to offer a discounted rate to their members in a continued effort to support you and your business.
Contact James or Robyn at the RAID UK & Malta office to get your membership renewal quote. You can renew now ahead of the October renewal date.
Divemaster: £100.00
Instructor: £150.00
Dive Centre: £250.00
Freedive Instructor: £120.00
Freedive Centre: £200.00
From October there will be an increase in renewal price so get ahead of the game and renew early!
ONLINE
Renewal: $120.00
Tax: $ 44.00
Online Total: $144.00
Converted Total: £111.00
THROUGH RRO
Total: £100.00
SAVING: £11.00
ONLINE
Renewal: $210.00
Tax: $ 42.00
Online Total: $252.00
Converted Total: £194.00
THROUGH RRO
Total: £150.00
SAVING: £44.00
ONLINE
Renewal: $360.00
Tax: $ 72.00
Online Total: $432.00
Converted Total: £332.00
THROUGH RRO
Total: £250.00
SAVING: £82.00
ONLINE
Renewal: $150.00
Tax: $30.00
Online Total: $180.00
Converted Total: £138.00
THROUGH RRO
Total: £120.00
SAVING: £18.00
ONLINE
Renewal: $250.00
Tax: $50.00
Online Total: $300.00
Converted Total: £231.00
THROUGH RRO
Total: £200.00
SAVING: £31.00
Once you have received your quote from RAID UK you need to send the following documentation through to the office:
All of these documents will be loaded onto your RAID profile as part of our extensive quality assurance system.
James Rogers has just celebrated his four-year anniversary with RAID. Hear his story so far and where RAID is headed in the future.
It’s been a rollercoaster of a ride. Sometimes tough and confusing but always energising, inspiring, certainly rewarding. Let me explain more….
After being forced out of the biggest diving agency in the world, I made a tough decision to join one that many hadn’t even heard of.
Initially, RAID UK & Malta was met with a weird sense of disinterest. I can only compare it to how Channel 4 must have felt when they entered the TV market way back in 1982. You can imagine the top executive at the BBC – having already been well established for over 50 years – sitting back, laughing and saying, “I’ll give them six months, tops” or “they’re simply not credible they can’t compete against us”.
This attitude was expected from the dive industry, but frustrating for me as the RAID product had so much to offer, hardly anyone was willing to listen. They just wanted to continue doing the same things over and over again for the same returns.
However, after a few months, things started to change, we picked our first new Instructors and Dive Centres, people had started to talk about us, not everyone politely at first – but at least they had stopped ignoring us! We were energised. Who would be next, who would be willing to listen and be open to change… maybe the best dive inland training facility in the world?
Well, yes, actually! I first met John Vickers, Managing Director of Blue Abyss, a few months after launching RAID UK and Malta. He was experiencing that same “Channel 4 backlash” for his own venture. Everyone thought that his idea was pie in the sky and that it wouldn’t happen. A £120 million facility -the world’s first commercial deep sea to space research, training and test centre? Yeah right!
I believed in John’s vision right from the beginning, there were several reasons for this belief, the main one was a simple one, I could see he wouldn’t ever be stopped.
Now RAID is an official partner of the facility. We’ll soon be hiring a 35 strong team to run the centre that boasts a 50m dive pool. Blue Abyss noted that we’re a “perfect brand fit” because of our progressive approach to diver training. And to top it off, ONLY RAID Dive Centres and Instructors will be able to conduct training courses at Blue Abyss.
The RAID training base is steadily growing. Seeing new instructors and divers harness the power of the DiveRAID system will always be the most rewarding part of the job for me.
In April 2018, RAID was bought. Through RAID’s new partnership with Kalkomey Enterprises, RAID dive centres will be able to take full advantage of electronic systems that will make your job easier, and drive business directly to your doorstep.
I’ve got big plans for RAID UK and Malta in the next four years. Blue Abyss will be opening in 2019, and this will be huge for RAID. We’re committed to growing our family of divers, professionals and dive centres. If we keep growing at our current rate, in two years’ time I’d like to see 75 RAID Dive Centres in the UK, five in Ireland and another 10 in Malta.
We will never be, nor wish to be the next BBC. We’re quite happy doing things the RAID way – the alternative to the status-quo the new way. RAID will never be top of the leaderboard in terms of profit extracted from their members – it’s not one of our goals. But we will be streaks ahead when it comes to supporting our Dive Centres and members, our commitment to modern training and modern diving. We’re building a family, not just collecting numbers, you have a name, so do we.
The completion of the new RAID Divemaster program represents a major milestone for RAID. We have now completely overhauled every program from Try Dive to Instructor Trainer. RAID can proudly boast the most modern training system in the industry!
The Divemaster course is critical and forms the foundation professional level and prerequisite for instructor training.
We are extremely proud of this program and we believe is the best in the industry. It creates a well-rounded dive professional with the knowledge and practical skills that will make them a cut above the industry standard.
This is an important step in RAID training as it feeds the RAID Instructor Development Program (IDP). We want RAID Divemasters to receive the same level of skills training as the Instructor, plus give them scenarios that will prepare them for real world professional diving work, including working with real students and certified divers.
In reviewing our, and indeed other agency, material being used in the industry we decided to rewrite many of the manuals in the course. We have kept what was important, added new relevant information and revised the skills and sequence of the course. This was done in consultation with industry experts, Dive Centres, Instructors and consumers.
We believe we achieved our goal, which was to modernise our program with relevant content and extremely high standards of skills training, thus making the RAID Divemaster the best in the industry.
RAID International would like to thank all the people who had input on this program. Particularly Gary Hawkes and the Gempearl team in Australia for their advice. We also would like to thank Leslie Finlay who has given us great information in the environment section. We appreciate the input from our global team and look forward to all your comments.
Find out more about the requirements for delivering the program and the Divemaster Instructor Rating.
As of the 1st October 2017, only Divemaster Instructors or higher will be able to sign off Divemasters.
PURPOSE OF THE RATING
The purpose of this rating is to recognise RAID Instructors (Open Circuit) who have achieved the requirements to teach RAID Divemasters through training and experience.
PREREQUISITES in addition to the RGDS:
1. Be a minimum of 18 years old.
2. Be a renewed RAID Open Circuit Instructor for at least 12 months.
3. Have 200 logged hours.
4. Have certified a minimum of 35 students with the following minimums:
a. 5 from Open Water 20
b. 5 from Explorer 30 or Advanced 35
c. 5 Master Rescue
d. 10 Specialties
A Certified Instructor, from a recognised training agency, may apply in writing to the RRO for accreditation as a RAID Divemaster Instructor through past experience. In order to do so they must meet all RAID prerequisites for Divemaster Instructor.
For certification as a RAID Divemaster Instructor a written application must be forwarded to the local RRO.
Once approval is granted the rating may be purchased online and signed off by a RAID Instructor Trainer or Examiner.
NOTE: The above requirements do not guarantee acceptance by RAID who has the sole decision to accept or ask for further requirements to be met.
Only a RAID Instructor Trainer or Examiner may certify a RAID Divemaster Instructor.
This seminar is for RAID Instructors that have the prerequisites to upgrade to RAID Divemaster Instructor. This seminar is run by a renewed RAID IT or above. Instructors need to read and complete the online training for Divemaster Instructor before this seminar. It is also important to review the RAID Divemaster student manuals before this seminar.
Seminar Content
Optional:
Following the seminar all successful candidates will be signed off as RAID Divemaster Instructors
