pfff,
I would try to explain again.
Idea organization has nothing to do with the padi organization.
If you would like to earn some money with diving you can't do anything with a Idea divemaster certification.
The only thing you can do is to continue your education towards assistent padi instructor or above.. because Padi recognize this certificate.
Padi certification are worldwide recognized and valid for there certification.
So to make everything short. Without the help off padi where i purchased my digital instructor manual via my'n course director i can not have the latest version.
So for the record i am not a DM trainee.
I am a fully qualified dive master, but a had the bad luck to have my certification with IDEA.
Because when i started with the training they said i could use this certification throughout all over the world, and this professionally.
This shows again that nobody nows who the heck IDEA is.
When i went to Thailand in 2006 for the first time i had to deal with the truth that i could not use this certification and they never heard about it before. so saidly i had to make a trip back to Belgium.
Now after earning enough money i'll go back to Thailand for my IDC.
But thanks anyway for all the respondings. Like this scubaboard.com allot.
You can find many things around here, and even help others.
greetz