I would rather see them dive.Since SCUBA is a global profession where instructors and DMs can work anywhere, and divers can go anywhere, I would like to see a card.
Ber :lilbunny:
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I would rather see them dive.Since SCUBA is a global profession where instructors and DMs can work anywhere, and divers can go anywhere, I would like to see a card.
Amen, this is really in my mind right now, having just worked with a weekend open water class this weekend. Every confined water dive has "time for practice of skills" built into it. I think as an instructor students "playing" on the bottom of the pool does as much or more for them to get the skills down as do demonstration, and doing it, I always stress when it is practice time, to work on the skills you aren't comfortable with doing, and I will help you get better, and do so with every student during practice time.One thing that made my BOW instructor great was simple: He saved a block of time at the end of each pool session for students to continue working on skills under supervision. Students who were struggling repeated the very basic stuff, and students who were doing well worked on more challenging skills or just "dove the pool." Enjoyable and effective.
I'd like to point out that neither NOAA nor the American Academy of Underwater Sciences certify instructors. As to multiple certs, I think it usually a negative factor especially when certified by agencies that have contradictory outlooks and approaches ... the only reasons for that could be a change of heart, selling out or card collecting, and only the first of those reasons would I find recommendable.Well, before I answer your question, let me ask you (Ber Rabbit and TS and M) would you prefer to train with an instructor trained only by one agency or an instructor qualified by NAUI, PADI, IANTD, NOAA, the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, CMAS, ANDI and TDI?