KevinNM
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I'm not sure of exactly that case, what it says is:ISo if I'm not mistaken, for example, if an instructor is certified to Cave 2 level with a rebreather, the instructor must do 25 dives that qualify as Cave 2 with rebreather and have nothing to with training students.
Log at least twenty-five, non-training dives per year. Half of these dives must be at the
highest level of instructional (not diver) certification—i.e., a GUE Tech 3 diver
authorized to teach Cave 1 must conduct a minimum of twelve Cave 1 dives towards renewal. The remaining documented dives should be oriented toward enhancing personal skill development.
You also have to be an active instructor; per year they must:
Document that: (a) they have completed at least one formal GUE course as the
instructor of record, or (b) they have served as staff on one GUE ITC or (c) they have assisted, audited or participated in three complete GUE diving courses.
But the other instructor control is this one:
1.6.4 Instructor Requalification
GUE instructors are required to requalify with a GUE Instructor Evaluator every four years in every curriculum (Recreational, Foundational, Technical, and Cave) they are certified to teach.
These formal requalifications attest to continued mastery of required knowledge and skills to competently and safely teach a GUE class to standard. Instructors who fail to requalify within four years are rendered immediately inactive and are required to return their instructor cards to GUE Headquarters.
It's not a trivial commitment to be an instructor for GUE.
Edit: IIRC, Lynne mentioned that her first try at Fundamentals didn't work out due to the choice of instructor. Not that he was bad, but his style didn't work for her. It happens.
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