mixing ssi and padi

[Rick Murchison]

The confusion?
If a non-PADI referral student is sent to a PADI instructor, what does the student get?
He may get a URP curriculum.
He may get a PADI curriculum.
He may get something dreamed up by the shop or instructor.
He may get a C-Card from his originating shop.
He may get a PADI card.
He may get both.
He may get neither.
He may have to take the PADI final exam.
He may not have to that the PADI final.
He may even have to take an entire PADI course.
He may get to use his computer for dive planning.
He may get to use his Navy or SSI or NAUI tables, maybe not
He may have to use the PADI tables...
etc., etc., etc., ad nauseum.
The fact is, you don't know. That's what confusion is.
Rick

 

[boulderjohn]

The confusion?
If a non-PADI referral student is sent to a PADI instructor, what does the student get?
He may get a URP curriculum.
He may get a PADI curriculum.
He may get something dreamed up by the shop or instructor.
He may get a C-Card from his originating shop.
He may get a PADI card.
He may get both.
He may get neither.
He may have to take the PADI final exam.
He may not have to that the PADI final.
He may even have to take an entire PADI course.
He may get to use his computer for dive planning.
He may get to use his Navy or SSI or NAUI tables, maybe not
He may have to use the PADI tables...
etc., etc., etc., ad nauseum.
The fact is, you don't know. That's what confusion is.
Rick

If the instructor says he is willing to follow the URP program, it will be the same as any other case in which one agency follows the program with another agency's student.

If the instructor is not willing, then the instructor is supposed to follow a specific set of guidelines for that process. I can quote those if you wish.

If the instructor chooses not to follow the described processes and does something that is outside of those standards, which would be true of much of what you suggested above, then it is not the fault of the standards.

If the law says the speed limit is 55 and I drive 60, then do you blame the law for being unclear?