MHK,
You cought me off gard I had to go back and read what I wrote. I stated the standards (instructor materials) were the most complete I have seen. I haven't seen GUE standards but I have IANTD's.
In reference to the text I did say I thought it was the best I've seen (without defining best) and in the next sentence I stated that I thought they should have discussed phisiology. As a text I think it is very functional. It states clearly what students are expected to know and is organized in a fashion that makes relocating the information intuative. The IANTD text "Technical Diver Encyclopedea" has gobs of info but not very well organized so it is very hard to use as a reference.
I do have the GUE materials. I have the tech manual, the cave manual and the fundimentals book. I also have the survey book. I can't get too detailed because I haven't read them in a while. . I looked closest at the cave manual. The general impression I remember from the tech manual was that I was hoping to see more detail on subjects like dive planning and decompression theory and methods. If your interested I'll refresh my memory this afternoon and comment further.
You cought me off gard I had to go back and read what I wrote. I stated the standards (instructor materials) were the most complete I have seen. I haven't seen GUE standards but I have IANTD's.
In reference to the text I did say I thought it was the best I've seen (without defining best) and in the next sentence I stated that I thought they should have discussed phisiology. As a text I think it is very functional. It states clearly what students are expected to know and is organized in a fashion that makes relocating the information intuative. The IANTD text "Technical Diver Encyclopedea" has gobs of info but not very well organized so it is very hard to use as a reference.
I do have the GUE materials. I have the tech manual, the cave manual and the fundimentals book. I also have the survey book. I can't get too detailed because I haven't read them in a while. . I looked closest at the cave manual. The general impression I remember from the tech manual was that I was hoping to see more detail on subjects like dive planning and decompression theory and methods. If your interested I'll refresh my memory this afternoon and comment further.