Proof of SSI certs and specialties

[eartaker]

I am an Advanced Diver under SSI and I am in need of paperwork stating that I have the specialties that are stated on my C-card. Any ideas on how i can get this information?

[deco_martini]

The specialties listed on your c-card should be fine should suffice as proof of completion. That's sorta the point of them being there. Just out of curiosity, who or what needs a paper copy stating the same thing that is on the c-card?

[eartaker]

I am trying to take my master divers course with PADI

[Walter]

PADI doesn't have a master diver course. They have a master diver certification that is useless. To get it, you must have PADI specialties. SSI specialties don't count toward a PADI master diver certification.

[eartaker]

yes you are correct I meant to say dive master

[yyidus]

I'm pretty sure you can walk into any SSI dive shop and ask for said 'proof'. I'm surprised they don't accept the little stickers on your main card. However, if you ask them they can issue a separate card (one for each specialty). Will that suffice?
SSI doesn't have an 'online way to view your certs', but I believe any LDS (non-SSI ones too) can call up SSI and look up your information to verify. So just have the PADI store that's teaching you divemaster call up SSI and give your info...

[Jay_SMART_Diver]

My AOW instructor signed off on each specialty in my logbook when we did the class as well as in my file folder the Dive shop keeps. Night/limited vis, deep, navigation, computer, search/recovery.

[ucfdiver]

I'm SSI BOW/Nitrox only and have no interest in getting further training from SSI, but when do you have to show specialties?

[Scubasw]

SSI Divers may print out their certifications from the SSI home page. Go to http://www.divessi.com/home nd click on MySSI. Now click on ONLine Check, click the agreement box and then enter your first name, last name and DOB (Make sure it's in the right format) You should get a list of all the SSI specialties you have. Print it out that should suffice as proof. You can even print temp cards if you've lost your c-card. PADI requires DiveMaster candidates have proof of Advanced certification and Rescue Diver Cert, which SSI treats as a specialty. Good Luck with your course.

[oly5050user]

yes you are correct I meant to say dive master

Do not need any specialties for divemaster..need rescue and I believe 60 logged dives..
For the "master diver" certification need 5 PADI specialties and PADI rescue to be rewarded with the card.

[Codiak]

SSI Divers may print out their certifications from the SSI home page. Go to http://www.divessi.com/home nd click on MySSI. .

Just checked and this site is open Dive leaders and shops only, I wish they would open it to rec divers.

[artbymusia]

I am in need of a way to get a replacement dive card with SSI. My card and log book are MIA. I do have the information of when, where and with whom I got my initial certification. Can anyone help. the divessi.com site is not very user friendly and I can not seem to find the form to get replacement cards. Thanks in advance for your help.
AJ

[garyfotodiver]

SSI Divers may print out their certifications from the SSI home page. Go to http://www.divessi.com/home nd click on MySSI. Now click on ONLine Check, click the agreement box and then enter your first name, last name and DOB (Make sure it's in the right format) You should get a list of all the SSI specialties you have. Print it out that should suffice as proof. You can even print temp cards if you've lost your c-card. PADI requires DiveMaster candidates have proof of Advanced certification and Rescue Diver Cert, which SSI treats as a specialty. Good Luck with your course.

I just did this - it works!

Good info to know...

[garyfotodiver]

yes you are correct I meant to say dive master

Why not simply take the SSI Dixe Control Specialist course? I did some research and believe it is a much better training course than the other.

[peterbj7]

Unless you're planning on becoming an instructor there's little benefit in getting either PADI DM or SSI DCS. If you just want to "progress" and raise new challenges in your diving then do an intro-tech course.

If you do want to work in diving then decide which agency you want to teach for and move to them for the duration. Though I advise you that there's no money in diving!

[Don Wray]

Why not simply take the SSI Dixe Control Specialist course? I did some research and believe it is a much better training course than the other.

Well,enlighten us then..I've done both, let's see what your perception is.

[garyfotodiver]

Well,enlighten us then..I've done both, let's see what your perception is.

You enlighten us; as you wrote, you did both. Your experience is much more valuable than my opinion, isn't it? :D

[Don Wray]

Why not simply take the SSI Dixe Control Specialist course? I did some research and believe it is a much better training course than the other.

Your the one that did the research and wish to pontificate. Be my guest.:popcorn: Please enlighten us with your "research"

[donooo]

Unless you're planning on becoming an instructor there's little benefit in getting either PADI DM or SSI DCS. If you just want to "progress" and raise new challenges in your diving then do an intro-tech course.

I am a PADI DM and an SSI DCS and I don't want to be an instructor. Did I do something wrong ?

don O

[peterbj7]

I said "little" benefit, not "no" benefit. Obviously there are exceptions and you sound like one of them. But tell me, do you actively use these qualifications, or did you just get them for the experience and because it was nice to have the cards?

[oly5050user]

I just did this - it works!

Good info to know...

did not work for me..says I am not in the system..perhaps I go back too far .I had an owsi cert with them back it the early 70's.Still have the card here somewhere.

[miketsp]

did not work for me..says I am not in the system..perhaps I go back too far .I had an owsi cert with them back it the early 70's.Still have the card here somewhere.

It didn't locate me either and my SSI certs are from 2002 and 2003.

[tep]

Just checked and this site is open Dive leaders and shops only, I wish they would open it to rec divers.

It's there, the site design is just not very good. When you see the message "You are not logged into the system. Please log on as Dive Center or Dive Leader!", THEN look to the menu items at the left, and click on "ONLINE CHECK". That will take you to the page that lets you enter the name/DOB, even though you aren't logged in. It found my OW info quickly enough, although only my most recent C Card, not both of them.

[garyfotodiver]

Your the one that did the research and wish to pontificate. Be my guest.:popcorn: Please enlighten us with your "research"

You did the work... SO YOU SAY. :rofl3:

The only pontificator is you, sir.

[donooo]

I said "little" benefit, not "no" benefit. Obviously there are exceptions and you sound like one of them. But tell me, do you actively use these qualifications, or did you just get them for the experience and because it was nice to have the cards?
Yep, I am probably an exception. Started out for the challenge. I am kind of a goal oriented sort of guy, needed a challenge. Found out that it is a great excuse for working with new divers, refreshing and guiding certified divers and for meeting new dive buddies.
I have lots of cards, lots of agencies, but if it were about cards I would want to be an Instructor.
In going that direction in lieu of an Into to Tec course or similar I learned a lot more about DCI and marine injuries. I became an Instructor for the ARC and a DAN DES Instructor. You would like me on your staff but we would disagree constantly.
Yes I work for a dive shop and am in the pool pretty much every other weekend all winter and do a few of their open water trips.
Currently staring at puddles in Idaho.

adios don O

[artbymusia]

now now boys.......see what happens when you take Viagra AND do testostone shots too..... :)
maybe sometime under the water might help.....really cold water......

AJ
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"He whose gaze is on a distant star, shall not falter." Da Vinci

[artbymusia]

anyway back to the REAL thing about SSI and their site.....It is definitely NOT user friendly and as OLY said, "It did not work for me because my certification went back to far" and I had the same problem that OLY and MIKE had. However, after spending alot of time on the site, I finally stumbled on a link where I could directly ask a question about replacing my card. This morning a friendly person from SSI called me to offer their assistance. So persistance pays once again. Here is the address and email address....hope it helps you also:

SSI USA
2619 Canton Court
CO 80525-4 Ft.Collins
UNITED STATES
Tel.: +1 (0) 970 - 482 0883

Email:admin@ssiusa.com
OR go to this link to get information :
http://www.divessi.com/contact

Over the weekend, I did find a dive shop locally that was ready to help, SSI and PADI. So the papers and information is on its way.
Thanks to all of you for your valued help on this topic.
AJ
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"He whose gaze is on a distant star, shall not falter." Da Vinci

[garyfotodiver]

anyway back to the REAL thing about SSI and their site.....It is definitely NOT user friendly and as OLY said, "It did not work for me because my certification went back to far" and I had the same problem that OLY and MIKE had. However, after spending alot of time on the site, I finally stumbled on a link where I could directly ask a question about replacing my card. This morning a friendly person from SSI called me to offer their assistance. So persistance pays once again. Here is the address and email address....hope it helps you also:

SSI USA
2619 Canton Court
CO 80525-4 Ft.Collins
UNITED STATES
Tel.: +1 (0) 970 - 482 0883

Email:admin@ssiusa.com
OR go to this link to get information :
http://www.divessi.com/contact

Over the weekend, I did find a dive shop locally that was ready to help, SSI and PADI. So the papers and information is on its way.
Thanks to all of you for your valued help on this topic.
AJ
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"He whose gaze is on a distant star, shall not falter." Da Vinci

Correct. If you, like me, originally had a NASDS card issued before the 1973 fire, you would need to send in evidence of your original certification. Then, with payment of the proper fee, eventually you will receive a new SSI card. Just like I did.

Since I did that and also took additional courses with an SSI instructor, I can look up myself on the SSI website and find a list of all my certifications. To wit:


SSI - ONLINE DIVER CHECK


Results for: Gary Chuven born: 1952-08-04

USER (Gary Chuven 1952-08-04) NOT IN SYSTEM

Ccard found : OWD (ID: 580717 - Issued: 2003-06-17 by WATER SPORTS - Inst.: 358812)
Ccard found : EAN (ID: 580717 - Issued: 2006-03-16 by REEFPOINT DIVING - Inst.: 294814)
Ccard found : SR (ID: 580717 - Issued: 2006-03-16 by REEFPOINT DIVING - Inst.: 294814)
Ccard found : AOWD (ID: 580717 - Issued: 2006-03-16 by REEFPOINT DIVING - Inst.: 294814)

I may not be in their system, but these are indeed the c-cards that I posess. :D

[BelchFire]

I was certified in 1990 with additional certs in 1995, but it reports that I'm "NOT IN SYSTEM". Shucks, I was hoping to get the printouts; all I have is a Specialty Diver card that doesn't show the cert I achieved.

[colo_diver]

Please all report this to SSI and remember this.... this is a new system and site.... all the certs from previous years may not be inputed...... this is one thing that SSI is behind in and they are working on it....

[colo_diver]

Just remember that this is a new site and SSI is way behind in data input.... and PLEASE report how un friendly the site is..... Watson is on here, let him know.... the site absolutley sucks in consumer friendlyness..... and while I am ranting... the site is impossible to navigate to renew our status every year...... we almost give up but we just call the staff at SSI and it gets done BUT IT SOULDNT BE THIS HARD

[SSIGuy]

You are right it shouldn't be that hard to get answers. We are working on improving our website so please hang in there. in the mean time please feel free to call me and I will do my best to take care of any problems that concern you with SSI.
1-800-892-2702

Be Safe,

[Sonet]

I have used "Odin" (SSI website) on several ocasions to order C cards and check the stats. I have even renewed online. Maybe it has just gotten better since the last post

[BelchFire]

After failing to find my information on-line, I e-mailed SSI and explained what I had tried (and not found). It took a day or so for a response, but I finally received a very courteous response. They weren't finding me at all because my last name is unusual and can be spelled with a space or a hyphen. I answered as much as I could including my instructor's number as well as the LDS I used. The second e-mail had everything I needed including my original OW cert and two specialties I had earned several years later.

It took a while and two e-mail exchanges, but SSI's staff was nothing but polite and helpful. If you can't find yourself in the system on-line, drop them an e-mail; they're nice folks.

[supernix]

I just finished my Open Water Course on 8-11-08 and have been confused as to why I am not in the system. The technology exists that can pretty much automate the process to take away the burden on having a staff of data processors. I just actually got off the phone with someone from the registration department and they said it would be three to four weeks till I get my card, I am definitely going tomorrow to try and get a temp from the instructor.

[24940]

I just finished my Open Water Course on 8-11-08 and have been confused as to why I am not in the system. The technology exists that can pretty much automate the process to take away the burden on having a staff of data processors. I just actually got off the phone with someone from the registration department and they said it would be three to four weeks till I get my card, I am definitely going tomorrow to try and get a temp from the instructor.

It might be that your certifying shop is not using ODIN? When I submit for certification, they arrive within 7 days. Part of the certification submission process is creating the new diver in the system. Once the diver is created, certs can be given and the record is created.

Your shop either didn't submit the certification or are doing so via snail mail.

Temporary cards can be printed from the system.

[supernix]

Hmmm now they did say that it would be here in 7 days the shop that is. It was the people at SSI that I talked to that said it would take 3-4 weeks. GOSH I sure hope it does get here in seven days or less I would love to have it to show off.

[Lead_carrier]

I just finished my Open Water Course on 8-11-08 and have been confused as to why I am not in the system. The technology exists that can pretty much automate the process to take away the burden on having a staff of data processors. I just actually got off the phone with someone from the registration department and they said it would be three to four weeks till I get my card, I am definitely going tomorrow to try and get a temp from the instructor.

Maybe the shop hasn't ordered it yet. Sometimes it will take them a whole day or two. :D Check with the shop, they should be able to print you off a copy as soon as they order it, IF they are doing it online, which I'm sure they are.

I even went to check myself out.

USER (********************) IS IN SYSTEM ...
NO CERTIFICATION FOUND (0010002**********00000000019781.********.*****)

Then it goes one the show a list of my cards. Gotta love this new technology.

[supernix]

You got that right Lead_carrier, I went to the store today and talked with them about getting a temp since I thought it might take so long and they had to go through and enter me into the system and then printed me a temp card. Once I got home I checked the site again and poof there I am. When I did the check it only shows the same temp card that he gave me but hey I can be found in it now and that is a lot better than not being found in the system at all. At least now I might get some air if I can ever find a buddy.