scuba poll

[michal123]

hello,

I like to run a short poll for a seminar I have to finish ASAP. anyone who will find a minute to answer those simple questions will get my warm thankful greeting:

1. which license do you hold from which agency?
2. which country do you live in?
3. how much did you pay for your license?
4. how frequent do you dive?

[buddhasummer]

Originally Posted by michal123

hello,

i like to run a short poll for a seminar i have to finish asap. Anyone who will find a minute to answer those simple questions will get my warm thankful greeting:

1. Which license do you hold from which agency? Rescue, padi
2. Which country do you live in? New zealand
3. How much did you pay for your license? To get to rescue around $800usd
4. How frequent do you dive?

50-100 times per year approx

good luck with the seminar, what is it on by the way?

Cheers

[tstormdiver]

1. which license do you hold from which agency?

PADI:
OW
AOW
Deep Diver
Equipment Specialist
Underwater Communications
Underwater Navigation
Night Diver
Dry Suit
Master Diver

SSI:
Dive Control Specialist
Open Water Instructor

IANTD:
Nitrox
Adv. Nitorx & Decompression Proceedures
Cavern
Introductory Cave

2. which country do you live in? USA
3. how much did you pay for your license? $25- $40 for cards only, courses have run me $150- $1,200
4. how frequent do you dive? 100+ dives a year

[gypsyjim]

1)YMCA/Scuba Diver, PADI/AOW, Rescue, and a couple specialties.
2)US
3) I forget, many hundreds all together
4)? 40-50X a year, sometimes more, sometimes less

Not that I consider a certification a license. Do NOT give the politicians any more ideas please.

[DCBC]

1. which license do you hold from which agency?
Recreational Diving Certifications: Instructor: ACUC, CMAS, IDEA, NAUI, PADI,

2. which country do you live in?
Canada

3. how much did you pay for your license?
These are renewable annually (although I'm not active with all organizations); over a 37 year period they have varied between $25 and $130 each annually

4. how frequent do you dive?
As much as 2,700 hrs per year (commercial)

[gypsyjim]

Oh ya, forgot about CMAS

[Walter]

1. which license do you hold from which agency?

Agencies do not issue licenses, they issue certifications. There is a big difference between a license and a certification.

I have Open Water certifications from YMCA and PADI. Other certifications I have are: Silver Star Advance (not AOW) certification from YMCA, SCUBA Livesaving and Accident Management (SLAM) certification from YMCA, Dive Master from YMCA, Assistant Instructor from YMCA Silver Star Instructor from YMCA, various specialty Instructors from YMCA, Gold Star Instructor from YMCA, Three Star Instructor from CMAS, Institude Director from YMCA, Nitrox from NAUI, Instructor from SEI.

2. which country do you live in?

USA

3. how much did you pay for your license?

I paid for instruction, not for certifications.

4. how frequent do you dive?

I usually make between 100 - 150 dives per year.

[michal123]

Thanks for all those detailed answers, it's great and much helpful.
For those who want to know more about this survey: we are studying about international sport organizations (profit and non profit) and need write about one sport. Since I have good friends who dive I decided to write about all those certification agencies. I would like to come up with a table of answers from all continents and run small statistic in Excel, nothing fancy. No names or any personal information is of any interest. If the final result is of interest for this forum I will be happy to post it.
The reason for using License instead of certification is because English is not my first language.

More answers are welcome.
Any idea about other relevant forums to get more answers?
thanks
Michal

[zaberman1]

Originally Posted by michal123

hello,

I like to run a short poll for a seminar I have to finish ASAP. anyone who will find a minute to answer those simple questions will get my warm thankful greeting:

1. which license do you hold from which agency?
2. which country do you live in?
3. how much did you pay for your license?
4. how frequent do you dive?

1. PADI MSDT (Wreck, Nitrox, Nav, Search and Recov, Deep, Night)
PADI TecDeep
EFR Instructor
DAN O2 Admin Instructor
NACD Intro Cave Diver
TDI Nitrox
PSI VCI

2. USA

3. Tricky question, everything probably totals close to $12,000 including gear and for every cert, $7,500 without...

4. At least 2x per week

[mathauck0814]

1. which license do you hold from which agency?

PADI:

Open Water
Advanced Open Water
Rescue Diver
EANx
Other useless specialties

2. which country do you live in?
USA

3. how much did you pay for your license?
For Open Water? Somewhere in the ~$350 range

4. how frequent do you dive?
75-100x/year