5 Star Dive Centers

[caver]

When a dve operation says they are a 5 star SDI/TDI dive center ,,,, what does that mean ? Are there dive operations with less than 5 stars?

 

[Walter]

Oh geeze, SDI/TDI is doing it too?

 

[ScubaSteve]

Now that is funny. I thought this was a PADI reference in the wrong forum but it is even worse if other agencies have adopted the 5 Star methodology/marketing gimmick. I am surprised if they were going to go that way that they did not create a 6 or 7 star. But, I suppose one cannot write off the benefits in riding the coat tail of PADI since this marketing path is already paved around the world. And, many people assume that a 5 star rating means quality while it really guarantees nothing of the sort.

 

[caver]

Oh geeze, SDI/TDI is doing it too?

I am by no means slaming ANY business OR agency....The only reason I posted the question here, is that on TDS there is a thread saying "The First 5 Star SDI/TDI Professional Development Center in Florida". I am not 100% sure the OP on the thread is connected with Slate's or SDI/TDI.

 

[BlueDreamDivers]

Hello,
My name is Marcos Iglesias, I am the OP. I am a Advanced Trimix IT.
I am one of the ITs at Capt Slate's Atlantis Dive Center training Dept.
Cheers!

 

[Walter]

My name is Marcos Iglesias, I am the OP.

OP means original post or original poster. The original poster is caver. Can you answer the question, "When a dve operation says they are a 5 star SDI/TDI dive center ,,,, what does that mean ? Are there dive operations with less than 5 stars?"

 

[mikemill]

I think in this case OP is meaning "op" as in "operation"/"operator". Both caver and BlueDreamDivers seem to use OP in that way.

Now that is funny. I thought this was a PADI reference in the wrong forum but it is even worse if other agencies have adopted the 5 Star methodology/marketing gimmick. I am surprised if they were going to go that way that they did not create a 6 or 7 star. But, I suppose one cannot write off the benefits in riding the coat tail of PADI since this marketing path is already paved around the world. And, many people assume that a 5 star rating means quality while it really guarantees nothing of the sort.

Well 6 or 7 stars wouldn't fit into the "normal" star rating system and would probably just get laughs or just confuse people.

 

[Walter]

Well 6 or 7 stars wouldn't fit into the "normal" star rating system and would probably just get laughs or just confuse people.

I'm not familiar with SDI/TDI 5 star, but if it's like the other one in the diving world, it's not a rating system at all. It's designed to confuse folks into believing it is a rating system and cause them to think there may be quality that just isn't there.

 

[mikemill]

Your point? If it is designed to look like a rating system then it'd still need to look like a rating system.

 

[Capt Gary]

The way a facility becomes a 5 Star SDI/TDI facility is that they promise to first offer SDI/TDI training courses to their customers before using any other agency.

Good Diving,