And in case they require validation of my certification...... I'm all set.
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We probably should start a new certification agency that will adequately cover all areas so it will be universally recognized.....The fundamental problem I see is that no one trusts or respects anyone elses training or certification, at least in the recreational realm.
Someone certified as an Open Water diver may be fully competent to plan and execute a dive the recreational limits, and possibly including some light decompression. on the other hand, they are just as likely to be completely untrained and only competent to follow a DM around a site under close supervision.
Someone with AOW certification may be fully capable of planning and executing dives to any recreational depth, in reduced visibility, including navigation, etc, or they may be almost competent as an OW diver.
The same argument continues certainly all throughout the recreational cert ladder.
What does it say about a sport that there is not level of certification that most people participating in it will accept as an indication of competence?
The Association of Recreational Scuba Educators perhaps?We probably should start a new certification agency that will adequately cover all areas so it will be universally recognized.....
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The same is true of pretty much any course taken in high school, college, or really anywhere else.The fundamental problem I see is that no one trusts or respects anyone elses training or certification, at least in the recreational realm.
Someone certified as an Open Water diver may be fully competent to plan and execute a dive the recreational limits, and possibly including some light decompression. on the other hand, they are just as likely to be completely untrained and only competent to follow a DM around a site under close supervision.
Someone with AOW certification may be fully capable of planning and executing dives to any recreational depth, in reduced visibility, including navigation, etc, or they may be almost competent as an OW diver.
The same argument continues certainly all throughout the recreational cert ladder.
What does it say about a sport that there is not level of certification that most people participating in it will accept as an indication of competence?
ARSE, nice, no problem with that name.The Association of Recreational Scuba Educators perhaps?
Who says I'm being sarcastic?!?!?!ARSE, nice, no problem with that name.
Where is that sarcasm button.
Not sure, but I like your thinking.If they get a lake or quarry to certify in would it then be the A.R.S.E.hole?
This could run out of control with specialty courses.If they get a lake or quarry to certify in would it then be the A.R.S.E.hole?
My CMAS card says Plongeur Diver.I'm not often asked, but when I do, I show them my long expired NAUI Instructor card. Because I'm in Canada, it's bilingual so it says "Instructor/Monitor". I think most operators figure that's something special. ;-)