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I recently discovered that the manager at my LDS is a UTD Trainer. (James Mott)
I really like the UTD "coaching" model; where the instructor evaluates your baseline and works you up to where you want to go, and can issue cards at their discretion rather than sitting through a four-day $1500 class whenever it is scheduled.
My understanding is that there was some sort of rift between early GUE guys after WKPP and UTD ended up becoming an offshoot that practiced ratio deco, standard mixes and some other things that weren't Jablonski approved.
Clearly at this point in my diving career any diving is good diving, but is it worth the time and expense to do the UTD training if the cards aren't recognized on the boat? I know I'd be well served to go the GUE route but that certainly requires flying somewhere to train and adds great expense, and I am not opposed to "double dipping" training with TDI or GUE to see if there are other ways to skin a cat after the fact
I belive their model is Tech 1-2-3-Gold, where T1 is equivalent to Helitrox/DP, T2 is Normoxic Trimix with two deco bottles, and T3 is hypoxic trimix/3 deco bottles and a 75m limit, then Gold is like the GUE T2+ endorsement
I really like the UTD "coaching" model; where the instructor evaluates your baseline and works you up to where you want to go, and can issue cards at their discretion rather than sitting through a four-day $1500 class whenever it is scheduled.
My understanding is that there was some sort of rift between early GUE guys after WKPP and UTD ended up becoming an offshoot that practiced ratio deco, standard mixes and some other things that weren't Jablonski approved.
Clearly at this point in my diving career any diving is good diving, but is it worth the time and expense to do the UTD training if the cards aren't recognized on the boat? I know I'd be well served to go the GUE route but that certainly requires flying somewhere to train and adds great expense, and I am not opposed to "double dipping" training with TDI or GUE to see if there are other ways to skin a cat after the fact
I belive their model is Tech 1-2-3-Gold, where T1 is equivalent to Helitrox/DP, T2 is Normoxic Trimix with two deco bottles, and T3 is hypoxic trimix/3 deco bottles and a 75m limit, then Gold is like the GUE T2+ endorsement