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idocsteve
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Like Jim said "another example of the dumbing down of certs in favor of profits." After my normal SCUBA program, all of my students could be briefed on Nitrox and Oxtox tables and in less than 30 minutes of instruction, dive Nitrox safely. Somehow it has been made into yet another program to turn a buck.
People seem to forget that AIR IS NITROX!
No doubt everything you say is true, but examples given on this thread were along the lines of "We don't know the first thing about Nitrox but the instructor does, he checked the tanks and we trust him".
For what it's worth, what used to require a course and two OW dives can now be done online for under $70 and no dives...and I can see how everything could be covered in a 30 minute lesson...
There's not much to it
- discuss MOD restrictions and associated problems
- advantages of Nitrox and how to use it to your best advantage when diving
- how to analyze a tank
- dangers of contaminents with improperly cleaned gear when exposed to pure oxygen
- myths and misnomers such as "Nitrox is not a gas for deep diving"..
Did I miss anything?