So Who Were You Trained Through???

[Trace Malinowski]

Trace, Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania.
Initial OW cert: PDIC HQ in Scranton, PA in 1983.
Pro Ratings: PDIC Instructor (1989), SDI/TDI Instructor (2008), PSAI Instructor (2009)
Highest Pro Cert Levels: PDIC Technical Training Director (2007 - 2011), PSAI International Training Director (2011 - 2016)
Agencies through which I hold C-cards:
PSAI, PDIC, SDI/TDI, GUE, NSS-CDS, NACD, IANTD, PADI, NAUI, YMCA

 

[ScubaDocER]

Anthony, Douglasville, GA.
Most of my in water training took place in Florida
Open Water Certifications : OW through MSD PADI 1999-2001
Highest Certification Level : NAUI Course Director 2014
Full Cave NSS-CDS 2001
GUE Cave 2 Diver 2002

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Fundies with GUE (did not finish or pass, still the most useful training) 2014.

I didn't pass my first time through the class either. That was in 2005. I retook the class a year later, and not only passed, but got even more out of it than I did the first time ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[Akimbo]

1962 Scuba course at local dive shop before "agency" courses were offered in my area
1970 US Navy Second Class Diver
1971 US Navy First Class Diver
1971 US Navy Saturation Diver
1972 US Navy Saturation Instructor
2010 Intermediate Performance Freediving

I have lots of others but they are just fluff, mostly given by friends as "equivalents" to make travel easier.

 

[myshadeofred]

Hi.
Currently living in VA.
Certified NAUI in Belgium both Open and Advanced with SHAPE Sub Aqua Club in 2006. The Open water was done in Dour Quarry.
The AOW test was in Belgium but completed my dives on Red Sea Live Aboard with same dive club.
Certified PADI rescue diver on Oahu with Deanna Peyatt (independent). In 2014.

 

[admikar]

Miodrag from Bosnia
I didn't read whole thread, so probably the biggest newb here....
CMAS * in Serbia 2015
Cmas **, drysuit, Nitrox in Bosnia 2016
Right now working on AN/DP.

 

[Imla]

Ingrid - Norway
Padi OW 2011 Norway
Padi AOWD 2011 Norway
Padi Nitrox 2012 Gili Trawangan (Indonesia)
Padi Deep Diver Norway (Don't know when)
Padi Rescue 2012 Norway
Padi Divemaster 2012 Norway
GUE Fundamentals 2013 Norway Techpass
GUE Tech 1 2013 Norway
GUE Documentation 2014 Sweden
GUE Tech 2 2015 Åland
GUE Cave 1 2016 France
GUE Gas Blender
IANTD Self Reliant Diver 2016 Norway (More as a curiosity. I don't dive alone)
And a few photography specialties.
Planning C2 this winter.

 

[boulderjohn]

OW--PADI
AOW--PADI
Rescue--PADI
DM--PADI
Instructor--PADI
MSDT--PADI
Advanced Nitrox/Decompression Procedures--TDI
Tech I--UTD
Tech II--UTD
Dive Propulsion Vehicle--UTD
Cavern Diver--NSS-CDS
Basic Cave Diver--NSS-CDS
Apprentice Cave Diver--NSS-CDS
Cave Diver--NSS-CDS
Cave Diver--PADI
Trimix--TDI
Advanced Trimix--TDI
Tech Instructor--TDI
Sidemount for Overhead Environments--PSAI
Dive Propulsion Vehicle in Overhead Environments--PSAI
Tech Instructor--PADI
Trimix instructor--PADI

 

[Skulmoski]

PADI OW - Koh Tao
PADI AOW - Sharm El Sheik
PADI Nitrox - Sharm El Sheik
PADI Rescue - Dubai
PADI Equipment Specialist - Abu Dhabi
PADI Search and Recovery - Dubai
PADI Underwater Navigator - Dubai
PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider - Abu Dhabi
PADI Divemaster - Koh Tao
BSAC Dive Leader (In Progress) - Abu Dhabi

 

[Nikole]

Florida
Open water with Padi.
Nitrox with Padi.
Will also do my advanced with Padi.
We have caverns here also, if I ever decide to get trained in cavern it will also be through Padi
Because I want all my training one under the same agency. Absolutely not interested in Cave, or technical dives