EireDiver606
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Some agencies ARE different.The agencies might want you to think they are different...
Wow, you got training from instructors who are qualified to teach with multiple agencies? Ever heard what a crossover is?... Oooh your training was in excess...To clarify, I have taken several courses from World leader in Rescue Diving Courses. Their instructors are qualified to teach under several agencies. So I got my 2-year cert from them and 'just for fun' they offered a NAUI or PADI "Blackwater I" lifetime card as their training was greatly in excess of requirements for that specialty card.
Both agency and instructor matter. Agencies tell the instructor what to do on that course and how its meant to be taught...simple as...Don't worry about the agency, worry about the instructor.
markm
I agree with you but sometimes vastly different viewpoints can confuse and convolute and then you're in a worse place than you started. What do you think?I think it's important to mix who you learn from. Use different agencies and different instructors when possible. Get as many perspectives as you can.
Yes, there is one at least...Absolutely not. PADI and SDI are for-profit corporations. NONE of the training agencies are NGOs.
instead of the typical FIPS course, lasting 9 months and training students almost as they were Navy Seals...
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Agency is important. They define what, why, and how the instructor teaches. Thats also where he was qualified to teach you...1) Select a really good and enthusiastic instructor (agency is not important at all) 2) If you can, go for personalised instruction...