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On Wed, 13 Jul 1994, Richard Pyle wrote: > > > On Wed, 13 Jul 1994, Carl G Heinzl wrote: > > I do have a couple questions,though. Of that "40-60 hours" for a > > rebreather course, how much would be theory and reading that could > > be accomplished at home via a book/manual and then tested on site > > versus actual hands on training??? It seems that a course such as this > > could be broken down into 2 parts - a home study section and a pratical > > experience section, the latter of which could possibly be a long weekend > > (3-4 days?). > > > > During the home study, questions/etc could be handled by some type of email > > arrangement or even something as simple as a BBS. I am absolutely *not* > > looking forward to going to Florida (for some certifications that I plan > > on taking) to spend time in a classroom to learn something that I can pick > > up from a book/manual or already have knowledge of. > > > Very good point - I don't know. I think the heavy training requirements > are partly to twart liability problems, so I don't know to what extent > they'd allow home-learning (i.e., if they need to cover their butts in > court, they'll want to be able to say that they didn't cut any corners). Unfortunately Rich hits home on this one... in late august of this year we will have two different sets of rebreathers at our shop.. to develop training programs for their manufacturers, and to evaluate their units for the techncial\recreational environment.. both organizations claim that they are looking to us for guideance in this area, but i bet you money the liability monster will reign here and we will be "directed" along their format. you can be *sure* there will be no home study plans or crash courses, for a while at least, and at least one manufacturer plans to lease the units out at first to retain control of them and the training. > > Not much discussion of specifics of training, partly because (as Wings > Stocks pointed out) there's not much we can discuss about training if we > don't even have available units. so, this is as good a place to start as any... tell me what you guys want.. :-) within reason, and we'll put it all together and see what we come up with... > > About the only tangible thing on these lines was Hal Watts' anouncement > that the PRISM would be available for demo at 40-Fathom Grotto throughout > July (by appointment, I believe). > yup, the demo costs ya $ 150.00 and lasts a couple of days... aloha, dennis
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