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In a message dated 98-03-05 01:31:23 EST, GarlooEnt@ao*.co* writes: << william, all of the agencies seem to have some sebalence of meningfull standards. the problem is that it appears that many times the instructors choose to bypass them. this causes things such as the WBT incident to happen. IMHO the biggest problem throughout ALL LEVELS of dive education is the lack of experience of the divers to move on to the next level. a student can run from a beginner to an instructor in less than a year(i am being generous here). this person is then "teaching" others to do things he has only limited time doing. this problem has now crept into the tech levels & we have & agoing to pay the price for this in the long run. until we recognize the importance of experience & stand behind the enforcing of that standard we will continue to have deaths such as WBT. hank >> Hank, This is all to common, and you have almost hit the nail on the head. IMO, its the handing out of Instructor ratings, not student ratings, that is the problem. A good crop of instructors will consistently train a good crop of divers-but when you have way too many instructors teaching for too small a marketplace, control is lost and in-experienced instructors, and fed up old timers, begin to teach below the standard. The standards that are currently in place I think are adequate. No fitness test would be needed, like Dan has suggested, if Instructors did there job. I wont train a fat slob who can't cut the grade, and I do not need another standard by which to make this call. But on the other hand, Dan has some valid points. Safe diving, Raimo -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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