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Me, I'm a PADI MSDT, IADS SI, TDI ERI, and IDA/VDST/CMAS 2* Instructor, but I won't certify a Dive Master with less than 100 dives in very differesnt types of water conditions, and recommend anyone thinking of becoming an Instructor to wait untill at least 250 dives before thinking of an IDC. Personally I'd like to see other Instructors doing the same, and maybe even the Agencies follow suit, but I can dream on. Ray Blaker -----Original Message----- From: Siriusnav@ao*.co* <Siriusnav@ao*.co*> To: Don.Mcinnis@in*.co* <Don.Mcinnis@in*.co*>; techdiver@aquanaut.com <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Date: 14 March 2000 08:16 Subject: Re: Is there a thing like inofficial training? >In a message dated 3/13/00 8:33:46 PM SA Western Standard Time, >Don.Mcinnis@in*.co* writes: > >> The best case in point for this is the PADI instructor requirements. You >> need a whole 100 dives of experience and an IDC (which is a joke at best) >> and you are "qualified" to turn out a bunch of weekend warriors. At 100 >> dives most are still trying to grasp the concept that the bubbles travel >up, >> so that's where the surface is. This is the mentality that is at the heart >> of the problem. Until all agencies are non-profit organizations, and >> therefore mass producing divers is not tied to the bottom line of the >> agency, it will be BUSINESS AS USUAL. And the deaths will continue to grow. >> >> Don >That sounds good but NAUI is a non-profit agency and they only require 50 >dives to become an instructor. It doesnt really matter if the agency is >non-profit or not, the dive-shops and instructors are going to be for profit >and BUSINESS AS USUAL. Maybe a club system where experienced members teach >the beginners and less experienced would be a better answer than expecting >the profit status of the agency to make a difference. > > Stacy >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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