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Dave,
The onus to train an "Apprentice" has long since been removed from the
individual shop owner and taken on by the associations,if it wasn't I would
train and certify my own instructors all the time.I figure if you are going
to pay $2,000 to learn to teach diving and another $500 to be evaluated you
should get value for money, I didn't. You seem to be saying that a newly
certified instructor needs guidance and supervision,the association however
most definitely does not.They say go forth and teach. As to the examiner
bashing,these days it is common place for a 50 candidate IE,especially on
the Barrier Reef,can you explain how ALL these people will be properly
evaluated in a two and a half day IE by one examiner. I'm not agency bashing
either,I think that all recreational diving agencies standards are as good
as each other,it's the individual instructors and the system of instructor
certification that lets the side down. I now personaly evaluate all the
instructors who work for me or wish to use any of my facilities especially
PADI ones,I can't trust the 'c' card to be a true representation of the
level of certification. If the instructor dosn't measure up to my standards
they get the bullet,no retraining is offered thats the agencies
responsibility.I would love to change management practices but I don't own
shares in PADI Australia Pty Ltd and thus will never have a say.
PAUL O'MALLEY
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