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On Fri, 15 Apr 1994 ddoolett@me*.ad*.ed*.au* wrote:
> We have taught ourselves, drawing on a
> knowledge base derived from a great deal of operational experience (I
> am the baby of the group with only 15 years diving), information kindly
> and freely given by anyone we have asked, and my background as a diving
> medical technician and physiologist with a long term interest in diving
> medicine. As it stands now, we mix our own gases, service our gear,
> write our own tables etc. and are a self-contained group. I am sure
> there are others out there doing this, it is not that hard.
Yes, there are.
> I suspect existing ANDI or IANTD course would be of limited educational
> value to me and other such people.
Limited, maybe but I have yet to attend any well run course regardless of
the level and fail to learn or re-learn something of value.
> My only motivation for getting ANDI or IANTD certification would be
> if such was necessary to by a gas mix or get access to a dive site
> outside of my own stomping grounds.
Agreed and that is my main reason for signing up for a mix class and its
prerequi$ite$.
> I believe
> such self-regulated certifications for technical diving are necessary,
> this has been proved by the CDAA which has eliminated cave diving deaths
> in Australia since its inception in 1974, but motivated by wanting to
> channel finite resource (time and money) most effectively I would like
> to avoid doing any technical diving courses that duplicated what I have
> taught myself. I would appreciate hearing from any ANDI, IANTD or others
> about how I might get appropriate certification.
Agreed. The main point is that if you or I or one of many others came up
with the idea and time and finances, we would be the instructors with our
self certified qualifications and they would be complaining about having
to do our course. But I dive to dive not to sell courses to others. It I
train someone it is because I want to and I think they are worth training;
no money changes hands.
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