onokai 8 Posted March 5, 2007 Thought this may be intresting showing current trends. Are you cmas-naui-ymca-or the padi one what year certified and level ? keeping in mind this means nothing. I'll give it a start Naui Divemaster 1982 Mark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcarey 0 Posted March 5, 2007 Thought this may be intresting showing current trends. Are you cmas-naui-ymca-or the padi onewhat year certified and level ? keeping in mind this means nothing. I'll give it a start Naui Divemaster 1982 Mark Padi Master Scuba Diver Trainer 1985 I know it sounds cool.That was back when we wrote our own specialty classes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
acroporas 0 Posted March 5, 2007 Padi Dive Master 1995 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
debersole 3 Posted March 5, 2007 Original certification: NASDS 1974 Most recent: CCR Trimix 2005 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lionfish43 0 Posted March 5, 2007 Original cert NAUI 1969 lost that paperwork so I got a quicky (my wife was taking the full certification course in Cozumel so the instructor threw in one for me for a few extra bucks) PADI OW 1984 TDI Nitrox 2001 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boydski 0 Posted March 5, 2007 NSS-CDS Full Cave TDI Trimix First PADI Certification in 1989 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zook 0 Posted March 5, 2007 look out, greenhorn here Padi AOWD 2003 NAUI Nitrox 2006 zook Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arnon_Ayal 1 Posted March 5, 2007 Original: OW CMAS 1991 Today: Naui Divemaster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocha 0 Posted March 5, 2007 1991 - CMAS OWD 1993 - PDIC AOWD 1996 - PADI AOWD 2005 - NAUI Nitrox 2007 - TDI CCR Trimix Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thatporchdawg 0 Posted March 6, 2007 YMCA OWD - 2001 NAUI Nitrox - 2002 NAUI Master Diver - 2005 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fdog 3 Posted March 7, 2007 NAUI Scuba Diver 1972 NAUI Instructor 1979 Oceaneering for Surface Supplied/BellSat 1979 TDI for gasses late 90's All the best, James Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Bantin 101 Posted March 7, 2007 Certification? Do we need certification? Oh yes, my wife says I certainly need to be certified! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeanB 19 Posted March 7, 2007 Me.. I try to be the best diver of my ability.. considerate and aware of my buddy and the enviroment that welcomes me. That is the only certificate I need. Don't tell this to my instructor.. Dive safe DeanB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
saeedrashid 0 Posted March 7, 2007 What we need a certification? Right off to my local dive school then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex_Mustard 0 Posted March 8, 2007 PADI OW, 1990. Alex Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walt Stearns 50 Posted March 8, 2007 O.K., I'll play. NASDS OW - 1975 PADI Divemaster - 1979 NACD Full Cave - 2001 IANTD Insperation CCR - 2003 TDI KISS CCR - 2006 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Bantin 101 Posted March 8, 2007 O.K., I'll play. Now I've got to! 1979 DVTL 1 brevet and so on.... TDI SCR No 4 taught by Rob Palmer signed off by Brett Gilliam APD CCR No 4 signed off by Martin Parker If those other three people don't tell me who they are, I'm taking my ball home. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Kay 31 Posted March 8, 2007 Various - CMAS ** '82 (BSAC 3rd class) and more since HSE Part 4 (British Commercial Scuba certificate - some years ago - I can't remember) - an essential qualification in the UK which makes you jump through some of the most pointlessly useless hoops in diving to satisfy so called Health & Safety regulations! Still haven't figured out how a low vis circular search helps me take photos...... "Certification? Do we need certification?" - Oh yes, sadly paperwork is absolutely required - it proves that you have the appropriate paperwork!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Bantin 101 Posted March 8, 2007 "Certification? Do we need certification?" - Oh yes, sadly paperwork is absolutely required - it proves that you have the appropriate paperwork!!! I was consulted by Mike Harwood on the ACOPs for HSE Media Diver so I guess he had to give me a card! I guess it's better than insulted! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeanB 19 Posted March 8, 2007 Now thats an Idea.. Instead of the usual "look what badge I've got" topic..Lets see who's got the necessary HSE (Health and safety executive) certificate or international equivalent qualifications to actually work for a broadcast company or whoever / whatever underwater... Its the bane of my life at the moment..I can't afford three 2 four weeks off work and £2200. Just so I can get a day rate for carrying a camera underwater. It sucks. Is this just the U.k again or do others have to do the same shite. Dive safe DeanB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Kay 31 Posted March 8, 2007 Dean Look at it this way. If you want to use a pretty lethal hydraulic winch hauling system to pull up cold, wet, slippery gear on an unpredictably moving platform in cold, harsh conditions then become a fisherman - no Health & Safety to worry about because there is no risk assessment that can possibly make it safe! And fishing remains one of the most dangerous occupations in the UK. But put your head under water and a loads of regs immediately apply - you clearly want to kill yourself. Problem is that the Diving at Work regs came from the Commercial sector and they have a vested interest in ensuring that commercial diving remains a closed shop (if we were discussing unions then this would be classes as restrictive practices). I have my suspicions that many of the people involved in thinking out the regulations didn't/don't want to see them changed for a variety of unsound reasons (I'm excluding John of course!). I can quite honestly state that it is often safer diving with some good, highly experienced 'amateur' divers than it is with stand-by divers who are an unknown quantity and who often operate to obsolete requirements (US Navy tables - we're in the computer age for heaven's sake!). Don't get me wrong, I do see far too many bad practices by 'sports' divers for many to be accepted as anything else, but equally I hear of and see some quite ludicrous 'H&S conforming practices' which I reckon are at best pointless and irrelevant, and at worst probably less safe to adhere to than not! Rant over - but they are a bane (I did an ERCA (Experience Routeway Competence Assessment) to get my Part 4 - a reasonable way which sadly seems to have been dropped! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeanB 19 Posted March 8, 2007 Paul, I agree with the close community thing. Keep the masses out, I say old chap. But maybe thats a good thing. Or maybe not. If I ever become peter Scoones 2..then I might feel the same..who knows. But I'm also all for cheaper... concessions for certain people..Me maybe. In my line of work the H.S.E are coming up trumps again by trying to ban the use of ladders if work is over 2metres high. I have a friend whos runs a window cleaning business and he will have to erect scaffolding to clean domestic house windows. I blame the yanks and their sue for anything culture . The H.S.E are just scared as we are begining to imitate them. Dive safe Dean(only joking my U.S.A chums I'm not tarring you all with the same brush..Please don't sue me)B P.s I'm all me, me, me i've noticed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mak_Jing 0 Posted March 8, 2007 Padi OW 1994 CMAS *** 1996 MJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frogmansub 0 Posted March 9, 2007 CMAS * in France 1980 PADI OWSI in the UK 1998. I missed the deadline for getting an automatic HSE Part IV restricted which used to come with the PADI instructors ticket in the old days. JP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
