Eric Sedletzky
Contributor
A buddy and I were talking the other day and we were discussing the subject of instructors that don't have any real world or independant dives outside of a class environment.
Is it theoretically possible for someone to get certified and go up through the organization without actually doing a dive on their own?
Here's what I see.
Open water- 4 dives
AOW 5- dives
Rescue - 3-4 dives? can't remember
Nitrox- 2 dives
All other specialties 15 dives? I haven't added it up
Start divemaster - all internship dives to get 60 dives required for cert.
Continue with internship
Assistant instructor up to 100 dives
Instructor test
Start instructing and do nothing but pool and cert dives.
Is this a possible scenario? Or is there a gap somewhere I'm not seeing.
Does the instructor requirement dictate that candidates have to have a certain number of dives on their own?
Is it theoretically possible for someone to get certified and go up through the organization without actually doing a dive on their own?
Here's what I see.
Open water- 4 dives
AOW 5- dives
Rescue - 3-4 dives? can't remember
Nitrox- 2 dives
All other specialties 15 dives? I haven't added it up
Start divemaster - all internship dives to get 60 dives required for cert.
Continue with internship
Assistant instructor up to 100 dives
Instructor test
Start instructing and do nothing but pool and cert dives.
Is this a possible scenario? Or is there a gap somewhere I'm not seeing.
Does the instructor requirement dictate that candidates have to have a certain number of dives on their own?