TheScubaBOB
Contributor
I called PADI yesterday to ask about this as I've been receiving mixed answers.
Spoke to a gentleman in the Training Department and he explained it to me this way:
In the past some dive shops have been known to "Library" the Manuals to save the students the expense of purchasing them. This has at times resulted in students being trained with outdated materials and not having the manuals available later as reference materials if they should say skip a season of diving and just want to freshen-up.
Family members who live at the same address are allowed to share the manuals and provide their own answer sheets for the knowledge reviews.
This ensures that the divers will have access to the manual after their training is complete.
I did keep the gentleman's name for future reference...
Spoke to a gentleman in the Training Department and he explained it to me this way:
In the past some dive shops have been known to "Library" the Manuals to save the students the expense of purchasing them. This has at times resulted in students being trained with outdated materials and not having the manuals available later as reference materials if they should say skip a season of diving and just want to freshen-up.
Family members who live at the same address are allowed to share the manuals and provide their own answer sheets for the knowledge reviews.
This ensures that the divers will have access to the manual after their training is complete.
I did keep the gentleman's name for future reference...