IE Pass Rate

[boulderjohn]

During the surface scuba kit removal and replacement, some of the candidates didn't have snorkels in their mouths, part of the requirement.

Which standard does this violate?

 

[northernone]

Remember. The pass rate is 75% for EACH of the 5 sections. So you could pass 4 and fail 1 section thus fail the exam. As there are only 12 questions per section you don’t have a great margin for error.

Do the test papers to figure your weaknesses and practice the RDP & table questions

I saw people fail my IE because they failed the theory

One of my fellow IE test takers failed a section, had 100% in the other 4. He had to join the next IE to rewrite the failed portion.

Personally I aimed for knowing the subject. Passing the exams was a byproduct of knowing the padi materials and being familiar with their style of testing.

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

Which standard does this violate?

Snorkel is supposed to be in the mouth.

 

[northernone]

Snorkel is supposed to be in the mouth.

Out of 12 in my Florida IE, I didn't see any snorkels in mouth. Read the CD manual a few years back, didn't notice it as a skill requirement. Is that new?

 

[boulderjohn]

Snorkel is supposed to be in the mouth.

I can't find the wording for that in the standards. Can you help me on that?

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

Out of 12 in my Florida IE, I didn't see any snorkels in mouth. Read the CD manual a few years back, didn't notice it as a skill requirement. Is that new?

My CD was quite adamant about it and he could site standards off the top of his head.

 

[boulderjohn]

Well, my CD did not have us do it at all. I have the standards up on my computer right now, and I am certainly not seeing it. If you are saying it violates standards, you should be able to cite the standard it violated.

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

Well, my CD did not have us do it at all. I have the standards up on my computer right now, and I am certainly not seeing it. If you are saying it violates standards, you should be able to cite the standard it violated.

Are you giving me a hard time given your recent statements on TDI standards?

Seriously, according to my CD, and I trust his statement. I’ll ping him and post later.

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

So this is what I received from my CD:

Kosta,
That is what I was told during my Course Director Training Course. Additionally, other IE candidates have failed the skill circuit because of it. It’s an assigned problem if the skill is being taught in OW and Confined OW.

Does that help?

 

[boulderjohn]

A lot of people who learned to do things a certain way believe that is the way it had to be done according to standards. There are actually very few standards for HOW specific skills are done.

So this is what I received from my CD:

Kosta,
That is what I was told during my Course Director Training Course. Additionally, other IE candidates have failed the skill circuit because of it. It’s an assigned problem if the skill is being taught in OW and Confined OW.

Does that help?

So it does not appear in writing? It is a secret standard?

Apparently my CD never got the message. Before I became an instructor, I assisted in many classes with many instructors. as a DM and an AI. None of them did that.