Multi Agency Certification Requirements

[diver257a]

It's my understanding that PADI only recognizes PADI specialties toward the 5 specialty requirement, and I don't think the distinctive specialties count even then.

Hi Richard,

I got my PADI MSD in 2004 with 2 of my 5 PADI specialties being Distinctive Specialties.

 

[Walter]

This is starting to look more and more like something that was done over 10 years ago. One of the agencies filed a lawsuit over it. I sincerely hope that does not happen here.

Any idea how Naui or SDI handle that issue?

NAUI doesn't use specialties for Master Diver. They have an actual class.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

The difference may be that it is different people posting and not one person's compilation of information.

SEI also has a dedicated Master Diver class. My first Master Diver student started two weeks ago and we will be working through the summer on it.


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[drrich2]

Diver257a:

Good to know!

Walter:

Thanks. I knew that but tangled it up in my mind. Still leaves the question of how SDI handles it.

Richard.

 

[eponym]

SSI
Stress and Rescue
Classroom
2-4 days of in water training
Prerequisites: OW Certification, Valid CPR & First Aid certificate
The stress and rescue course will teach you how to identify and manage
a stressed diver, accident managements, skills needed to rescue and panicked
or unconscious diver, and various conditions that can hinder your ability
to safely rescue a diver.

2012 SSI standards for Diver Stress & Rescue require:

A minimum of two confined water sessions and a minimum of three open water training dives.
Current certification in CPR, First Aid, and Emergency Oxygen Administration.
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