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EFR courses are not restricted to diving at all - there is no specific "diving" component to any of them. The courses taught through EFR (Emergency First Response) are accepted by many governments around the word for workplace FA requirements. I have taught well over 100 folks their FA for...

Hello from Canmore...Calgary is somewhere close... @chillyinCanada, goodness, for all this time I thought you were from Edmonton.

Too bad that Instructor was an idiot...no such "Standard".

First year at Dal in 1976 was $750, that was the value of the Entrance Scholarship and it covered the tuition.

When I was in Tahiti a couple of years ago the operator had everyone on enriched air, whether they asked for it or not, or had used it before. Those that had not used enriched air got the 5-10 minute instruction. At one level using it is pretty simple.

PADI sells only the training materials and the certification itself. There really is not a straight forward answer to your question because different classes have different costs for the manuals and other materials. Additionally a facility, or Instructor, can decide to have different...

It's open. This however is now closed.

The Thread is back open. Off topic posts have been deleted. Further discussions along the lines of the deleted posts will result in additional action, beyond simply deleting posts. For those of you who had your posts deleted, I suggest you refrain from always trying to have the "last word".

Besides some changes to various Specialty courses, you will find significant changes to the OW course, the DM course, and even the Rescue course since 2009,

The Ranger has plenty of attachment points suitable for slinging a 40 ft3 tank.

Nai'a was terrific.

The Zeagle "rip cord" is one solution if a BCD with integrated weights is a requirement. The toggle can easily be modified with a large diameter ring. The toggle only has to be pulled a short distance before the weights are released. Maybe not ideal, but workable if integrated weights are a...

Calgary has four.

I have the same setup, but a DS51 for the single strobe. Understanding the what and how is just as important as the equipment. More so, even.

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Yeah, but then it takes away the fun that "old codgers" and the "bashers" seem to have. Why ruin the myths they propagate with facts?

That's how we were taught to teach those sorts of courses...always add value.

Want to clarify who you are asking?

Yup, that's were it is. Still, I do not recall in any teaching materials being required tell students it is unsafe to dive without a BCD.