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OK, I've taken some time to read the thread and point out some issues: You've kind of missed the point. The purpose of the watermanship tests isn't anything to do with "the real world", it's about seeing whether candidates are comfortable in water, under a variety of conditions and provide...

Other than instructing, I haven't been able to think of any.... but I am curious as to what the OP thinks they can do/wants to do. I think that some of the other replies have missed out that the OP is asking about a career, as opposed to just becoming a (tech) diver.

I suspect that the limits are empirically derived. There is an interesting article that describes how oxygen limits have changed over time, but it doesn't go into too much detail about the work that was done in defining the limits...

I haven't bothered to read all the thread, sorry - to be honest most changes that people recommend are often very specific to their own circumstances and poorly justified. It's kinda tough to make them applicable to a worldwide training organisation like PADI, particularly when you get resorts...

Stroke! :rofl3:

Exactly. Anyone can change what is on Wikipedia.

A career in technical diving is way different than a career in commercial diving, in every way - costs, opportunities, day-to-day activities. What do you actually want to do?

Totally. What you'd really want to look for is the K2 of diving.... K2 is a mountaineer's mountain, such a beautiful shape. It also has a much higher level of commitment required, and the risks involved are much higher. No, but it is the worlds highest rubbish dump. I was there about fifteen...

Definitely. Some rivers are entirely straightforward.... one of our guys put this video together of a recent drift dive down one of our rivers, 20m+ vis, no boat traffic. It's a great fun little dive! Tech Dive NZ - Waikato River Drift Dive Don't apologise. The search feature is rubbish...

As an SDI DM, you can enrol in the PADI IDC. There will be a couple of extra lectures (e.g. how to teach the PADI RDP) and it would probably be worth familiarising yourself with the PADI skills in case there are significant differences. From my experience of teaching SDI, the diver level...

Left for me. I use a semi-closed SMB, so keep the reg in and exhale into the bottom of the bag - even without having to remove the reg, left hand just seems more natural.

Nothing. I know a shop not too far away from where I live that does a "2 day class". The book stuff is done prior to the class on their own, and the quizzes and exam are just done in the evenings and/or between dives. The class is split so it's CW in the morning of each day, then OW in the...

So who exactly is at fault? The people taking the offer of the internship, or the people offering it? Don't get me wrong, I am personally appalled by the idea of instructors working for free,but I suspect very much that many of this internship programmes came about because there was no...

I don't know about UTD, so my following statement may be slightly inaccurate. :D GUE are the only agency (caveat: that I am aware of) that has a 100% QA rate. Every student on every course must complete a QA questionnaire - else they don't get their certification. It's pretty easy to pick up...

Whatever my personal views are of these internships are, I think it's reasonable to point out that the OP isn't trying to fool anyone here. They've clearly stated that you don't get paid, what you are expected to pay for, and what you get. There is no misleading advertising here. We should...

Particularly the last sentence is a gross generalisation, and if I weren't thicker skinned I would be insulted by it!!! ;) Yes, these courses exist - but you have to ask *WHY*. A lot of scuba training is market led, the agencies provide what people are asking for. There is still choice...

Yep, it's "training and experience" as written in all the (PADI) quizzes, exams, said in the videos etc. Way too many people worry about risks of litigation that just don't exist.

You'll find that to some extent the skills cross over from one to the other - the basic skills, at least, buoyancy, trim, fin kicks etc. If you are into wrecks, not all wrecks are deep... so you may not need to "go tech". For example, we offer a non-technical Advanced Wreck Diver course (see...

I'll eat my words, just got a response from Richard! I'll see what we can work out and get back to you if needed, Steve.

For sure. The implied meaning of "best mix" as used in the TDI manuals is "the mix that enables you to push your ppO2 as close to 1.4 for the bottom portion of the dive to minimise inert gas loading", but that is just a single decision variable for what is actually a multi-variable decision. And...