Anyone Taken Padi/dsat Gasblender Course
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skeet:
I think tndiveinstruct1(his board name) has recently taken that class. Shoot him a PM.
jbd:
I was talking to Randy (tndiveinstruct1) the other day and he was telling me that he was banned on here for some reason. He never got an email or anything saying why... but oh well...
Drop him an email at randy at scubarandy dot com.... He did say that his instructor was VERY thorough and it was very interesting....
quarrydiver99:
How does he know he was banned? Maybe it was just that he couldn't get on when they had problems with the data base or whatever a little while back.
skeet:
I took this class a couple of years ago when it was first released. The materials provided as part of the course were informative, well organized, and over-all top quality.
I have also taken the (equivalent) course(s) through other training agencies over the years and must say that the DSAT materials are the most professional/polished.
In my experience IANTD materials are the poorest training materials in the industry for this particular course. TDI materials are concise and easy to grasp. NAUI materials are well written with a lot of information, but lacks the level of organization that some learners require.
As with most SCUBA courses, the instructor and the student candidate often dictate how well the course progresses. As a student candidate, we have certain responsibilities that include knowing what we hope to accomplish by taking a specific course.
If we are looking for a card, any instructor, course, materials will be sufficient. If we are looking to LEARN and then be able to apply what we have learned, it is important to find the right combination of instructor, materials, personal goals.
My experience with this and other similar courses has been that as a candidate, I needed to be familiar with some basic math, some concepts of gas laws (real and ideal) and be able to comfortably convert between or work with both BAR and PSI.
Hope this helps.
Chris
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jbd:
He tried it AFTER all the problems were fixed.
I used to teach the class. Blending is blending. I don't like the blending materials from any of the agencies. Who ever wrote them is definately math challenged. I teach the math in a way that's far easier and more versitile for most people.
The dsat course relies heavily on the use of software by design. Software is fine but if you understand the math you can use any software you want or write your own for that matter. Understanding the math also makes it easier to know when the answer you get from software doesn't make any sense...and all it takes is fat fingers for that to happen.
The dsat course relies heavily on the use of software by design. Software is fine but if you understand the math you can use any software you want or write your own for that matter. Understanding the math also makes it easier to know when the answer you get from software doesn't make any sense...and all it takes is fat fingers for that to happen.
MikeFerrara:
Agreed.
MikeFerrara:
I would say that the course is SLANTED towards the software, but Michal did show the underlying math in the course. As a matter of fact, the only thing I used the software for was verification that the math I was doing was correct. We went over the little tables that is in the back of the book, and I even went as far as deliberately screwing up a mix just to work the math and get my mix back to the correct mix I needed at the correct ending pressure.
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