When training a new diver success is not them earning an open water certification, success is seeing them dive next year.
Beautifully said. New sig line.
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When training a new diver success is not them earning an open water certification, success is seeing them dive next year.
As an aside the BSAC also doesn't allow a hogarthian setup to be used in a teaching environment. If I wanted to further my training within the British SubAqua Club, I would have to change my current configuration or the course, which is a nonsense.
You'll learn a lot more by asking questions and finding out why something is the way it is.if I keep my trap shut I may learn something.
I really don't see a need for 'technical attributes' mandated in a class for recreational assistants. Any instructor capable of providing are surely welcome, but to mandate a DM, which will assist with recreational classes, must be taught technical attributes of diving doesn't make sense.
That said, there is nothing technical about a BP/Wing. It's gear. The utilization of that gear defines its use. If the DM is competent in it's use then it's an addition to the class. They get to see another option in the BCD market.