c-card expiration dates

cnctina · Dec 7, 2005

Would it be a benefit or burden to divers or the dive industry to have expiration dates on c-cards.
example 1: Diver does not dive for X amount of time.
example 2: Diver holds specialty card, dives regulary but not in specialty, only needs to
renew specialty.
example 3: Renew every X number of years if you dive or not.
example 4: Leave it up to the original instructor/agency to decide if needed.

thoughts please.

Fish_Whisperer · Dec 7, 2005

I think a logbook review would serve the same purpose, if refresher courses and check-dives were cheap and convenient.

mnj1233 · Dec 7, 2005

Why have you had a fender bender with a outta practice diver?????

scubajoh44 · Dec 7, 2005

I asked the same question cnctina. What I got was that most people will just review log books....but those can easily be "faked" also. I'll be watching to see what people's thoughts on this is.

rockjock3 · Dec 7, 2005

cnctina:
Would it be a benefit or burden to divers or the dive industry to have expiration dates on c-cards.
example 1: Diver does not dive for X amount of time.
example 2: Diver holds specialty card, dives regulary but not in specialty, only needs to
renew specialty.
example 3: Renew every X number of years if you dive or not.
example 4: Leave it up to the original instructor/agency to decide if needed.

thoughts please.

As long as you are willing to subsidize the cost for all of us to renew every x number of years.

cnctina · Dec 7, 2005

mnj1233:
Why have you had a fender bender with a outta practice diver?????

no, to protect the other divers from me.

J75 · Dec 7, 2005

In theory, I think this would be great. However, with some of the freshly certified divers I've been running into as of late, I'm not sure anyone is being picky about who gets certified and who doesn't. It seems to me that anyone who is willing to pay for a course gets a C-card. <head shaking>

ReefGuy · Dec 7, 2005

Just another expense. As noted above, anyone can get a c-card. All they have to do is find the right instructor. Diving is about personal responsibility, and that can't be certified. It's your life, take what risks you will.

TheRedHead · Dec 7, 2005

Don't we already have scuba refresher for those who haven't dived in a while?

Rick Murchison · Dec 7, 2005

redhatmama:
Don't we already have scuba refresher for those who haven't dived in a while?

Yep.
Rick

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