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So while reading and posting to another forum, something came into my brain that I thought I would pose to our fine little board.
Background: When I did my AOW, my instructor forgot to give me a temporary card, and did not get around to processing my application for 2 months (completely different story). Which left me without c-card proof of my accomplishment. At some point while this was occurring, I wanted to to an adventure night dive, and went to a shop to ask about it. They told me that that I would need to provide proof of being at least an adventure diver, I explained my problem and the instructor said that it would be no problem, all i had to do was show him my log book where i completed the dives and that they were signed off by the instructor.
Based on the previous situation, you would think that there is no need for c-cards if one has a properly looked after log book. To me this means that c-cards might not exactly be necessary. However, I can also see how having a c-card would provide proof of accomplishment in the event that someone does not keep up a log book, or if the log book is lost or damaged somehow.
So what do people think? could a log book be a c-card? Do we need c-cards? Should we have a "Prove it or shut up?" system that requires check out dives to evaluate someone's skill level? How about having their skill levels permanently Tattooed onto the diver?
Thanks in advance all.
Background: When I did my AOW, my instructor forgot to give me a temporary card, and did not get around to processing my application for 2 months (completely different story). Which left me without c-card proof of my accomplishment. At some point while this was occurring, I wanted to to an adventure night dive, and went to a shop to ask about it. They told me that that I would need to provide proof of being at least an adventure diver, I explained my problem and the instructor said that it would be no problem, all i had to do was show him my log book where i completed the dives and that they were signed off by the instructor.
Based on the previous situation, you would think that there is no need for c-cards if one has a properly looked after log book. To me this means that c-cards might not exactly be necessary. However, I can also see how having a c-card would provide proof of accomplishment in the event that someone does not keep up a log book, or if the log book is lost or damaged somehow.
So what do people think? could a log book be a c-card? Do we need c-cards? Should we have a "Prove it or shut up?" system that requires check out dives to evaluate someone's skill level? How about having their skill levels permanently Tattooed onto the diver?
Thanks in advance all.