just a couple of questions about c-cards. I just completed my AOW and 5 electives will I just get one card or a card for each adventure dive. I think I just get a AOW water card. Basically what I am wondering say I go to a nitrox class will I get a card for Nitrox?? or rescue??? or do I only get a c-card for specialty courses?? thanks you
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AOW is not 5 specialties, it is one class, so you'll get one card. If you want a specialty card, you'll have to take the full specialty course.
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Yep, its only one card...
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And yes, you do get a card for Nitrox and one for Rescue.
Yeppo. Any course where you do the full dive requirements for the course means you'll have yet another C-Card. It takes more than one dive, though, to get a specialty course completion card. They're typically at least 2 dives.
You will get separate cards for each specialty.
You also get them for AOW, Rescue, MSD, DM...... all the way to Course Director. But only after you complete the requirements for each course.
Adventure dives don't count as completed specialties, but they do count as the first dive towards those specialty courses.
You also get them for AOW, Rescue, MSD, DM...... all the way to Course Director. But only after you complete the requirements for each course.
Adventure dives don't count as completed specialties, but they do count as the first dive towards those specialty courses.
Counting as the first dive towards a specialty is, I believe, up to the Instructor.
"may credit toward the first dive"
"may credit toward the first dive"
one card for each class you complete.
philmayer:
and paid your money...agencies are big on that
Bflem55:
Depends on which agency. If you just did the PADI AOW with 5 dives then you will get a single card for AOW with no specialities since you have not made the required 2 dives for each specialty.
If you took an SSI Advanced Open Water then you actually took 4 complete specialty courses which together with 24 total dives gets you your AOW card. You can take any 4 specialties you want in SSI, but 3 must be diving specialties. I usually teach Deep, Navigation, Night/Limited Visibility and Equipment. The sudent must make 6 scuba dives with me. (Equipment has no dive requirement) They will usually receive just one C-Card but it will list all 4 specialites on it they have completed. SSI lets the student be flexible with the 4 specialties. If the student wants he, and the instructor can do Deep, Wreck, Navigation and Nitrox for the 4 or many other combinations. Unless the student wants to pay for the 4 individual cards they are just listed on the AOW card.
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