Certification through different agencies

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All the GUE prerequisites are, in theory anyhow, waverable. In theory you meet and dive with an Instructor Evaluator and show him you have all the knowledge required and can perform all the required skills to standard. Having taken a class with an IE I can say they seem to be pretty hard to impress. That said, I don't know if wavers are a real possibility even though it is in the standards document.

From GUE standards.....

3. Diving prerequisites established by the relevant course standards must be met before trainees can register for that class. Dives cannot be credited across curricula or across levels of a given curriculum. Students may not take two courses at the same time.


Waivers.....

GUE Instructor Evaluators have the power to waive training obligations and award GUE certification based on previous training and experience.

But as you say, very unlikely due to the limited number of IE's out there.


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[Edward3c]

The reason that GUE/UTD require an entry course is the emphasis on team diving. This is elemental in the system. A traditionally trained diver will be a weak link and a potential hazard when it comes to protocols and skills.

But, one simple course (essentials/fundamentals) gets you level with the cool kids.[emoji2]
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It would be an interesting conversation if a PADI OW used the ISO 24801-2 (here) as an equivalent to GUE Fundamentals/GUE Recreational Diver Level 1 as its also ISO 24801-2 (here).

 

[decompression]

It would be an interesting conversation if a PADI OW used the ISO 24801-2 (here) as an equivalent to GUE Fundamentals/GUE Recreational Diver Level 1 as its also ISO 24801-2 (here).

Interesting.....I wonder if anyone has looked into this.


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[Jack Hammer]

It would be an interesting conversation if a PADI OW used the ISO 24801-2 (here) as an equivalent to GUE Fundamentals/GUE Recreational Diver Level 1 as its also ISO 24801-2 (here).

GUE has a very strict skillset and physical standard that needs to be met in order to pass a class. I suspect if some one succeeded odds are they would most likely end up paying for an expensive class they would fail.

 

[West.Coast.Diver]

Interesting.....I wonder if anyone has looked into this.

My initial diving certification is a PADI Open Water certification, and I am also GUE Rec 1 qualified. There is simply no comparison between the two. For starters, all skills must be done neutrally buoyant, and in trim. The academics are geared towards adults, with a sufficient level of theory and calculations included. Considerably more readings and reviews are also required. Dive planning is more detailed, and Nitrox is introduced immediately. The physical standards are also different, and the equipment configuration is considerably different (backplate and wing, long hose, drysuit, etc.). There is little in a PADI OW course that would prepare someone to successfully challenge GUE Rec 1.


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[ScubaDocER]

I've qualified OW and Adv through NAUI. Then due to a lack of agencies / schools in the area I've lived in I did my Nitrox and rescue through PADI (or more to the point busy with RD). PADI did not have any issues and recognise the NAUI certification. Question now is, will NAUI recognise the PADI Rescue if I want to switch back for my Master diver certification. According to a fellow diver he could not do so on his, NAUI apparently did not accept the qualification and he had to re-do it through NAUI or wait till he could get onto a PADI course again. He compared it to a one-way street. How true is this? I would have thought that because of the international standards and "watch dogs" things like this should not occur and you would have choice of agency and they respect and accept each other.

Entry into a NAUI course is at the discretion of the Instructor. If your question is whether NAUI will recognize your PADI cert then the answer is yes. If it is whether a particular NAUI Instructor will accept it for entry into their course then the answer is maybe. Typically this is not a major issue. But if you are concerned then I would ask the NAUI Instructor that you plan to take your Master Scuba Diving course with and ask them.