Getting nitrox certified...

[Steele]

So is inhaling the helium from a ballon is a day to day activity for you? Don't tell me you've never done it. (Trimix divers can be quiet. )

LOL! Yes, I forgot about that. I'm in radio broadcasting and we did a 'bit' like that a few years ago on the air. What a gas!

(so many puns, yikes :11: )

 

[Rick Murchison]

PADI will let you do an online course to complete most of the book studies. Then you must meet with an instructor and review the material. Finally it says doing a dive is optional.

Just be patient. It won't be long and all you'll need for the Nitrox card is a credit card number.
I'll still be the dinosaur that has to see the student dive before issuing a card with my name on it that says "diver" of any kind.
Rick (requires 2 dives for Nitrox diver certification)

 

[Rick Murchison]

1. The diver who wants to get nitrox certified to go on vacation and does not want to go through the grief of getting in two dives in a terrible diving environment just to satisfy a paperwork requirement.

There aren't many diving vacation spots that can't do a referral for Nitrox dives.
Rick

 

[Randy43068]

I took an IANTD nitrox course that was excellent and there were no dives required.

Most of this nitrox cert stuff is self study anyway. It's not rocket science nor difficult.
I see no reason a person has to have 2 dives for the cert. If someone can explain the reasoning for needing 2 dives, I'd sure like to hear it. If you're (the instructor) evaluating one's diving skill, that's an different reason and should be outside the scope of a nitrox cert.

 

[Randy43068]

Just be patient. It won't be long and all you'll need for the Nitrox card is a credit card number.
I'll still be the dinosaur that has to see the student dive before issuing a card with my name on it that says "diver" of any kind.
Rick (requires 2 dives for Nitrox diver certification)

Why require 2 dives?

 

[megdiver12]

SDI has compter nitorx whit no dives.

 

[Randy43068]

Requiring two dives makes no sense to me. The course is mostly academic with a few practical skills such as the O2 check and checking the checker..

If someone can explain why there is a NEED for two dives, I'd like to hear it. Again, if you say it's because you're evaluating diving skills.. well then, that should have been done in another training segment. If I'm paying to learn about nitrox, that's that I want. Now if you're (the instructor) are willing to dive teach me something new I'd be OK with it, but again, that is outside the scope of learning about nitrox. Am I missing something? If so, please explain it to me.

Is SDI the only one not requiring the two dives?

 

[Eidolon]

Divers complaining about diving? Who would have thunk it?

Enriched air dive planning and showing that you can do it for real dives, safely, including all of the calculations for O2 loading on real dives is where I see the value of the open water portion of the EANx dives. If you're some yahoo off of the street, you may have had help or hell even had someone else do your math for you and the knowledge reviews if you did the work beforehand. Doing the work on the dock or the boat while you're still dripping wet shows that -you- can do it and deserve the certification. As a dive professional I would try and combine the EANx dives with some other specialty dives as allowed so that the students aren't just doing math afterwards but I think it has value to have them dive the dives and then log it with the calculations for the actual dives. Doing two dives together shows that they can accurately figure their O2 loading over multiple dives.

 

[nova]

Requiring two dives makes no sense to me. The course is mostly academic with a few practical skills such as the O2 check and checking the checker..

If someone can explain why there is a NEED for two dives, I'd like to hear it. Again, if you say it's because you're evaluating diving skills.. well then, that should have been done in another training segment. If I'm paying to learn about nitrox, that's that I want. Now if you're (the instructor) are willing to dive teach me something new I'd be OK with it, but again, that is outside the scope of learning about nitrox. Am I missing something? If so, please explain it to me.

Is SDI the only one not requiring the two dives?

with a mindset like that, advanced nitrox will cook your biscuit

 

[Randy43068]

with a mindset like that, advanced nitrox will cook your biscuit

Now there's a profound explanation!

Tell me WHY!