DIR- GUE GUE blessing new CCR model in next 2 years?
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At least to the best of my knowledge, you can only find this website using google or guess the address based on the Tech 2 website (or an announced Tech 3 class) ;-)
Up to now the class is not included in the standards. So it looks like it has not arrived in the "real" world yet.
ginti
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this is the old tech3, it has been on the website for a very long time.
At least to the best of my knowledge, you can only find this website using google or guess the address based on the Tech 2 website (or an announced Tech 3 class) ;-)
Up to now the class is not included in the standards. So it looks like it has not arrived in the "real" world yet.
The new one is this one: GUE Introduces Tech 3: Join the Final Part of GUE’s Technical Trilogy
And has different qualifying requirements (25 T2 dives and 25 T2+ dives, vs 75 T2 dives for the old one). But it doesn't say much about the class itself.
It is already in the real world since you can find it scheduled on the GUE classes website; go here and select Tech 3:
GUE class schedule
We put all of our efforts into providing the training that suits you best. Your instructor will guide you through the course registration process, advise which course materials to read as part of pre-study before the training starts, and lead you through the preparations so you will be able to...
www.gue.com
It looks like it'll continue to be a mystery for me, no problem
You are right, looks like the old website. Sorry for that.
No standards for the class, website not updated...
In my opinion it has not arrived in the real world yet. And I doubt it will ever do.
Where are the "Project diver classes" gone? Announced two or three years ago. A few classes happend without any real output. No real information about the classes up to now...
Two classes with one student. How many people do you know, who have taken the class so far?It is already in the real world since you can find it scheduled on the GUE classes website; go here and select Tech 3:
GUE class schedule
We put all of our efforts into providing the training that suits you best. Your instructor will guide you through the course registration process, advise which course materials to read as part of pre-study before the training starts, and lead you through the preparations so you will be able to...
No standards for the class, website not updated...
In my opinion it has not arrived in the real world yet. And I doubt it will ever do.
Where are the "Project diver classes" gone? Announced two or three years ago. A few classes happend without any real output. No real information about the classes up to now...
ginti
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Don't get me wrong, I really doubt that the Tech 3 or the Project Diver classes are needed. Tech 3 might be real fun, nonetheless is it needed if the quality of the classes before was okay? In my opinion not.
To sing @rjack321's song: these new classes might be needed to fill the purses of some instructors ;-)
To sing @rjack321's song: these new classes might be needed to fill the purses of some instructors ;-)
I highly doubt instructors are making big bucks from an incredibly complex course that so few people are qualified to take...
I remember watching a video on GUE TV that was like a conference breakout session with GUE's lawyer about managing risk and liability in expedition diving (don't ask me why, I was very bored...).
There were several high-level instructors in the room who started asking the lawyer about legal liability questions, including Graham Blackmore who said the American legal system terrified him.
The gist I got was that instructors are particularly worried about T3 classes, which teaches expedition level diving, because there are so many ways it can turn deadly. In addition to the ethical concern and reputational risk, waivers don't stop you from being sued into oblivion by a grieving family.
My guess is that a few of the top GUE tech instructors (Graham Blackmore, Mario Arena) are piloting T3 in an invite-only way and trying to work out the kinks, including things like risk management.
(You will notice that no T3 classes have been held in or are scheduled for the United States...)
I remember watching a video on GUE TV that was like a conference breakout session with GUE's lawyer about managing risk and liability in expedition diving (don't ask me why, I was very bored...).
There were several high-level instructors in the room who started asking the lawyer about legal liability questions, including Graham Blackmore who said the American legal system terrified him.
The gist I got was that instructors are particularly worried about T3 classes, which teaches expedition level diving, because there are so many ways it can turn deadly. In addition to the ethical concern and reputational risk, waivers don't stop you from being sued into oblivion by a grieving family.
My guess is that a few of the top GUE tech instructors (Graham Blackmore, Mario Arena) are piloting T3 in an invite-only way and trying to work out the kinks, including things like risk management.
(You will notice that no T3 classes have been held in or are scheduled for the United States...)
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