DIR- Generic GUE Standards Update (v 10.1)

[h2o_hamilton]

As I’ve been expecting, GUE has significantly updated their standards. No more is there Rec 1, 2 and 3 (a change in name only, for marketing purposes and much needed) no more is there Fundies Rec and Fundies Tec; no more cordless primary lights.

Some changes are mere nomenclature, many are fundamental organizational changes.

Notably, IMO, the standards have strengthened. Becoming an instructor is much more challenging now.

 

[JoeTPhilly]

; no more cordless primary lights.

Cordless lights are still acceptable; see page 158:

The primary light should consist of a rechargeable battery pack and be fitted with aGoodman-style light handle.

When burn time requirements create the need for an external battery pack, it should reside in a canister mounted on the diver’s right hip.

 

[JoeTPhilly]

A nice change is the Performance Diver course. I think it will open up GUE to divers who were intimidated by the idea of taking Fundies.

 

[FF / EMT]

A nice change is the Performance Diver course. I think it will open up GUE to divers who were intimidated by the idea of taking Fundies.

I would imagine it’s similar to UTD’s essentials and a step above their primers classes

 

[JoeTPhilly]

I would imagine it’s similar to UTD’s essentials and a step above their primers classes

It basically replaces Fundies - Rec. Here is a write up about the course:

Excellence In Performance: Introducing GUE’s New Performance Diver Course

By Ulrik Juul Christensen, Jennifer Thomson, & Dorota Czerny. Photos by Julian Muehlenhaus unless noted. A transformational course for existing divers not aiming for the technical path—yet… The Global Underwater Explorers (GUE)’s Fundamentals course has long been the primary entry point for...

indepthmag.com

 

[JoeTPhilly]

Page 25 is interesting. WTF...

GUE base equipment configuration as outlined in Appendix A, plus:

a. Snorkel, simple in design, with no purge valves

 

[SpeedyJ]

Page 25 is interesting. WTF...

GUE base equipment configuration as outlined in Appendix A, plus:

a. Snorkel, simple in design, with no purge valves

I am guessing this is to comply with some element in the ISO standard that aligns to those "industry standard" courses.

 

[JoeTPhilly]

It basically replaces Fundies - Rec. Here is a write up about the course:

Excellence In Performance: Introducing GUE’s New Performance Diver Course

By Ulrik Juul Christensen, Jennifer Thomson, & Dorota Czerny. Photos by Julian Muehlenhaus unless noted. A transformational course for existing divers not aiming for the technical path—yet… The Global Underwater Explorers (GUE)’s Fundamentals course has long been the primary entry point for...

indepthmag.com

Upon further reading there are still two Fundies courses:

GUE Basic Fundamentals on Pg. 36 which looks like Fundies Rec.

GUE Technical Fundamentals Pg. 64

 

[JoeTPhilly]

GUE now might have more courses than PADI...LOL

 

[JoeTPhilly]

I am guessing this is to comply with some element in the ISO standard that aligns to those "industry standard" courses.

Or we might see a Halcyon snorkel...haha