rods
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OK... just finishing my certification, and reading these posts along with the information at diverlink.com/newdiver... I now have questions regarding my own certification, PADI open water.
I had planned on diving for a while to gain an applied knowledge of diving and then continue to a higher level of certification. Is there a negative opinion in regards to my certification that will make people believe that I'm a less competent diver (which currently I am) than a diver with a certification from another organization with the same amount of dive time? I'm now wondering if I should certify with another organization instead of continuing in the PADI path. I believe that my training was complete and I had a great instructor... but not knowing anything more about diving than what was taught in the class, maybe I'm missing more beneficial knowledge.
I would like to be the best and safest diver I can... but I don't know how much of that has to do with knowledge that is gain through this certification or that certification as apposed to how well that knowledge is comprehended and applied to actual diving. Soooo... Is the certification organization more important than the students ability to comprehend the information and then dive with those skills acquired until fully competent before continuing? I would think that the factor of "what kind of a student" the diver is would far out way the factor of which organization that student went to learn his skills. With that in mind, is there that much difference between the organizations that the skills acquired from one, no matter what kind of student, would prove to make a more competent diver?
... Sorry for the rambling, this went on longer than I intended...
Rod
I had planned on diving for a while to gain an applied knowledge of diving and then continue to a higher level of certification. Is there a negative opinion in regards to my certification that will make people believe that I'm a less competent diver (which currently I am) than a diver with a certification from another organization with the same amount of dive time? I'm now wondering if I should certify with another organization instead of continuing in the PADI path. I believe that my training was complete and I had a great instructor... but not knowing anything more about diving than what was taught in the class, maybe I'm missing more beneficial knowledge.
I would like to be the best and safest diver I can... but I don't know how much of that has to do with knowledge that is gain through this certification or that certification as apposed to how well that knowledge is comprehended and applied to actual diving. Soooo... Is the certification organization more important than the students ability to comprehend the information and then dive with those skills acquired until fully competent before continuing? I would think that the factor of "what kind of a student" the diver is would far out way the factor of which organization that student went to learn his skills. With that in mind, is there that much difference between the organizations that the skills acquired from one, no matter what kind of student, would prove to make a more competent diver?
... Sorry for the rambling, this went on longer than I intended...
Rod