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I worry for that divers safety once he's on his own. I've read of dive OP's requiring a checkout dive to assess skills before the 'real' dives of the trip. Shouldn't a skills assessment be required before a course such as a deep diving certification?
Yes it should ... particularly for deep diving. I routinely did a checkout dive with any student who wanted to take a class from me other than the OW class, because I wanted to know what I had to work with. It would sometimes be the case that I would recommend a different class, or more dives if I felt they were not ready for the class they wanted to take. But I was an independent instructor, and not reliant on a business model that relied on dive cert numbers and churn ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)