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Thats a tech course offered by the DSAT TecRec division.....
Nitrox Certification Question
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Cool. One of these days I'll man up enough to do it.
When I took my Nitrox class NAUI had 2 different cards. The one labeled "Nitrox Diver" which was a green center with yellow top and bottom and "Nitrox" that was a yellow center with green top and bottom. My instructor told me that I didn't have to do the dives if I didn't want to. He was more interested in making sure I did the math calculations correctly prior to diving.
How many dive shops/boats notice the difference in those two cards?
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I did mine through IANTD and they didn't require dives. But I didn't like the course manual at all--unless it's been updated I wouldn't use that agency.
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Actually IANTD is one of the best for technical stuff. Some would argue that there a little old school, but I know they just updated a bunch of their courses so that arguement no longer holds. I know Nitrox and advanced nitrox is one of the updated courses.
You may have run into a familiar problem with dive shops. They buy the books and have them in inventory, then an updated course/book comes out and now the dive shop needs to off load the old books, so for a few months after the new course/book comes out some shops are still teaching from the old stuff just to get it off the shelfs before buying the new books. When I bought my advanced nitrox books, I know there were some old ones floating around. So I specificlly asked for the new ones when I bought them.
You may have run into a familiar problem with dive shops. They buy the books and have them in inventory, then an updated course/book comes out and now the dive shop needs to off load the old books, so for a few months after the new course/book comes out some shops are still teaching from the old stuff just to get it off the shelfs before buying the new books. When I bought my advanced nitrox books, I know there were some old ones floating around. So I specificlly asked for the new ones when I bought them.
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I don't know what part of the area your from, but to avoid this in the future, if your looking for technical classes you'll want to stick to either adventure sports (Tampa), or Scuba West (Hudson). Those are the only "true" tech shops in the area that I have experience with and that I haven't heard bad things about, and that on any given day you'll find a handfull of techies just hanging out talking tech to kill time.
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I second the Tampa Adventure Sports!!! Those guys know what they're doing. Thay aren't my LDS but when it comes to classes they are the ones I go to. I found that anything above or beyond Advanced Diver is difficult to get shops to do. I don't know why but it has been for me. My LDS does Nitrox and they require dives but I would still I say go see Bert and Ben.
I got a PADI Nitrox certification through Divers Supply in NW Tampa; didn't require diving; instructor was easy to contact and schedule. Divers Supply is pretty close to you...Gunn Highway pretty close to where Gunn/Linebaugh come together at North Dale Mabry.
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