PerroneFord
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What are we doing to training?
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riguerin:For the PADI Enriched Air Diver cert, you are required to perform simulated dives if you choose to not do the option dives. You still have to demonstrate that you can plan Nitrox dives, analyze your mixture, and fill out all necessary paper work. Basically you do everything except don you rig and jump in the water.
PerroneFord:This is part of a problem.
The tape DOES stick.. and quite well. I've got tape that's stayed on for weeks, and writing with the sharpie works fine. Do it for all my dives. But doing the dives shows this where classroom only training does not.
PerroneFord:I have no doubt that the classroom teaches all the mechanicals. I was curious how the different agencies ask you to mark tanks. I put three things on my tank. Blend Date, Mix, and MOD. The location of the sticker seems to be arbitrary, but one of the agencies I trained with teaches you to place it on the crown of the tank, just below your primary first stage. That way, when you put your reg(s) on, it's staring you in the face just in case for some reason you grabbed the wrong tank, or you are about to do something silly, like take that EAN36 tank for a 120ft dive. .
PerroneFord:IANTD wants the Nitrox bands. I don't use them nor will I. Totally useless. Some people want initials on the tank (IANTD) but I either blend my own, or am standing there when they are blended, and I analyze on the spot. .
Tape keeps the muck and stuff out too.PerroneFord:I also tape off my valves when the tanks are filled. That way I know if they've been tampered with or compromised since they were filled. .
PerroneFord:Anyway, I was more curious about some things that you really only see if you are actually prepping for the dives.
PerroneFord:I've put air in my 02 cleaned tanks. Rarely, but I have. But it's very CLEAN air.
The rest of that sounds good. The NETburger sounds great too.. but that's a 13 hour drive my friend. And there's no where to dive. How about you come HERE this time, and I'll treat you to some down home BarBQ and some diving.
cirwin:Hi,
In another thread, someone mentioned that you can now get Nitrox certified without having to do any dives. Does anyone have more info about this? Is this done online or through a shop? I live in Long Beach, CA.
Thanks,
Chris
You put the fill date on the tank? Just out of curiousity, what purpose does that accomplish? I mean, in a fill log, sure, but on the tank itself? How could the date matter?PerroneFord:This is part of a problem.
The tape DOES stick.. and quite well. I've got tape that's stayed on for weeks, and writing with the sharpie works fine. Do it for all my dives. But doing the dives shows this where classroom only training does not.
I have no doubt that the classroom teaches all the mechanicals. I was curious how the different agencies ask you to mark tanks. I put three things on my tank. Blend Date, Mix, and MOD. The location of the sticker seems to be arbitrary, but one of the agencies I trained with teaches you to place it on the crown of the tank, just below your primary first stage. That way, when you put your reg(s) on, it's staring you in the face just in case for some reason you grabbed the wrong tank, or you are about to do something silly, like take that EAN36 tank for a 120ft dive.
IANTD wants the Nitrox bands. I don't use them nor will I. Totally useless. Some people want initials on the tank (IANTD) but I either blend my own, or am standing there when they are blended, and I analyze on the spot.
I also tape off my valves when the tanks are filled. That way I know if they've been tampered with or compromised since they were filled.
Anyway, I was more curious about some things that you really only see if you are actually prepping for the dives.
As I understand it, PADI was the last one to give up the dives, and that was just a few months ago. There were some threads here on SB if anyone is curious, a search should turn them up.dl348:To my knowledge none of the major certifying agencies require check out dives for their Nitrox certification now.