DivePartner1
Contributor
I just bought a new piece of equipment so one of my LDS's offered me the PADI equipment specialist at half price. It sounded interesting and I know he's a great instructor so I took it.
While generally useful (if pricey for necessary but basic information) I was surprised at the number of topics in this "speciality" that had been included in my SSI OW course, such as how to check the hydro dates on a tank, and how the regulator and BC work. Also, a good LDS will go over a lot this when you buy stuff (although I know this often doesn't happen).
Now if it's true that PADI forbids instructors to teach anything that can be sold in a speciality, does this mean that PADI OWs, AOW's, Rescue Divers etc. might never be taught these basics by PADI???
Inquiring minds want to know.
While generally useful (if pricey for necessary but basic information) I was surprised at the number of topics in this "speciality" that had been included in my SSI OW course, such as how to check the hydro dates on a tank, and how the regulator and BC work. Also, a good LDS will go over a lot this when you buy stuff (although I know this often doesn't happen).
Now if it's true that PADI forbids instructors to teach anything that can be sold in a speciality, does this mean that PADI OWs, AOW's, Rescue Divers etc. might never be taught these basics by PADI???
Inquiring minds want to know.