Solidgas,
I have not read this entire thread but will comment on one thing I feel you should bear in mind. If you came to me for an AOW course or Rescue course one of the first things the S&P requires me to is access your current diving abilities. This means I would check your ability to perform the skindiving skills including the rescue skills. For the scuba part, you can bet I would test you on that in the water as well. If you had never been taught this stuff, how could you expect to pass this assessment?
If I dive with a NAUI certed diver, I expect to be with someone who can conduct simple rescue procedures. If I dive with a PADI certed diver I don't have that expectation since I know it wasn't part of their training. This may mean that I may plan the dive differently to fit within indicated expectations.
If you didn't get ALL of the NAUI training/education requirements then I would ask the shop to give you the proper extra training. They owe it to you.
I have not read this entire thread but will comment on one thing I feel you should bear in mind. If you came to me for an AOW course or Rescue course one of the first things the S&P requires me to is access your current diving abilities. This means I would check your ability to perform the skindiving skills including the rescue skills. For the scuba part, you can bet I would test you on that in the water as well. If you had never been taught this stuff, how could you expect to pass this assessment?
If I dive with a NAUI certed diver, I expect to be with someone who can conduct simple rescue procedures. If I dive with a PADI certed diver I don't have that expectation since I know it wasn't part of their training. This may mean that I may plan the dive differently to fit within indicated expectations.
If you didn't get ALL of the NAUI training/education requirements then I would ask the shop to give you the proper extra training. They owe it to you.