Barnaby'sDad
Contributor
How to handle this situation? Take the Rescue course. And say no if you’re ever put in this situation again.
And you might consider taking Rescue from another local shop if the instructor who asked you to help keep an eye on the OW students would be teaching Rescue.
Yup. I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that the instructor in question assumed that the OP had more experience than he did. That’s not excusing the instructor for putting OP in that position, but just saying that when someone asks you to do something like that...it would be a good idea to point out your experience level.
I’ve run into this a few times already (people assuming that I’m more experienced than I am). If you have a few years under your belt, you show up with your own gear, know how to assemble it, and don’t have that lost/“what am I supposed to do?” look...people use their “Jump to Conclusions Mat” to conclude that you’re an experienced diver.