Ron Lewis

[Ron Lewis]

In my brief introduction I failed to state the purpose of my joining.

What I need is for someone to tell me how to convert my F.A.U.I. Class 4 Certificate obtained in Queensland, Australia in 1970, to a N.A.U.I. or PADI or other Diving Certificate so that I am recognized for diving anywhere I need and/or want air.

I was turned down in Guam by a 20 year old who got a kick out of my reply; I have been diving since 1950. But, still no air!!

I dive daily because I have a professional dive company that does harbor maintenance work. But for recreational diving outside of Singapore I am stuck.

Thanks if you can help me with that certificate change over.

Ron Lewis

 

[scubajoe]

Contact a PADI or NAUI dive center and check with them. Our shop would run you through a refresher and if all is well get you a new card....SSI in our shop. I think the other agencies will do the same. Bring your log book.

Joe

 

[Ron Lewis]

Thanks to the Guardin Angel and yourself ScubaJoe for the advise and the wonderful verses.

 

[Wildcard]

PADI offers an experenced diver cert. I don't rember the exact name off hand and don't feel like finding the inst book but you do a SCUBA tune up class, show your not going to kill your self and get an AOW card.

 

[Charlie99]

What I need is for someone to tell me how to convert my F.A.U.I. Class 4 Certificate obtained in Queensland, Australia in 1970, to a N.A.U.I. or PADI or other Diving Certificate so that I am recognized for diving anywhere I need and/or want air.

I was turned down in Guam by a 20 year old who got a kick out of my reply;

It's pretty rare for people to reject ANY certification. Once I even used my Japanese Driver's license to get air!

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=63 is an older thread from someone in the same situation as you and includes contact info for FAUI.

 

[cyklon_300]

Contact a PADI or NAUI dive center and check with them. Our shop would run you through a refresher and if all is well get you a new card....SSI in our shop. I think the other agencies will do the same. Bring your log book.

Joe

that has been diving for 55 years and operates a commercial dive company to show a log is pretty humorous...

 

[ianr33]

I was on a rafting trip in New Mexico a few years agne of the guides had been a Navy diver.Then he was a commercial diver in the Gulf of Mexico for many years. He had a story about a dive shop refusing to rent him a tank...............

 

[matt_unique]

Someone diving that long would most certainly be aware of liability and the procedures in place (though extremely lax in most cases) to verify honesty

--Matt

 

[Xanthro]

Someone diving that long would most certainly be aware of liability and the procedures in place (though extremely lax in most cases) to verify honesty

--Matt

He has a C-Card, the problem is that this operator did not recognize it.

C-Cards are voluntary, and it's a bit strange when commercial and military cards are arbitarily rejected, but the same operator will take an AOW diver with 10 dives down to 140feet. It's just bizarre.

 

[matt_unique]

He has a C-Card, the problem is that this operator did not recognize it.

C-Cards are voluntary, and it's a bit strange when commercial and military cards are arbitarily rejected, but the same operator will take an AOW diver with 10 dives down to 140feet. It's just bizarre.

I would agree if he indeed had a card to present.

--Matt