DiveDiva_Ashley
Contributor
I have been diving for 4 or 5 years, mostly in zero viz quarries, rivers, and lakes because I live in Ohio. I knew from the beginning that one day, I'd be interested in becoming an instructor someday, but I felt that it was best for me to wait until I had more experience rather than rushing into it so I could be of more benefit to my students. I've been observing classes through my LDS for the last couple years just to watch how my instructor handled all sorts of different situations with his OWD students. Now, over 100 dives later, I finally feel like I'm ready to become a DM and would be able to offer my experience (ups and downs) to others that I teach. I let my LDS know I was interested and the owner was thrilled. We are now picking dates for classes and such and I found out that another diver whom I watched get certified just last year is planning on taking DM with me. He has 20-30 dives. I was really surprised because I could have sworn there was a 50 dive requirement for Rescue, which I thought was a prereq to DM, but when I researched it online could not find any such requirement. My question is this:
Do you think that there should be a "number of dives requirement" or some other form of test for potential divemaster students to ensure that recently certified divers are not taking the DM class and in turn, producing poorly-trained students? Or do you agree with the standards as they are now?
Do you think that there should be a "number of dives requirement" or some other form of test for potential divemaster students to ensure that recently certified divers are not taking the DM class and in turn, producing poorly-trained students? Or do you agree with the standards as they are now?