The DVD is for a home study course and is not compulsory. Some instructors also show the DVD during class. Home study saves time. Showing it in class saves the school money though bro!
SSI "Stress and Rescue" Question
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He might have paid for it and he might not. The dvd is strictly an option. Some shops charge for the books & course without the dvd. Others offer the dvd as an add on.
Granted, I haven't taught in a number of years, but when I was researching becoming an instructor, SSI's program, at least in my mind for basic open water, the best available. The shop I taught for required 5 open water dives, with one of those being a night dive. When I was teaching it was in the Seattle area, and the general agreement between instructors in the area was if you could learn to dive in Puget Sound (great visibility was 30-40', water temperature usually 45-50f, tidal exchanges between 8 and 12 feet) that you could pretty much dive anywhere you wanted without much concern.
I did, and still do think that SSI's no-nonsense requirements for Stress/Rescue (which you must have to go to a Master Diver rating or anything above) are a shining light. It was nice to see students who went through that course when I taught it have a confidence boost in their diving ability and their ability to know they could truly respond to assist another diver. Personally my hat is off to SSI for holding the line on this course.
I did, and still do think that SSI's no-nonsense requirements for Stress/Rescue (which you must have to go to a Master Diver rating or anything above) are a shining light. It was nice to see students who went through that course when I taught it have a confidence boost in their diving ability and their ability to know they could truly respond to assist another diver. Personally my hat is off to SSI for holding the line on this course.
Hey all,
I completed my SSI stress and rescue last weekend and we had the same with the whole 3 questions wrong i was fine but 1 of the people did get 4 or 5 wrong but the instructor reviewed what question he got wrong, discussed them with him and said she would accept his exam.
What im saying is that i think it depends on the instructor.
And personally i thought the class was excellent and im just starting my SSI Dive Con
if there is any speciffic question any of you have about the course from the student point of view feel free to ask.
brad
I completed my SSI stress and rescue last weekend and we had the same with the whole 3 questions wrong i was fine but 1 of the people did get 4 or 5 wrong but the instructor reviewed what question he got wrong, discussed them with him and said she would accept his exam.
What im saying is that i think it depends on the instructor.
And personally i thought the class was excellent and im just starting my SSI Dive Con
if there is any speciffic question any of you have about the course from the student point of view feel free to ask.
brad
Scubamedicjoe
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Well I about to get a Hot debate started hear but this is MY opinion and from what I have observed.
First My SSI stress and rescue class was harder than my Padi rescue class basically same material. However we had a harder test with SSI and more Hands on. Both classs are excellent class and feel all divers should take them.
First My SSI stress and rescue class was harder than my Padi rescue class basically same material. However we had a harder test with SSI and more Hands on. Both classs are excellent class and feel all divers should take them.
My PADI rescue class was more difficult and strenuous then an friend of mine who had a different instructor. We also had more medical/DAN related discussions during my class. The instructor did fail at least one student that I was aware of. When I heard that a friend had his 12 year of old daughter take the Rescue Class with another agency other than PADI and she was not required to complete some of the required tasks. Is there a junior rescue class or something like that (not referring to PADI)?
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