CWMurf
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I'm sure there are people here doing your own visuals. Where do you get your stickers so that the shops will fill your tanks?
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oxyhacker:Always keep in mind, when doing an inspection, that by putting a sticker on a tank, you are exposing yourself to possible liability should anything go wrong with that tank!
oxyhacker:Since certification is not required in order to visually inspect tanks, there's nothing to say you have to keep your PSI certification current in order to continue inspecting tanks, and the main disadvantage to having PSI certification lapse is that you cannot buy stickers from PSI any more. Many PSI inspectors get around this by simply stocking up on stickers while their certification is current, or getting them from a friend who is current.
Generic stickers (ones with no shop name on them) are also available from dive store suppliers like Trident and Global and often turn up on ebay. Some of the dive certification agencies also sell them, but only to their instructors and divemasters.
oxyhacker:Since certification is not required in order to visually inspect tanks, there's nothing to say you have to keep your PSI certification current in order to continue inspecting tanks,
Be warned that many shops will not accept generic stickers, or inspections done by individual tank owners regardless of whether they have certification.
CIBDiving:I'm being told by a guy at my LDS ( he's a PSI intructor of course) thta as of October 1 You HAD to have a certification from PSI to inspect scuba tanks. According to him - DOT now Requires a PSI cert. Personaly, I think it's BS, anybody heard anything different?