DevonDiver
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Trying to define what is an 'Advanced Diver' is really an impossible task - well, at least, it's impossible to get a consensus.
Here's my broad pluck deciphering it:
Advanced Diver = A diver who undertakes dives in an advanced and specialist diving activity and/or a diver who undertakes regular dives showing advanced skills.
So... doing cave dives is an advanced/specialist diving activity. But within the spectrum of that activity, there will still be novice, intermediate and advanced cave divers. Thus, each activity needs a specific definition for novice/intermediate/advanced. A novice cave diver can be an advanced diver.
Likewise... doing 'regular' (for sake of definition; open-water, within 'recreational limits') dives, without specialisation, can still allow a diver to be determined as 'advanced'. In this respect we are looking at the skill and knowledge level obtained by the diver only in regard to core diving skills, such as; more precise buoyancy control, accurate navigation, gas management, problem-solving, breath of associated knowledge.
The range/depth of diving specialisation could be considered the 'tool set'. 'Advanced' may refer to the number, variety and complexity of 'tools' at the divers' disposal.
Likewise, we must also consider the divers' ability to use those tools. In which case, the level of proficiency in some, or all, of those tools could be used to define an 'Advanced' status.
I really haven't made up my mind whether I'd define a diver based on the size of their tool set, or their skill in using what tools they did possess.
The only thing that is for sure.... you know it when you see it.
Here's my broad pluck deciphering it:
Advanced Diver = A diver who undertakes dives in an advanced and specialist diving activity and/or a diver who undertakes regular dives showing advanced skills.
So... doing cave dives is an advanced/specialist diving activity. But within the spectrum of that activity, there will still be novice, intermediate and advanced cave divers. Thus, each activity needs a specific definition for novice/intermediate/advanced. A novice cave diver can be an advanced diver.
Likewise... doing 'regular' (for sake of definition; open-water, within 'recreational limits') dives, without specialisation, can still allow a diver to be determined as 'advanced'. In this respect we are looking at the skill and knowledge level obtained by the diver only in regard to core diving skills, such as; more precise buoyancy control, accurate navigation, gas management, problem-solving, breath of associated knowledge.
The range/depth of diving specialisation could be considered the 'tool set'. 'Advanced' may refer to the number, variety and complexity of 'tools' at the divers' disposal.
Likewise, we must also consider the divers' ability to use those tools. In which case, the level of proficiency in some, or all, of those tools could be used to define an 'Advanced' status.
I really haven't made up my mind whether I'd define a diver based on the size of their tool set, or their skill in using what tools they did possess.
The only thing that is for sure.... you know it when you see it.