What's the deal with the "Advanced Nitrox" certification?

[nereas]

A certain agency offers a recreational trimix course. I am speaking of the most basic trimix . Not the advanced recreational trimix (150 feet, 5 minutes of deco) or the trimix diver course, just the course that teaches diving within existing sport limits and ENDs in the 40 to 80 fsw range.

My situation is that I like to learn new stuff, but I am not interested in pushing my task loading in the water. So I wonder if recreational trimix would be of more benefit than advanced nitrox, since advanced nitrox is about accelerated deco, which is about deco, which is something I don't want to consider until I have more diving experience.

Any pros and cons?

You seem to be an extremely perceptive person. Therefore I think you are perceiving correctly the flaws in many different agencies' programs.

They all have some flaws. Some are even more flawed than others.

The best thing for you to do would be to find an instructor whom you personally like and get along with, and then trust him or her to navigate you past the agency's particular flaws. Two excellent ones come to mind, for me, and they are both NAUI-Tech. But I would not take their courses simply because they are NAUI. I would take them because they are outstanding instructors, and just by coincidence they have gravitated to NAUI-Tech.

The main purpose of tech training is to learn the physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, theory, and procedures of decompression diving. Then once you are trained and certified, you can go on to think for yourself, if your agency trained you to think for yourself.

 

[nereas]

You're welcome.

I meant to add that there are great TDI tech instructors and great IANTD instructors that I know of, as well.

And of course, the super-agency NACD.

 

[Blackwood]

Two excellent ones come to mind, for me, and they are both NAUI-Tech. But I would not take their courses simply because they are NAUI. I would take them because they are outstanding instructors, and just by coincidence they have gravitated to NAUI-Tech.

It would likely be helpful to current/future students to know which instructors past graduates had good experiences with. In other words, I'd appreciate it if you'd name said two excellent instructors.

 

[Blackwood]

Many people travel to find good instruction. Why are you so adverse to giving credit where it is due?

 

[JeffG]

As a final FYI, Andrew Georgitsis is no longer with NAUI. If I mistakenly dissected your posts, it's not for lack of trying.

Really? Since when and what agency is he using now? (If any)

 

[Blackwood]

Really? Since when and what agency is he using now? (If any)

His own: Unified Team Diving (UTD) International LLC - (253) 632-5100

The first IDC starts tomorrow.

 

[JDostal]

I don't believe that's Orangeman, that's a funny shot I've seen around for a while. But at the risk of learning something new, dos a yellow hose mean anything in particular? I know that the typical "Rec" setup uses a yellow hose and yellow second stage for the octo you donate.

It shouldn't mean a thing. Your gear can be hot flaming pink and blaze orange. I think some people for awhile were using colors to identify gasses (the green reg is 02 or whatever) but that is kind of a foolish thing to do.

 

[Rhone Man]

His own: Unified Team Diving (UTD) International LLC - (253) 632-5100

The first IDC starts tomorrow.

Is that GUE's new recreational diving arm?

 

[JeffG]

Is that GUE's new recreational diving arm?

No. More of a splinter group.

 

[Blackwood]

Is that GUE's new recreational diving arm?

Nope, it's completely new and independent.

Recreational through full trimix and wreck penetration.