Scuba diving is easy.
Teaching scuba diving is easy.
PADI doesn't want people to know this.
That is why they try to make it more difficult than it has to be or else they would probably be out of a job.
Most people get things the first time, some take 2 times, stupid people take maybe 3. PADI thinks everyone needs to hear the same thing at least 12 times over again.
PADI have 1 order of how things are done. 1 way only!
You want to change that order? I don't think so, you fail!
Did your changed order still work? yes!
Did it maybe even work better than the PADI way? YES!
TOO BAD YOU FAIL!
I must keep reminding myself that PADI was designed to teach the "average" American how to scuba dive. The "average" american obviously has the listening span and inteligence of a 4 year old. Too bad you have to be at least 10 years old to learn to scuba dive.
Though really who cares if they do it wrong because they are stupid? I'm pretty sure Darwin had something to say about that, survival of the fittest and all that.
As you can probably tell I'm getting a little bored of how the Instrutor examination is set up. The person I have instructoring me really good, and he will be the first person to say how stupid PADI's examination process is set up. He was actually the first full time instructor in New Zealand and has been teaching scuba diving for over 30 years, he has certified over 2000 PADI instructors and countless divers, and yes he thinks PADI's instructor examination is completely stupid.
That being said just 2 more weeks and I'll be done and assuming I can jump through all the anally retentive hoops I will be an instructor.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Start of my IDC
So the official start of my Instructor Development Course was yesterday. I met the other 2 guys that I will be doing the course with, 1 english, and the other belgian.
The course itself is basically going to consist of 2 parts, in-water skills teaching, and classroom presentation. I've been doing a fair amount diving lately also, though somewhat less impressive than my last set of diving. The dives I've been doing have been in fresh water sites around Cairns, which are not quite as interesting as the barrier reef to say the last, though since I need to get up to 100 dives before I can do my instructor testing these sites are ideal because they allow for my to do 4-5 dives in a matter of hours, and then have the rest of the day left to do classroom work or simply have the rest of the day off where if I was to be diving on the reef I would only be able to get in 2-4 dives in an entire day and it would cost a lot more (also the extra dives right now are not costing me anything). So I'm sitting around 75 dives done now, I need 100 to do my testing so in a few more days I will have all the dives done I need.
The course itself is basically going to consist of 2 parts, in-water skills teaching, and classroom presentation. I've been doing a fair amount diving lately also, though somewhat less impressive than my last set of diving. The dives I've been doing have been in fresh water sites around Cairns, which are not quite as interesting as the barrier reef to say the last, though since I need to get up to 100 dives before I can do my instructor testing these sites are ideal because they allow for my to do 4-5 dives in a matter of hours, and then have the rest of the day left to do classroom work or simply have the rest of the day off where if I was to be diving on the reef I would only be able to get in 2-4 dives in an entire day and it would cost a lot more (also the extra dives right now are not costing me anything). So I'm sitting around 75 dives done now, I need 100 to do my testing so in a few more days I will have all the dives done I need.
Friday, August 10, 2007
Why be a Divemaster when you can be a Master Scuba Diver Instructor?
So basically I've decided why stop my training at simply being a Divemaster, I'm now enrolled in a Instructors course when will roughly be taking place over the next month. When the course is over I will be able to teach any class from the Basic Open Water right up to Divemasters. I will also be getting 5 instructor specialties that I will also be able to teach. The course itself is ment to be taught over a 10 day period but with the instructor I have he allows it to be done over a wider range of time so I've already started the course now, well at least I have the manuals (several 4" thick binders). I also have to get another 35 dives in before I do the actually exams which are going to be the first week in Sept. so I'm going to be spending a lot of time in the water over the next month.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Dive Master
I'm now completely finished my Dive Master program, so you can now refer to me as master....
With the course done I have about a week to wait before all the paper work goes through and I get my member number from PADI, at which point it looks like I'm probably going to start looking for a job as a Dive Master. I figure I'll do the rounds here in Cairns mainly just knocking on doors to see if anyone is hiring here at the moment. I'm not really sure what my odds are like finding a job here in the city. There are dozens of tour and dive companies in the city but that being said there are also a large number of people doing the same as me. Depending on how things work out I might also look at getting my Instructors ticket while I'm here because it would only be another 2 week course roughly assuming I can find someone offering it in the near future.
With the course done I have about a week to wait before all the paper work goes through and I get my member number from PADI, at which point it looks like I'm probably going to start looking for a job as a Dive Master. I figure I'll do the rounds here in Cairns mainly just knocking on doors to see if anyone is hiring here at the moment. I'm not really sure what my odds are like finding a job here in the city. There are dozens of tour and dive companies in the city but that being said there are also a large number of people doing the same as me. Depending on how things work out I might also look at getting my Instructors ticket while I'm here because it would only be another 2 week course roughly assuming I can find someone offering it in the near future.
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