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[Choose #4] what we learn in classes and pool time is great, but i learned alot from other divers in my first year. I think most classes should be more then a couple hours a week.
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[Choose #1] MY instructor is the BEST.
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[Choose #2] Academics well covered but was not clear on them as I feel I should have been
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[Choose #5] First of all lets start with Instructors ! i’ve heard some spouting on and have a total of only 20 dives themselves , Instructor should have a minimum of 100 dives before teaching others
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[Choose #1] Learned in the Military and could never ask for better training
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[Choose #3] Could have used more time on anything involving a panic situation, such as mask removal. No so much on removing and replacing the mask, but how to gain control without panicing.
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[Choose #3] The agencies have dumbed it down too much
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[Choose #5] Wish that my instrutor had better listening skills, empathy, and sensitivity.
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LoriA - 8/26/2010 2:19 PM
[Choose #3] bouyancy
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[Choose #3] I felt that we really didn’t get a full chance to demonstrate hands on knowledge. Muscle memory is very important.
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[Choose #5] Would like to see training on the most common equipment failures and how to deal with them, especially if they occur at depth but there is a safe way to salvage the dive rather than abort the dive.
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[Choose #1] LDS PADI and while on trip to OZ were great...
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[Choose #1] PADI is great
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[Choose #4] I feel as if everything is always rushed.
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[Choose #4] While I had a very good and careful instructor - i still think that there should be greater effort to getting an ow card.
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Shez - 8/20/2010 12:33 PM
[Choose #1] I felt the learning was adequate, any extra would have just been practice
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[Choose #2] I have noticed that divers don’t always check their dive tables
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[Choose #2] Could have spent more time on safety and desired responces to most common mistakes.
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[Choose #3] Would like to have spent more time on buoyancy. The wide range of aptitude in the class meant some picked up the basic procedures quickly but were held back by those who stuggled with mask clearing. Maybe seperate the class into comfort levels.
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[Choose #3] More time on Mask clearing
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[Choose #3] In general more is better. Use the tools and techniques in practice. Academics is fine but you need to use what know and retain what you learn by doing.
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[Choose #3] It would have been nice to practice more on hand signals and bouyancy.
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[Choose #3] More bottom time would have been great.
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Minky - 8/16/2010 9:38 PM
[Choose #3] mask clearing
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[Choose #3] Bouyency control and other critical skills
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[Choose #5] No changes... But I would like to include more "emergency situations/procedures" trainings.
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[Choose #1] NAUI Diver cert from Inland Water Divers, AZ
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[Choose #3] most people learn by doing. You cant have someone spend time in a classroom and learn it. I think you should do more dives for the beginner levels.
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[Choose #4] Instructor was good, but needed to have more qustions answered for example: Questions on bouyancy.
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ROYM - 8/11/2010 12:53 PM
[Choose #5] I would make it mandatory for the agency to be truthful about the low pay associated with dive instructor and dive industry jobs.
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[Choose #1] I received my OW1 training from NAUI about 25 years ago. Recently, I learned that the recommended ascent rate had changed from 1ft/sec to 1/2ft/sec. There should be a standard for communication of changes in safety procedures for certified divers.
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[Choose #3] water time is the experience needed to get comfortable and not panic. Panic kills.
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[Choose #5] Most training recieved was top notch, but deep and drysuit classes I should have researched the instructors better
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[Choose #3] Most people seem to be nervous in water, I’d definitely spend more time in the water to get used to the new environment.
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[Choose #3] i loved my instructors and feel i learned alot, i just wish we had more time in the water bc i love being in there so much!!
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[Choose #5] Could use further training on buoyancy control and finning
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[Choose #2] went threw the divemaster course and would of liked to went over it more then we did
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[Choose #4] Too little time is spent on skills. Shop owners looking to just crank people through. Too much weight placed on home study.
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[Choose #3] By this I mean I should not have taken such a break in diving, and been further skilled than I am
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[Choose #4] The theories and practices run together too much, so it’s my opinion that more concentration is needed in practice than in theory.
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[Choose #5] More or better information about the scuba gear. If I new then what I know now I wouldn’t of bought a jacket type BCD nor a Yoke regulator. Instead I would have gotten a tech rig that supports single or double tanks and a DIM reg set for advancements
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[Choose #3] I’m a hands on learner so more time in the water would of been great and practicing my bc control would of been greatly appreciated
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[Choose #1] PADI has a great curriculum set up for teaching
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[Choose #3] New divers need more guidance with buoyancy control. An important skill learned over time but can be more easily mastered with early on focus.
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[Choose #3] wanted to go at a deeper depth
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theop - 8/04/2010 11:00 AM
[Choose #3] boyoncy control and emergency situations
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JL137 - 8/01/2010 7:45 PM
[Choose #3] Individualized Bouyancy work
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[Choose #3] neutrel bouyancy and emergency procedures.
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[Choose #5] TASK LOADING!!! at least in basic open water, a starting primer in it for comforatbility in the water
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[Choose #4] My instructor was a little too casual, he didn’t even fill out my dive log correctly, or make me perform some of my basic skills
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dylon - 7/29/2010 9:00 AM
[Choose #3] Practicing basic tasks ( mask removal, BCD removal)
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[Choose #5] I became a PADI instructor when PADI was still a non profit organization. THe divers taught then were better physically prepared than todays divers. PADI is more concerned with protecting itself from lawsuites and making more money than divers skill
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[Choose #4] AOW Cert has little focus or direct instruction on ANYTHING so far. Not getting what I hoped to out of the course, other than the card.
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[Choose #5] More focus on self rescue.
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[Choose #2] My training was thorough, but I have since watched other instructors and they went into greater detail on some important points
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bigal - 7/26/2010 12:38 PM
[Choose #3] more time in water because you can’t experience all the different conditions in a pool as you can in the ocean
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[Choose #2] A LITTLE MORE TIME ON PHYSICS OF DIVING
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[Choose #4] More detail and more practice is always good
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[Choose #1] The padi open water course my wife and I took through the SCUBA TANK in Valparaiso IN and the advanced PADI course we took through Windy City Scuba were top notch.
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[Choose #3] I needed more repetition of skills (not just learning them once), and I needed more diving time to master buoyancy.
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[Choose #3] Needed more time for bouancy and breathing
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[Choose #3] Mask removal freaked me out for some time ... better now :)
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[Choose #5] want more training
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[Choose #1] PADI advertising was to much, Always promoting themselves
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[Choose #4] a dont think enough time is required overall due to the constant changes in equipment and skills.
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[Choose #2] I had a completely disorganized instructor, nothing went well in his classes. I got my NAUI license, but honestly shouldn’t have. I had to retake class with PADI to learn to dive.
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[Choose #3] I would like to be more comfortable with underwater skills such as swimming without a mask and taking off and reinstalling equipment
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[Choose #1] Ifeel that the training i received was better than what is instructed today...PADI is teaching computers instead of tables
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[Choose #3] even in a pool, beginners can learn proper techniques to maintaining buoyancy
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[Choose #4] Training was excellent as far as it went, The skills and knowledge I have needed most often were gained in advanced courses. Current curriculae are far to time limited.
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[Choose #4] Buoyancy control, understanding how everything all fit together; I was a disaster/accident waiting to happen on my first dive trip. I felt sorry for my fellow divers when I look back.
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[Choose #5] The instructor should have emphasized the importance of equalization and shown more techniques.
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[Choose #1] My course was spread out over a month and a half
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[Choose #3] instructor wasn’t that great
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[Choose #1] Practice makes perfect!
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[Choose #5] Not so much a matter of time spent but of the poor techniques taught. I had to forget a lot of the BS taught in OW class before I could become a good diver.
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[Choose #1] But things have changed since 1971
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[Choose #5] More time on the skills then carsales men trying to sell me his top gear.
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[Choose #3] Buyoancy and navigation
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[Choose #3] more time on bouyancy training & equalize techniques
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[Choose #3] I dont think that showing you can perform a skill one time is sufficient, every skill should have to be done multiple times
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[Choose #2] Information about max bottom time and safety stops should be paramount
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[Choose #5] We are planning on taking the Padi course and by al accounts it is great just the way it is.
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[Choose #1] I would have loved to spend more time in the water, but it wasn’t needed.
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[Choose #5] I have had many classes & there are great instructors but more crappy ones. Talk to people & get recommendation before signing up for any class. Dont gamble your life with a poor instructor!s
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[Choose #3] buoyancy, safety
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[Choose #3] Mask Clearing and CESA need more attention. Also Buddy Breathing.
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[Choose #5] would like to have visited more than one dive site
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Fitzy - 7/20/2010 11:43 PM
[Choose #3] Could have used more open water dives in practice.
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[Choose #5] Trained in late 70’s. We spent an entire semester on everything. Much more thorough than beginners stuff today.
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[Choose #1] At our school they did a great job, but during open water some of the people should not have been there. Or should I say their traing was not a good.
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[Choose #4] Felt the training was rushed
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[Choose #4] SCUBA training has become too ’watered down’ since I started diving in 1976. I am surpirsed there aren’t more serious SCUBA accidents and fatalities. It also seems many new divers stop diving ahortly after class. Many they dont feel confident.
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[Choose #1] trained with the saa in uk very pleased with the traininig time taken and information given to me and 3 others, nice small groups 121 in the pool brillliant would reccomend to anyone . now 18 months later diving uk north sea .........
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[Choose #4] I was certified in 1972. We did 8 weeks, 2X a week (1 classroom with homework, 1 pool/per week) plus check out dives. Instruction included rescue (not as much detail as current rescue classes, but basics). Couldn’t get adv until you had 25 dives
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[Choose #5] Hard to say since instructors seem to run the gammet when it comes to balancing academics with practical skills. Both are very important but when it comes right down to it I think practical skills in the water have a better chance of saving your life
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scott - 7/20/2010 2:59 PM
[Choose #5] should have more first aid stuff
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[Choose #5] NITROX Certified
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