ScubaToys Training Assistant Class to be held.....

[woody]

The Class will be held on Monday September 24 for a classroom session and Wednesday September 26, for the pool session. We will be out at the lake on that weekend September 29 & 30 for the open water checkouts. The course fee will be $50 (Covers handouts and Cert Card when earned).
You are required to have the following certifications before class;
• Training and experience equivalent to at least NAUI Advanced Diver.
• Certification in NAUI Scuba Rescue Diver or equivalent.
• Current certification in First Aid and CPR.

For those who enroll in the NAUI DM Course at Scubatoys before October 31st. your course fee will be credited towards your DM Class.

Thanks,
Woody

[PlatypusMan]

Originally Posted by woody

The Class will be held on Monday September 24 for a classroom session and Wednesday September 26, for the pool session.

If you're even partially interested, take this class. I did it, and recommend it highly to anyone with an interest in moving up the scuba food chain to the professional levels. IMO, It's well worth the time and effort involved.

[Liv7301]

I very much want to, but alas, my sinus infection now has me finishing Rescue in October instead of this past weekend.

Sadness! I will have to be patient and wait for the next time it's offered.

[BrianS.]

Is PADI cert's in those skills considered "equivalent"?

[woody]

Yes PADI is considered equivalent.

[TxHockeyGuy]

Originally Posted by woody

The Class will be held on Monday September 24 for a classroom session and Wednesday September 26, for the pool session. We will be out at the lake on that weekend September 29 & 30 for the open water checkouts. The course fee will be $50 (Covers handouts and Cert Card when earned).
You are required to have the following certifications before class;
• Training and experience equivalent to at least NAUI Advanced Diver.
• Certification in NAUI Scuba Rescue Diver or equivalent.
• Current certification in First Aid and CPR.

For those who enroll in the NAUI DM Course at Scubatoys before October 31st. your course fee will be credited towards your DM Class.

Thanks,
Woody

Doh, I wish I would have seen this before you started the class. Guess I'll hit the next one.

[Liv7301]

Originally Posted by TxHockeyGuy

Doh, I wish I would have seen this before you started the class. Guess I'll hit the next one.

Well David, it will at least be you and I!

[Vercingetorix]

Damn! I've been asking for this class since early summer. I never saw the anouncement either until today. Maybe next time...next year...

[CaribbeanDiver]

I have researched and considered various centers for DM training. All of them are out of the country. i.e. Utila Dive Center, Mermaids in Thailand, etc.
It would seem much easier to take whatever courses I wish to pursue locally, in Dallas at ST, for instance.
But, this leaves me with the question, where would we take our check out dives? I have only been on a couple quarry dives and that was a DUI demo rally. Arent the only places to dive in Dallas, quarries? And if so, arent those quarries like 45 F or so?
I am a warm water guy, anything below 68 and I need the ice cycles chipped off.

[PlatypusMan]

Originally Posted by CaribbeanDiver

I have researched and considered various centers for DM training. All of them are out of the country. i.e. Utila Dive Center, Mermaids in Thailand, etc.
It would seem much easier to take whatever courses I wish to pursue locally, in Dallas at ST, for instance.
But, this leaves me with the question, where would we take our check out dives? I have only been on a couple quarry dives and that was a DUI demo rally. Arent the only places to dive in Dallas, quarries? And if so, arent those quarries like 45 F or so?
I am a warm water guy, anything below 68 and I need the ice cycles chipped off.

If I'm reading your questions correctly, it appears that you are thinking of DM training like BOW, AOW/ASD or Rescue, with a finite classroom and specific dives and you get a C-card. There's more to it than that--quite a bit, in fact.

Call ST and ask about the training plan for DM through them, or go to the NAUI web site NAUI Worldwide :: Information for Serious Divers for details.