AOW Certification

[dutchman]

So a dive buddy has taken 8 specialties certification courses. Boat, Peak Buoyancy, drift, nitrox, multi-level diver, eq. specialist, EFR, oxygen provider. Has his cert. cards in hand. Now my question, he does not have AOW certification. What if anything should he do? Wouldn't PADI give him this automatically?

[skdvr]

The only two specialities that are required are the Deep and Nav dives. The other 3 specialties that you do for Advanaced can be anything. So if he does the Deep and Nav I would think (I do not know) that he could get his advanced without taking the advanced course. I have often wondered that myself about just taking 5 specialties. I opted for just taking the advanced though.

Phil

[Dive-aholic]

An instructor has to sign off on the AOW certification. This could be done just based on what he currently has plus the Deep and Navigation dives. however, he's likely going to have to pay for the entire course anyway unless he finds an independent instructor that will work with him.

[georoc01]

I would think he would have to pay for the deep and the nav dives, plus the $30 PADI fee. So I know my LDS here in Denver would do it for $80. Or you could do the Deep and Nav classes (7 dives) and get all three for an additional $30

[Dive-aholic]

The PADI fee isn't $30. That's the shop fee...

[datamunk]

to file a cert for regular unprofessional level is i believe around $20 if you get a pic card from like, diver direct

[Dive-aholic]

The actual PADI fee is even slightly less than that.

[PhantomCat]

Quit teasing us and give us the actual amount then Dive-aholic!!! LOL
You can petion PADI to grant a cert based on the number of dives (of that type) you have done. You just pay the PADI fee. Call the customer service number at the PADI site for your area. Here is US info-
PADI Americas
30151 Tomas Street
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688-2125
USA
Ph.: (800) 729-7234 (U.S. & Canada)
Ph: +1 (949) 858-7234
Fax: (949) 267-1267
Email:webmaster@padi.com
Give them a call they will help you work it out!

[Dive-aholic]

What? And let you know how much your LDS is really ripping you off for just filling out a card...or even better, filling in the information on the computer. LDS's are allowed to file online PICs...

[plot]

Originally Posted by Dive-aholic

What? And let you know how much your LDS is really ripping you off for just filling out a card...or even better, filling in the information on the computer. LDS's are allowed to file online PICs...

We all assume PADI is already ripping us off. Whatever the LDS adds to it is just icing on the cake.

It should be the LDS making the money anyways.