What certifications do you have and why?

[ScubaGir1]

I got to thinking earlier today....

What certifications do you have, why did you get them, and why did you stop at where you are?

I have my OW, AOW and Rescue... I went up to Rescue b/c I am applying to Graduate School which requires that you be Rescue and a Certified Research Diver. And I volunteer at The Aquarium of the Pacific, which requires you to be Rescue certified in order to be a diver there.

I plan to go up to Master Scuba Diver sometime. But I'm not sure about going any further than that.

How about you?

[Illini_Fan]

I did my OW back in December, my AOW in August. I'll get Nitrox this fall (November timeframe). I hear great things about Rescue and hope to do that in the spring of 2008. After that I'm probably done with certs. Might take some specialty courses (UW photography for example), but at the present time I don't have a desire to progress through the "professional" stages.

[FishFood]

Im only OW. Reason being so I can dive

Only thing stopping me from going further is money $$$

[DivingsInMyBlood]

Im OW right now, just paid for my AOW which has not started yet. I plan on doing rescue and would love to get the deep, wreck, nitrox, altitude and ice diving certs.

[Defman]

Originally Posted by ScubaGir1

What certifications do you have, why did you get them, and why did you stop at where you are?

Rescue, one paper test away from NASE & PADI Dive Master. I stopped at Rescue since I didn't really want to take on the liability that comes with a "professional" cert. I should get into shape (round is a shape, right??) and go for NAUI Master Diver.

[Bring the Payne]

OW for obvious reasons and AOW just so I could learn a little more and some dive sites I have been looking at require an advanced cert to dive them. My near future plans are Nitrox as soon as I can get around to doing it and maybe rescue next spring.

[Zenagirl]

OW, AOW, Rescue (think everyone should do rescue) and DAN's Dive Emergency Management Provider (DEMP)....another excellent set of classes. We'll finish our Master Scuba Diver next summer, but mostly because there are 4 specialties we want to take, so we might as well do a fifth and get our MSD.

[ScubaGir1]

Originally Posted by Zenagirl

OW, AOW, Rescue (think everyone should do rescue) and DAN's Dive Emergency Management Provider (DEMP)....another excellent set of classes. We'll finish our Master Scuba Diver next summer, but mostly because there are 4 specialties we want to take, so we might as well do a fifth and get our MSD.

That's basically my thinking for Master Scuba Diver too. There are 4 specialties that I like too...so I'd be so close to MSD, so I might as well

[crpntr133]

I have done OW, AOW, EANx, and rescue.
I did nitrox after I dove the Oriskany and thought, damn that was a short time to be down. If I was on nitrox I could have had a couple more minutes.
Rescue because it was a killer class and if the brown stuff hits the fan I want to know what to do.
BTW, I'm not done with classes. With any luck next year will be deco procedures of some type.

[Lone Frogman]

I got my OW because getting air fills with out a card was getting to be a pain. Got my AOW to please the boat operators and their lawyer's. And I got my nitrox for longer BT and shorter SI's.