Dive Control Specialist Certification, right around the corner!!!
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tstormwarning
, Oct 10 2007 06:50 AM
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 06:50 AM
I made it through yesterday. After a grueling 12hrs of training & testing, I passed all my tests for my Dive Control Specialist certification. It's not quite official just yet, as we still have one more class to go next week, to pick up a couple of things we didn't get to due to time & to square away the paper work. Yesterday consisted of a retake of the written exam for those who didn't make it the first round (I passed the first round, so it was time to prepare for presentations, for me), a 400yd swim, 20 min tread, 800yd in mask fins & snorkel & a 100yd tired diver tow (All these timed). There was also a classroom teaching presentation, confined water teaching presentation, Open Water teaching evaluation, skills demonstration evaluation, and about a 20 min., of very intense (to me anyway), situational evaluation where the instructors went around & turned off air valves, yanked off masks & fins, loosened tanks & grabbed regulators out of mouths. I'm sorer than all get out today, but I survived & passed all the tests!!!
Tammy Storm SSI OWSI #46723 SDI & TDI Instructor #15093
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 07:08 AM
Wow. That sounds like quite the ordeal. Congrats to you on a most excellent accomplishment.
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 07:09 AM
Congrats!
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 07:54 AM
Congratulations on the accomplishment!
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 08:53 PM
Thank you all very much. It's great people like you all that has made this a passion for me.
Tammy Storm SSI OWSI #46723 SDI & TDI Instructor #15093
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 09:00 PM
Congrats!! That's a great accomplishment! You should be proud of yourself, especially for passing that test on the first try. Almost no one passes the first time - IT'S HARD!! Welcome to the ranks of dive professionals!!
As for me, I'm feeling pretty scubalicious.
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 09:05 PM
Thank you. Yes, it's the first time through for me. I've been working my rear off on it. You're right, it's been hard, but in a lot of ways it's also been quite fun. It's not quite official just yet, but we will do a final class (hands on equipment stuff) & the paperwork to send out next week.
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Posted 11 October 2007 - 08:17 AM
Congratulations
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Posted 11 October 2007 - 08:49 AM
Congrats Tammy on setting and acheiving this goal!! 
How exciting!!!
How exciting!!!
It's Winter time - you know you're a diver when you're scraping ice off your windshield INSIDE your vehicle...!
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Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
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Posted 11 October 2007 - 10:07 AM
Congrats and good job!!!
Never say Never! Its almost as long a time as always!
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Posted 12 October 2007 - 03:10 AM
Thank you all. I do appreciate it. I, now, just can't wait to finish up that last class, get things in order & sent off & for it to become official. This is a goal I've looked to & wanted to achieve since last year.
Tammy Storm SSI OWSI #46723 SDI & TDI Instructor #15093
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