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Nitrox
Certification Course
FAQ
Frequently Asked
Questions
What agency is the
certification?
Do
you really
issue scuba certification cards for Nitrox without scuba
dives?
Once
I've ordered
the course, how long does it take to complete?
Can I complete the course with
my spouse
or children?
What if I have a
question about
something in the course?
Will the course work as a Refresher
Course?
Are there any books or videos
available
that complement the course?
How fast can I get the
Card?
What agency is the
certification?
The certification comes from
SDA. It's
a full Nitrox Certification and will allow you to procure Nitrox
for scuba
diving purposes anywhere in the world.
After you complete the final exam, we send
several
forms for you to complete. Once we receive the forms,
your Certification
Card will be sent to you.
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Do
you
really issue scuba certification cards for Nitrox without
scuba dives?
Yes! Upon completion, fill out the proper
paperwork and we will
issue a Nitrox Scuba Certification card valid at any scuba
facility worldwide.
The quality of this course is superior! It's a good
course!
We believe that the responsibility for analyzing the oxygen
content of
the scuba cylinder is the responsibility of the diver, not the
instructor
or dive shop that conducts the dives.
In some areas, it can be very difficult for a diver to complete
required
dives for a Nitrox certification.
Example 1; A certified diver lives in a small town in
the mid west. The nearest dive shop is 80 miles away and the
nearest
water is over 100 miles away. The diver is planning a
vacation to
Cozumel and wants to dive with Nitrox. The planning
and time
restrictions required are "out of the question" and the dives
required
are in a rock quarry that is 50 degrees. With other scuba
agencies
the chances of this diver becoming Nitrox certified is ZERO.
We believe
that the diver is safer using the Nitrox and therefore issue a
Certification
Card for that purpose.
Example 2; A certified scuba diver is an executive
assistant
at XYZ Mortgage & Financial in Dallas, Texas. She is
going on
vacation to Grand Cayman Island with her husband and teenage
kids.
She wants to use Nitrox for two days of scuba diving. She
has checked
with several local dive shops and found that every one of them
offer evening
class and scheduled nitrox certification dives in a muddy lake
nearby.
The scuba shops offer dive trips to the coast for certification,
but the
trips do not fit within her busy schedule or budget. With
other scuba
agencies the chances of this diver becoming Nitrox certified is
ZERO.
We believe that the diver is safer using the Nitrox and therefore
issue
a Certification Card for that purpose.
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Once
I've
ordered the course, how long does it take to complete?
This depends on how much time you are
willing
to spend working on the course. There are 4 modules to
complete followed
by a final exam. You have to complete each module with a
100% on
each of the quizzes. Then you have to complete the final
exam with
a 100%. You can take the quizzes and final exam as many
times as
it takes to achieve a 100%. There is no limit to the
number of times
you can take the quizzes and final exam. Most people can
complete
the course in about 10 to 15 hours of study. Your password
and user
name never expire, so you can take as long as you want to
complete the
course. Some folks complete the course in as little as the
next day,
some folks take up to a year to complete the course. It's
a
self paced course!
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How fast can I get the
Certification
Card?
Once you complete the course, we send several documents to
you.
Fill them out and send them back. There is an option on the
final
exam for Overnight and 2 day air service. The card can be
printed
and shipped to you in as little as 2 days. The entire
process, after
you complete the final exam, should take no longer than two
weeks.
Much faster, if you use an overnight service and eliminate the
regular
mail delay.
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Can I complete the course
with my
spouse or children?
Absolutely! Yes you can! You and your spouse or any number
of
people can work the course together, sending only one of the
quizzes for
the entire group. However, the final exam and course tuition
must
be separated. In other words, each person being certified
has to
send a final exam and pay for the course. The final exam can
be done
as a group, but each individual has to send a completed exam with
a 100%
for our records.
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What if I need help
understanding
a portion of the course?
What if I get stuck?
What if I have a question about something in
the course?
Each module, all quizzes, and the final exam have email links
directly
to our instructors. You can email directly with your
question or
concerns. All emails are answered within 24 hours (usually
much faster).
Or you can call direct at 928-680-DIVE (3483) between 10 a.m. and
2 p.m.
Pacific Standard Time (Arizona) and talk with one of our
instructors to
get an explanation and help with any portion of the course.
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Will the course work
for me
if I'm already a scuba diver but haven't been diving in over a
year or
more?
Yes! The course makes a wonderful scuba refresher
course.
It covers basic physics, physiology, basic dive tables, etc.
Proof
of previous certification is required for a Nitrox Certification.
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