After a year of waiting and wondering what was taking so long, I finally received my Dive Control Specialist certification today. I am now officially a dive professional. SSI Dive Con is a combination certification for Dive Master and Assistant Instructor, and qualifies me to assist in classroom and pool instruction, teach scuba skills update, and lead divers underwater.
Suffice to say that after passing the DCS exam a year ago, I've been a bit frustrated at not having my c-card. Seems that all of my paperwork got lost somehow, got resubmitted (or so I thought after I signed everything again), yet still month after month rolled by, all the while being assured that everything was fine. Turns out the final piece to this puzzle was the DAN (Diver's Alert Network) Emergency O2 Provider class - it's just no one told me I needed this until last week. So I tracked down an instructor, took and passed the class Tuesday night, turned in my paperwork today, and VOILA - I get an email from SSI with my dive professional credentials.
Next step in my pro dive career will be to take the OW (Open Water) intstructor's course. Meantime, I'll dive as often as possible - next up is the Turks and Caicos islands the first week of April.
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