YOUR OPINION COUNTS... Questions about potential changes to Cave Standards

Our training department is working on some modifications to our Cave 1 and Cave 2 programs. Please take a few moments to help us.

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* 1. Do you agree that the current RAID Cave 1 standard calling for a minimum of 8 hours (480 minutes) in the overhead environment should be increased?

Strongly disagree Keep as is Strongly agree
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* 2. Do you agree that the current RAID Cave 1 standard calling for a total of at least ten dives in the overhead environment should be increased to a minimum of 12 dives?

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* 3. Do you agree the current RAID Cave 1 standard calling for a minimum of 20 hours of land drills, dry-land instruction, kit configuration and dive debriefing should be kept as is?

Increase to 25 hours Keep at 20 hours Decrease to 15 hours
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* 4. Currently Cave 1 standards state no student may be allowed to enter the overhead until he/she has demonstrated control of buoyancy (hover within plus or minus 20 centimetres / 8 inches) and mastery of non-silt propulsion techniques and backwards kick. Do you agree that this standard be modified?

Allow 30 cm/12 inches of deviation Keep as is Tighten to 15 cm/6 inches
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* 5. What's the best option to stipulate how the lost buddy drills be conducted?

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* 6. Current gas management limits allow Cave 1 students to use modified thirds (double reserve gas volume) during their final dives. Do you agree with this standard?

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* 7. The prerequisites for a Cave 1 diver to enrol as a Cave 2 student is to have logged a minimum of 10 Cave 1 dives outside of training dives. Should this standard be maintained?

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* 8. Since RAID's Cave 2 program includes the use of a stage bottle, another prerequisite for a Cave 1 diver to enrol as a Cave 2 student is to have a minimum of 12 logged dives using a stage bottle. Do you agree this limit should be kept in place?

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* 9. Students enrolled in RAID's Cave 2 program must be certified as Deco 50 (or equiv.) divers. Should this prerequisite be kept?

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* 10. Just a note about you. Please pick the best description of your experience.

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