ADC CARDS - cDiver.net2024-03-29T12:02:59Zhttp://community.cdiver.net/forum/topics/adc-cards?id=2371245%3ATopic%3A133782&feed=yes&xn_auth=noMost companies are not ADC~ I…tag:community.cdiver.net,2011-09-12:2371245:Comment:1460002011-09-12T17:18:45.626ZJeramy Towershttp://community.cdiver.net/profile/coonassdiver
<p>Most companies are not ADC~ It is listed as a recreational organisation and is a illegal trade organisation~</p>
<p>We have scuba divers trying to drop in on hard hat work and some have ADC cards~! It is all a joke nowadays.</p>
<p>Most companies are not ADC~ It is listed as a recreational organisation and is a illegal trade organisation~</p>
<p>We have scuba divers trying to drop in on hard hat work and some have ADC cards~! It is all a joke nowadays.</p> Edmund Edmund Edmund you are…tag:community.cdiver.net,2011-09-12:2371245:Comment:1458932011-09-12T17:15:35.724ZJeramy Towershttp://community.cdiver.net/profile/coonassdiver
<p>Edmund Edmund Edmund you are deffiently not a hard aht diver. The ADC DOES NOT GIVE A LICENSE~! hey look a turtle~!</p>
<p>Stick to scuba buddy!</p>
<p>Edmund Edmund Edmund you are deffiently not a hard aht diver. The ADC DOES NOT GIVE A LICENSE~! hey look a turtle~!</p>
<p>Stick to scuba buddy!</p> No!tag:community.cdiver.net,2011-07-27:2371245:Comment:1389822011-07-27T15:17:13.076ZLance S Padfieldhttp://community.cdiver.net/profile/LanceSPadfield
No!
No! Does your company have to be…tag:community.cdiver.net,2011-07-26:2371245:Comment:1386412011-07-26T23:12:29.958ZBrandon Brushhttp://community.cdiver.net/profile/BrandonBrush
Does your company have to be a member of ADC in order to sign off on your dives? If not, how do the rest of us get them?
Does your company have to be a member of ADC in order to sign off on your dives? If not, how do the rest of us get them?
Thanks Lance, and yes we do…tag:community.cdiver.net,2011-07-01:2371245:Comment:1348842011-07-01T04:14:38.664ZMike Wolfehttp://community.cdiver.net/profile/MikeWolfe
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">Thanks Lance, and yes we do. And yes, my employers have always paid for my</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">ADC</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">card. I worked at</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">CDI</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">when…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">Thanks Lance, and yes we do. And yes, my employers have always paid for my</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">ADC</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">card. I worked at</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">CDI</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">when</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">ADC</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">cards became an issue. I had about 10 years experience when I went to work for</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">CDI</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">.</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">CDI</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">always provided me with training and the necessary certs for whatever position they wanted me to fill. They had in-house supervisor training and a test, years before any test was required by the</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">ADC</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">. They provided me with Safe Gulf/Trap, Water Survival, OQSG, etc... at their expense, not mine. Eventually they even started to do maintenance and yearly inspections on our hats, on their nickel, too. My present employer also paid for my</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">ADC</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">Sat Sup exam and card. I was also reimbursed for the cost of my TWIC card, too, when that became a requirement. Being a name on the wall at a large company has some advantages (if your tag doesn't fall off the whiteboard and get lost behind the ops-managers desk)</span></p> Very well said!tag:community.cdiver.net,2011-07-01:2371245:Comment:1349822011-07-01T02:48:18.995ZChuck Bonnerhttp://community.cdiver.net/profile/ChuckBonner
Very well said!
Very well said! It's kind of a grey area. Th…tag:community.cdiver.net,2011-06-30:2371245:Comment:1340132011-06-30T18:34:52.602ZPAISTEhttp://community.cdiver.net/profile/PAISTE
<p>It's kind of a grey area. They, the ADC is trying to keep up with IMCA. IMCA is all about paper and credentials so that if you screw up, the company that hired you can fall back and say you were not qualified to do what you did. Then the liability rest on you, not the company...even though they will be expecting you to live up to your experience level.</p>
<p>Another problem is you may have enough experience to be a gas diver, but only hold an air diver card...so when you hire on with a…</p>
<p>It's kind of a grey area. They, the ADC is trying to keep up with IMCA. IMCA is all about paper and credentials so that if you screw up, the company that hired you can fall back and say you were not qualified to do what you did. Then the liability rest on you, not the company...even though they will be expecting you to live up to your experience level.</p>
<p>Another problem is you may have enough experience to be a gas diver, but only hold an air diver card...so when you hire on with a new company and try to negotiate your rate, they tell you that you're only qualified to be an "air diver" so this is what we can offer. Later on they expect you to supervise jobs, but no way are you gonna get a supervisors rate. This happens all the time fellows!</p>
<p>The best thing I say about all of this is when you negotiate your rate upon hire, expect to stay at that rate for a long time. Most companies will not give you a raise unless you have them over a barrel. They don't care about your ADC card, you will get what you negotiate. And get it in writing!</p>
<p>Keep up with your logs. Keep good tally books. When you can, get letters of recommendation (The guy you did a great job for today, might be dead tomorrow). </p> Its Pretty simple If the comp…tag:community.cdiver.net,2011-06-30:2371245:Comment:1340102011-06-30T17:24:44.554ZChuck Bonnerhttp://community.cdiver.net/profile/ChuckBonner
Its Pretty simple If the company requires you to have a certen cert after hire its thier responcibilty if they require it prior to hire its yours! If you freelance I recommend you keep your certs,Phys and logbook up to date. At your own expeance! Its like being a Mechanic you wont get hired without you tools!!
Its Pretty simple If the company requires you to have a certen cert after hire its thier responcibilty if they require it prior to hire its yours! If you freelance I recommend you keep your certs,Phys and logbook up to date. At your own expeance! Its like being a Mechanic you wont get hired without you tools!! You have a commercial credent…tag:community.cdiver.net,2011-06-30:2371245:Comment:1340072011-06-30T15:25:31.166ZLance S Padfieldhttp://community.cdiver.net/profile/LanceSPadfield
You have a commercial credential already!
You have a commercial credential already! being that you have gotten at…tag:community.cdiver.net,2011-06-30:2371245:Comment:1345882011-06-30T15:16:33.478ZToby Doddhttp://community.cdiver.net/profile/tobydodd
being that you have gotten at least your air diver card from ADC through a dive company, freelancing afterwards means the companies aren't paying for the next level of cards for you, at least the majority of them. once you have the required dives, depths, field days, training, etc...you would send whatever documentation to ADC and they would issue you the card if you meet the requirements. if you're good in the water then it helps you. but if you're a shit diver that just wants a promotion,…
being that you have gotten at least your air diver card from ADC through a dive company, freelancing afterwards means the companies aren't paying for the next level of cards for you, at least the majority of them. once you have the required dives, depths, field days, training, etc...you would send whatever documentation to ADC and they would issue you the card if you meet the requirements. if you're good in the water then it helps you. but if you're a shit diver that just wants a promotion, stay away from the fields i'm working in.