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Permalink Reply by stuart anderson on September 3, 2012 at 12:12pm

If the cost of the school was not an issue......I'd head to the Caribbean and have fun spending my money until I was nearly all out, then go to the cheapest school that gives the most accepted ticket for the most comprehensive course. NYD, Norway.in case you were wondering..

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Permalink Reply by crabcakes on September 3, 2012 at 3:07pm

I just went through Divers Academy, still unorganized, over-priced. Schools a joke stay far away from it

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Permalink Reply by Kyra Richter on September 4, 2012 at 5:51am

Hi Bradley,
I went to DIT in Seattle, pricy school. As a matter of fact, in a couple of months I will finally have paid off my loan from that. And I went in 2003.
Yes, it was (at least then) a very good school. I have no complaints. If you have initiative and are a go getter you can get more water time than others. There is a minimum you get but as dive rotations go, it is up to you to ensure you are where you need to be. Maybe you need more time running the dive station or the chamber, maybe you need more time underwater.
My husband went to Louisiana Technical College, Young Memorial. He had less time underwater and mostly in a tank (When I went to DIT we dove in many places, even up a pitch black dirty pipe), but he received priceless training in rigging and dive planning that I did not get. He is now a foreman but doing the work of a Project Manager and diving, and I believe that training in critical thinking he received is what has helped him.
So it depends what you want and where you want to work. The price difference between these two schools, back in 2003 was 10K by the way. So it is a big difference.
Make sure you know what direction you want to take. If you just want to be a diver, go cheap, because the price you pay is not worth it if the income is not that great AND the turnover and attrition rate is very high. Few divers last more than 5 years before they move on. Plus, you get the most important training on the job. The rest is the stuff you are made out of!

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Permalink Reply by Bradley on September 5, 2012 at 1:31am

Thanks for the advice.

Any DMT?

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Permalink Reply by Steve on September 6, 2012 at 3:01pm

I am, it's so much fun. Have fun learning how to give a foley in a chamber. 

No. I kid. 

It's alright I suppose, more geared toward EMT side than DMT really.. DMT portion is more geared towards treatment tables and driving a chamber. 

Got to do IV's at 60' on live patients and give a fake schlong a cath.. totally worth it.. but then again, i didn't pay for it. The VA did. 

Oh, and you'll also have to pass the NREMT test, as well as pay for your cert. No matter what a school tells you, you're not going to graduate a DMT, you're going to graduate with DMT training. 

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Permalink Reply by Bradley on September 9, 2012 at 3:32am

Thanks man, how much would it help getting job having this cert? I know it can't be bad, but how good does it actually look on a resume?

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Permalink Reply by Steve on September 13, 2012 at 4:40pm

Certs look good on a resume, sure.. it tells a company "this dude likes to keep learning" but then again.. Just because you completed a DMT program, does not mean you know what the hell you're doing when it comes to medicine at all. I primarily work for UXO companies, and even when I'm not on dive jobs, I'm the teams medic.. so it can help out in the long run. 

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