Requirements for DO

[Darren Woodward]

Hope someone out there can help.
What are the requirements for becoming DO, eg whats the minimum diver grade and instructor grade etc.

Thanks

Darren

[Mike Halligan]

Darren,

The definitive statement appears in the Branch Officers' Handbook.

It says minimum of AD, with a strong preference for NQI in addition. An Acting DO can be elected if no-one of AD or FCD is available, but alternative arrangements must then apply to the award of AD qualification.

Hope this helps,

Mike

[PeteM]

The definitive statement appears in the Branch Officers' Handbook.

It says minimum of AD, with a strong preference for NQI in addition. An Acting DO can be elected if no-one of AD or FCD is available, but alternative arrangements must then apply to the award of AD qualification.

and if they are not an NQI they have to seak guidance from one before awarding qualifications. That NQI can either be in the club or from the regional coaching team

Hope this also helps

Pete

[Alan Taylor]

Hope someone out there can help.
What are the requirements for becoming DO, eg whats the minimum diver grade and instructor grade etc.

Thanks

Darren

All of the other replys are of course true you also need a willingness to serve and an armoured plated back

Alan

[jp]

:=The definitive statement appears in the Branch Officers' Handbook.
:=
all
it is possible for a non nqi to be a DO, but in such a case usually the qualification page would/still be signed by that person up to AD, this is because this signature is just confirming that all training both skills and theory have been carried out and each been properly signed off by a nqi
it is not an easy situation to be in and it is made even more difficult if the diving qualification of the DO is less than AD, in this case the do would have an appointed an appropriately qualified deputy to sign any books that required an AD or seek some help from the Regional Coaching Team

:=It says minimum of AD, with a strong preference for NQI in addition. An Acting DO can be elected if no-one of AD or FCD is available, but alternative arrangements must then apply to the award of AD qualification.

and if they are not an NQI they have to seak guidance from one before awarding qualifications. That NQI can either be in the club or from the regional coaching team

Hope this also helps

Pete

[Bill Bird]

This is all good advice/guidence, however can I throw something else into the ring. Someone puts name down to stand as branch DO. Said individual is Advance Diver and ACI. However, said individual is standing for post because of perceived "power" that post attracts. If somebody of a lower grade stands for post agaist them, can that individual still be elected? It's hypothetical.

Thanks.

[Mike Halligan]

Bill,

Interesting, and I wonder is someone else fishing? :-)

The BOH sets out various highly desirable qualities required of a DO. Few sit happily with a desire for "perceived power". A saint would be discouraged by a cursory reading of those three pages. I have to say that anyone who continues to election as DO, or ADO, having read chapter 3.5 - or who remains in post after 12 months - will never again harbour any ambitions for or delusions of power.

So, if the said AD is not discouraged by the BOH, I guess others will not be happy (hypothetically), but are they without their own ambition? (Whenever you point a finger, look down and you'll see three pointing back at you.) Regardless of the comfort of others, if there's an AD willing to to become DO, I cannot see how a less qualified diver can be appointed ADO.

Although myself now AD/OWI, and DL/CI when ADO, I consider the candidate's instructor rating a red herring in the eligibility of a member to stand for election. It may subsequently influence the voting, if more than one AD/FCD should stand, but it is not a requirement.

That's what the book says and, in England & Wales, that's what matters. Maybe the hypothetical Branch will be more supportive of AD trainees in the future.

What does anyone else think?

Mike

[iainmsmith]

> Regardless of the comfort of others, if there's an AD
> willing to to become DO, I cannot see how a less qualified
> diver can be appointed ADO.

About the only way I can see it being possible is if the Branch Constitution states that elections should have the option to vote to Re-Open Nominations and, if such a result is returned, that those individuals who failed to be elected may not present themselves as candidates in the re-run election.

However, I'd have to read The Book to see how that would fit with the letter of the "law".

Iain