OWI Examination

I was impressed by the recent stats: 87% pass rate. Is there anyone in the Shaftesbury to Poole areas who will help a club thats contributing to the other 13% quite extensively.

More exactly: How do we get on board with present training requirements?

I was impressed by the recent stats: 87% pass rate. Is there anyone in the Shaftesbury to Poole areas who will help a club thats contributing to the other 13% quite extensively.

More exactly: How do we get on board with present training requirements?

Although talking about the old CIE, this is a good starting
point.

<a href="http://www.diveinstruct.org.uk/ciepool.html" >http://www.diveinstruct.org.uk/ciepool.html</a>

HTH
TerryH

I was impressed by the recent stats: 87% pass rate. Is there anyone in the Shaftesbury to Poole areas who will help a club thats contributing to the other 13% quite extensively.

More exactly: How do we get on board with present training requirements?

Hi

I took mine a couple of years ago and spent hours trawling through the Instructor Manual to identify all the possible skills they could ask you to demonstrate on the exam. I came up with the following

Mask Clearing
Buoyancy control
Drop and retrieve D.V. Breathe from free flowing D.V
Controlled Buoyant Lift. ( including mini CBL)
A.V. and Tow
Use of S.M.B
Compass use
Deploy D.S.M.B.
Buoyancy control with inflator stuck open.
Shot lift, move then recovery
AAS
Tow and Land casualty

3 of us took the exam and one of the above came up for each of us on the day. I'm sure they might find others or you might identify others but these are the most common.
We then sat down in a group and broke each of these down into the component parts, wrote them out on the waterproof books you can get and we were then ready for the day.
Imp glad to say we all passed.
We took our course and exam at Horsea. We used all the same methods and techniques, in the exam, that our instructors had used on us on the course. That way they can't criticise you.

You should contact your local Area Coach for assistance as well. That is what they are there for.
I hope this helps.

Derek

Also bear in mind that you may be given different stages for each scenario such as:
- first time CBL (perhaps little more than a mini-lift)
- second time CBL (full lift to surface)

ditto for Assisted Ascent, etc

It is important to focus on what the 'student' has already accomplished and build progressively from there. There is no reason why your assessment shouldn't include a 'check' to ensure the student can already demonstrate the skills they are supposed to have, so be flexible.

You are not likely to be in greater than 6m of water for the skills.

Don't try to do too much - you have very little time in the water once you have taken the briefing, buddy checks and debrief times into account. If it goes quicker than you expected you can always have an additional skill up your sleeve.

Again, depending on where the student 'is at', you can always include additional skills such as entry and exit techniques, showing students how to support each other whilst kitting up, etc. If the main assessment is OK, additional skills might just give you a 'merit'.

Finally, rehearse all the scanarios before the exam - particularly important in deciding who does what and in what order, so that all students see the demo twice. And be prepared to correct 'students' if they don't do the skills as demonstrated. If you accept a skill as 'effective' then highlight why you accepted it in the debrief.

Derek's advice is spot on - your Area Coaching team might organise 'prep' sessions. It's also good if you can get the potential OWIs to form a self-help group.

Good luck!

I took mine a couple of years ago and spent hours trawling through the Instructor Manual to identify all the possible skills they could ask you to demonstrate on the exam. I came up with the following

Mask Clearing
Buoyancy control
Drop and retrieve D.V. Breathe from free flowing D.V
Controlled Buoyant Lift. ( including mini CBL)
A.V. and Tow
Use of S.M.B
Compass use
Deploy D.S.M.B.
Buoyancy control with inflator stuck open.
Shot lift, move then recovery
AAS
Tow and Land casualty

3 of us took the exam and one of the above came up for each of us on the day. I'm sure they might find others or you might identify others but these are the most common.
We then sat down in a group and broke each of these down into the component parts, wrote them out on the waterproof books you can get and we were then ready for the day.
Imp glad to say we all passed.
We took our course and exam at Horsea. We used all the same methods and techniques, in the exam, that our instructors had used on us on the course. That way they can't criticise you.

You should contact your local Area Coach for assistance as well. That is what they are there for.
I hope this helps.

Derek

Hi there,
I have been alerted as the South West Regional Coach to your query about some help with regard to the above. If you can get in touch with your Area Coach who is Iain Grohmann and discuss your club requirements with him I am sure he will be able to help you.
Any problems getting hold of him please let me know and I will forward an address.
Regards Sophie Rennie