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    can FCA get a Divers badge??
    what grade is the Diving equivilant to??
    CMAS Club Diver? Leading Diver?
    PADI Open Water? DiveMaster?

  • #2
    Originally posted by ice19524
    can FCA get a Divers badge??
    what grade is the Diving equivilant to??
    CMAS Club Diver? Leading Diver?
    PADI Open Water? DiveMaster?
    You asked about RDF, i responded same.... not FCA.... although I don't see why they cannot qualify if they were to get the course.

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    • #3
      As i said earlier the NS ships divers course is a completely different can of worms to any of the civil diver qualification as these guys have to learn to work under water on the ships they operate from . civvy divers....without taking from their qualification and I admire them greatly...have a choice to enter the water to carry out certain tasks...ships divers don't they are paid tech pay the same as many qualified people in the army to carry out tasks that others would not normally do. The Army diving course, and the padi divers equate but not the NS..as they are working divers...not leisure divers. The army Combat divers and the Clearance divers also equate as they deal with ordnance under water.

      As I said civvy divers..non working give of their free time to carry out so gruesome tasks volunatarily....Df divers do it as a job.
      Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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      • #4
        So is the NS or Combat Diver course open
        to RDF??

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        • #5
          put simply, No.
          The trick to pet names is a combination of affectionate nouns. Honeybun. Sugarpie. Kittentits.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by ice19524
            can FCA get a Divers badge??
            what grade is the Diving equivilant to??
            CMAS Club Diver? Leading Diver?
            PADI Open Water? DiveMaster?
            Have you ever been underwater and seen a dead body that has been submerged for several days after being nibbled at by crabs and fish all bloated up . If you can handle that maybe you can try out for the course and if sucessful wear theDivers Flash on your sleeve
            Don't spit in my Bouillabaisse .

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            • #7
              Seen that.

              Once too often.

              Not nice.


              Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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              • #8
                Nothing worse than puking up while wearing a full face mask
                Don't spit in my Bouillabaisse .

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                • #9
                  Being told the victim you just pulled out with an open head wound is HIV Pos and has Hep B comes a close second....


                  Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                  • #10
                    Well in that case be gratefull you are wearing plety of protective diving gear
                    Don't spit in my Bouillabaisse .

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                    • #11
                      Is that R D F person still intrested ?
                      Don't spit in my Bouillabaisse .

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                      • #12
                        em....yeah......


                        I wasn't. You don't know how pleased I was to have a blood test come back all clear 5 years later.


                        Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                        • #13
                          5 years??????


                          I thought that they gave you tests after 3 & 6 months then gave all clear or not then

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                          • #14
                            Have seen some floaters alright,
                            was on stand-by on an underwater
                            body recovery team while
                            I was at college, didnt get called
                            to dive but was their all the same
                            to lend a hand, I didnt mind it too
                            much, women and childern touch a
                            nerve but it goes with the job.

                            would be really interested in doing the
                            course if available but would have to
                            get dived up again, havnt been under
                            in ages!! work sucks!!

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                            • #15
                              its 3 months then blood can be tested for HIV
                              a bit longer for the fancy spit test
                              usually they test the implimint ie syringe
                              for HIV etc, if anything is found they put
                              you on a coctail of drugs for 3 months
                              till ya can get tested.

                              with open wounds....late nights and plenty of prayers for 3 months!!

                              keep up the good work!!

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