IE Day 2

Another beautiful day in SE Florida. Yesterday we met at Tiger Tail Lake for our Open Water Presentations and Rescue Assessment Demonstration. Class time was 08:30 and I arrived at about 08:15. It was close to 60 degrees outside. We geared up and got ready for our briefings. Each of us had two Open Water Skills to brief. Mine were Open Water Diver Course dive 3 full mask flood and clear, and Rescue Diver Course distressed diver exercise, respond to an out of air diver underwater.

The briefings went well (we all hoped) and then it was into the lake. The water was a solid 66 degrees. Cold for most but for me it was about ten degrees warmer than the last time I was in the Gulf.

In the water we took turns teaching and being students. The IE (Instructor Examiner) assigns problems to the students that must be corrected. There are several factors that are scored throughout the evaluation. Total points possible for each skill are 5.0 and then they are averaged. Once we were done with the skills we moved on to the rescue assessment which is scored pass/fail.

After an hour and a half we were out of the water and on to the debriefings.

Scores are tallied:
Rescue Assessment: Pass
Skill #1: 4.6
Skill #2: 4.4
Total: 4.5

I have successfully completed my OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor): IE (Instructor Evaluation)

In a week or two I will have my OWSI Card and will be teaching!!!

Thanks for playing and I look forward to teaching you,
Carl