I was thinking of taking him into a quarry for a bit of a dive one evening, just to get an idea of his skill level.
He's dead keen, I suppose get him a few shallower dives with the club, then if he's upto speed let him dive to the 30m mark. Should have time to sort his kit out if need be and mabe get him to realise that a snorkel is an optional extra and not required
I think the DO's more bothered about competence, if he's ok then I recon she will be pretty relaxed about it.
The good thing is he actually wants to do the Sports Diver course and even sat in on a Nitrox Course I was teaching last week and contributed to it which was pretty cool.