[divingniknaks]

Just a thought here.
I know and accept why DIR-F is now a Pass / Prov/ Fail course, but a lot of the angst would be removed if it went back to being a workshop.
At that point people would IMHO be more prepared to "turn up" and "learn", without the perceived risk of "failure or Provisional".
That doesn't get round the fact that, the reasoning was people turning up ill prepared for T1 or C1.
Maybe a move back to a workshop, but an "evaluation" put into T1 and C1 might work ?
My 2p (as Clare says, it's worth what you pay for it)