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Old 11-05-07, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by captn_peaky
<devils advocate hat firmly on>
Thing is though: a DM is an assistant who may only assist under the direct supervision of a qualified (and thus insured) Instructor. So are they really "in control" or "responsible". (DM-led courses excluded of course)
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Every person who to any extent is responsible for, has control over or is engaged in a diving project
I think that covers it nicely.

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Originally Posted by captn_peaky
All I'm trying to say is that imho its a needlesly complicate grey area which could benefit from some definitive advice from PADI.
I could be wrong, but I understood it to be the case that PADI International have definitively said that qualified DMs are indeed "divers at work". That's what my CD told me anyway.

Anyway, you'd have to be some sort of madman not to make sure that you're demonstrably "fit" enough to be involved in a diving operation involving members of the public.
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