IART or IANTD

[Janos]

My instructor has asked me whether I want an IART or an IANTD qualification. The course will be exactly the same so I'm really ambilvalent about which one I take. However finding out what they qualify me to do is quite tricky.

Does anyone know?

Janos

[Phoenix]

I have a MOD1 from both agencies, did IART for YBOD and IANTD for Boris. Both agencies provide good materials and course content, in your case the usual "it's the instructor that matters" doesn't count. For my money I'd probably go with IANTD, it's much better known and you are far more likely to do an IANTD MOD2/3 than the IART equivalent.

Ian

[Freeflow]

I hope that your instructor is giving you the choice before the dives. A friend of mine was doing a course with a certain high up in BSAC and was offered the TDI, IANTD or BSAC qualification 'depending on how the diving goes'.

Personally I would go IANTD, but only because I've heard of them.

[Janos]

Originally Posted by Freeflow

I hope that your instructor is giving you the choice before the dives. A friend of mine was doing a course with a certain high up in BSAC and was offered the TDI, IANTD or BSAC qualification 'depending on how the diving goes'.

Personally I would go IANTD, but only because I've heard of them.

Well it's decision time for me now. I'm probably going to go for both as I've heard that the ladies respect a man more if he's got plenty of cards in his pocket.

I think that IANTD are better known, and give a more generous qualification in terms of depth etc, but IART do a specific kissing course and so I get a KISS-specific manual.

Janos