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Global Underwater Explorers

Global Underwater Explorers is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Global Underwater Explorers rather than just read about it. In short: Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) is a scuba diving organization that provides education within recreational, technical, and cave diving. It is a nonprofit membership organization based in High Springs, Florida, United States.

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Reference excerpt

Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) is a scuba diving organization that provides education within recreational, technical, and cave diving. It is a nonprofit membership organization based in High Springs, Florida, United States. GUE was formed by Jarrod Jablonski and gained early prominence in association with the success of its well-known Woodville Karst Plain Project (WKPP), which now has the status of a nonprofit affiliate of GUE. Jablonski, the president of GUE, promoted the ideas of "Hogarthian" gear configuration attributed to William Hogarth Main, and the "Doing It Right" (DIR) system of diving, to a global audience. Following the WKPP's introduction in 1995 of a standardized approach to gear configuration and diving procedures, there was a significant reduction in diving incidents within the Woodville Karst Plain cave system. The standardized approach is the basis of the diver training program of GUE, marking an important difference from the programs of other recreational diver training organizations. GUE also focuses on protecting the maritime environment. The most popular GUE course is GUE Fundamentals, which is designed to introduce the GUE system to non-GUE divers and is the pathway to technical courses. Further courses are offered in recreational, technical, and cave diving, as well as instructor courses.

Foundation GUE is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization formed to promote education, conservation, and exploration of the aquatic realm. The organization was formed by Jarrod Jablonski and a small group of educators, explorers, and diving instructors. The founding members sought to build upon the history of the Cousteau Society by creating a diverse network of satellite organizations. In this way, local advocates help GUE establish detailed diver training, vibrant exploration, and sustainable conservation initiatives. When GUE was formed it was co-located with Extreme Exposure dive store. However, Extreme Exposure has subsequently changed locations, which has allowed for further growth of GUE.

Board of directors The GUE board of directors includes The Explorers Club fellow Jarrod Jablonski, entrepreneur Robert Carmichael, researcher Todd Kincaid, Corey Jablonski, Gideon Liew, Richard Lundgren, and Sam Meacham.

Training

Among the diving community, GUE is known for a rigorous style of training that diverges from other diver training organizations and seeks to establish high levels of diver proficiency by extending training time, establishing objective performance criteria, and requiring requalification among its instructors and divers. GUE diver training started with technical cave and technical diving classes, expanding into recreational training while refining its most popular class known as GUE Fundamentals. GUE also adheres to a standardized equipment and procedural system, which it claims enhances diver safety and efficiency by reducing confusion and helping divers act as a team. This latter training component is a controversial aspect of GUE training, as it stipulates a fairly strict set of guiding principles. GUE's founder, Jarrod Jablonski, was a long-time proponent of a standardized system known as Hogarthian diving and also a key architect in the Doing It Right (DIR) system, which extends the scope of standardized diving equipment and procedures. In February 2016, the British Sub-Aqua Club confirmed that a review has been completed on how to integrate GUE divers into BSAC branches.

Courses As of May 2017, GUE offered 26 courses in four subject areas.

Recreational Diver Curriculum: Discover Diving Recreational Supervised Diver Recreational Diver Level 1 - Nitrox diver Recreational Diver Level 2 - Triox diver Recreational Diver Level 3 - Trimix diver Foundational Diver Curriculum Doubles Primer Drysuit Primer GUE Fundamentals (available as two separate classes: GUE Fundamentals Part 1 and Part 2) Diver Propulsion Vehicle Level 1 Diver Propulsion Vehicle Cave Documentation Diver Gas Blender Rescue Primer Navigation Primer Triox Primer Technical Diver Curriculum: Technical Diver Level 1 Tech 60 Technical Diver Level 2 Technical Diver Level 2 "Plus" Upgrade Technical Diver Level 3 Rebreather Diver (includes RB80 and JJ-CCR courses) Cave Diver Curriculum: Cave Diver Level 1 Cave Diver Level 2 Underwater Cave Survey

EUF Certification GUE obtained CEN certification from the EUF certification body in 2013 for the following diver grades:

GUE Fundamentals/GUE Recreational Diver Level 1 - EN 14153-2/ISO 24801-2 (i.e., 'Autonomous Diver') GUE Recreational Diver Level 3 - EN 14153-3/ISO 24801-3 (i.e., 'Dive Leader') GUE Fundamentals Instructor/GUE Recreational Instructor Level 1 - EN 14413-2/ISO 24802-2 (i.e., 'Instructor Level 2') GUE Fundamentals/GUE Recreational Diver Level 1 - ISO 11107 (i.e., 'Nitrox diving').

WKPP

The best known of GUE's satellite organizations is the Woodville Karst Plain Project (WKPP), which is a non-profit affiliate of GUE. GUE members are engaged in science and exploration projects conducted by the WKPP. This collaboration helped encourage the state of Florida to budget more than 200 million dollars toward the development of enhanced wastewater treatment practices as means to enhance ground water protection and support the conservation of Wakulla Springs State Park. GUE has launched a global conservation project known as Project Baseline to document the condition of global aquatic environments.

Outreach Some of the organization's notable outreach projects have included:

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Global Underwater Explorers

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Global Underwater Explorers claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Global Underwater Explorers before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Global Underwater Explorers ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Global Underwater Explorers

In research: Global Underwater Explorers appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Global Underwater Explorers in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Global Underwater Explorers is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Cave diving, Non-profit organizations based in Florida, Organizations established in 1998, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Global Underwater Explorers outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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