Instructor Courses

Instructor Training & Instructor Certification

NAUI SCUBA INSTRUCTOR COURSE

If you get a rush out of helping someone, or enjoy instructing others, and want to supplement your income or try a new carrier we feel Scuba is an opportunity unlike anything else. A variety of instruction topics, facilities and open water sites. Combine you diving and your carrier with the most interesting people and diving locations.

Cost of $1595.00

PREREQUISITES: Age. Minimum is 18 years. Experience. Specified for each Leadership course. Required logged dives shall be varied in environment and depth. Rescue Certification. At a minimum, Scuba Rescue Diver certification is required except for Skin Diving Instructor, for which a life guard certification is adequate. CPR & First Aid Certification. Current certification or verified competency in CPR and First Aid is required for registration. Certification training shall include one person adult CPR, infant/child CPR, two person CPR and the use of rescue breathing barrier devices, e.g., pocket mask®, face shield. Medical Approval. Verification of good physical condition as documented by a medical examination and unconditional approval for diving by a licensed physician within the preceding 12 months.

• Administrative Requirements.
• Submit a complete course application.
• Provide and be responsible for dive gear suitable for open water.
• Provide all required texts and materials.

 

CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS : Meet all course prerequisites. Be currently certified or have verified competency in CPR and first aid. Complete all portions of the course. Meet all course administrative requirements. Pass the applicable leadership exam with a score of 75% or better.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION: Upon completion of all certification requirements, each Leadership graduate must complete a NAUI membership application which the instructor will process in accordance with current procedures. Applicants will be registered as Leadership members in the appropriate category and status and be sent new member information.

QUALIFICATIONS OF LEADERSHIP MEMBERS: Leadership members of NAUI are entitled to benefits detailed in the Association Bylaws and in the NAUI standards. A NAUI Leader may renew membership annually in any one of several statuses by meeting renewal requirements.

Instructor Training Course (ITC): OVERVIEW The NAUI Instructor Training Course (ITC) is designed to train and qualify NAUI Instructor members. During the course future instructors learn effective methods to teach skin and scuba diving in compliance with NAUI Diving Course Standards.

INSTRUCTOR TRAINING COURSE: The ITC may be presented in two phases.

If done so, Phase One, called an Instructor Training Program (ITP), contains all developmental training except for the final evaluations. During an ITP, candidate practice performances must be evaluated by at least two qualified evaluators, one of whom may be a Staff Trainer. The length of the course may run from a week to an internship over an extended period. The second or final phase of an ITC so organized is called the Instructor Qualification Program (IQP), during which a Course Director must be in residence and all final evaluations will be made. The course assures the NAUI membership that candidates who receive certification as NAUI Instructors have the knowledge, skills, fitness and proper attitude to do so.

 

Resource Materials for NAUI Instructor Programs: REQUIRED

• NAUI Standards and Policies Manual
• NAUI Scuba Diver Instructor Guide
• NAUI Student Training Kit (including book, tables, etc.)
• Scuba Rescue: Skills and Techniques
• Mastering Advanced Diving Technology and Techniques
• Mastering NAUI Leadership
• Leadership Courses Instructor Guide
• NAUI/ASHI First Aid & CPR Instructor Guide

SUGGESTED REFERENCES: A list of additional text will be made available.

 

Course Directors Comments: "I look forward to teaching this course more than an other. I love sharing the techniques and skills my staff and I have learned in teaching people how to scuba dive over the years. I include the enhancement course of ANOTHER WAY in each instructor course I teach. We wish to give you the best tools, skills and information possible. Come join the team. ~ Claude Jewell.