CAPT. SLATES ATLANTIS DIVE CENTER, KEY LARGO FLORIDA NAUI INSTRUCTOR TRAINING COURSE INFORMATION AND PRICING
Objective: The NAUI Instructor Training Course is designed to train and qualify NAUI Instructor Members. This program builds on the prerequisite programs to prepare a SCUBA Instructor to provide knowledge and skill development to entry level divers.
Course Duration: nine days minimum
Registration Fees: $300
Tuition Cost: $1,295.00
Books, Supplies, & Materials: see pricing page
Taxes on Books, Supplies, & Materials - @ 7.5%
Prerequisites:
1. 18 years of ages or older
2. At least one year of diving experience since entry level certification
3. Medical exam with physician’s approval. The medical exam must be
for SCUBA diving and completed less than one year prior to the beginning of
the course.
4. Statement of Understanding/Waiver & Release completed and signed.
5. Current NAUI /ASHI First Aid , CPR & Oxygen Provider or equivalent
6. Be a currently certified NAUI Assistant Instructor or Divemaster, or a
NAUI PREP Course Graduate within the past 12 months.
7. To enter Instructor training, Instructor candidates are required to have
a minimum of 50 logged dives since entry level certification. The 50 prerequisite
dives must include at least 5 categories from the list below:
a. 10 dives to greater than 80 feet.
b. 10 dives utilizing full wet suit including hood and gloves or dry suit.
c. 10 dives using minimal thermal protection, i.e. dive skin or shorty.
d. 10 dives at night.
e. 10 low visibility dives (less than 3 feet visibility.)
f. 10 fresh water dives.
g. 10 salt water dives.
h. 10 dives in surf, drift or current conditions.
8. To be considered for any NAUI SCUBA Program Leadership certification, the
candidate/student must not have any standards violations or have been dismissed
from the NAUI SCUBA Program or any other SCUBA certification agency.
Instructor Level Equipment (see page # iii).
Required Equipment: Instructor Level Equipment (see page #iii)
Required Books, Supplies, and Materials: (see appendix for prices)
Suggested: NAUI Instructor Library
All Students must have minimal:
NAUI Scuba Diver Instructor Guide $139.95
NAUI Leadership and Instructor Courses Instructor Guide $299.95
NAUI Nitrox Instructor Guide $ 139.95
NAUI Standards and Policies Manual/ Risk Mgmt handbook $90.95
NAUI Textbooks:
- Scuba Diver $29.95
- Advanced Diver $22.95
- Master Scuba Diver $39.95
- Rescue Scuba Diver $49.95
- Nitrox $24.95
- Leadership and Instruction textbook $89.95
- Leadership and Instruction workbook $14.50
NAUI Dive Time Calculator $15.75
NAUI Surface Air Consumption Calculator $14.95
ASHI CPR/First Aid textbook $ 17.95
ASHI CPR/ First Aid Instructor Guide $129.50
Total Books $1121.15
The NAUI Instructor Library is only $1295 for the entire library
set.
PROGRAM CURRICULUM
Classroom Subjects:
Methods of Instruction:
General: Teaching theory and teaching methods of oral communication
Academics: lesson objectives, preparation and training aids.
Confined and Open Water: preparation, methods and evaluation
Practical Instruction – Organization and scheduling a course, problem
solving
Diving Safety
The Business of Dive Instruction
NAUI
Legal Aspects of Dive Instruction
General Knowledge: physics, physiology, equipment, environment and dive rescue
ASHI First Instructor Program NOTE: To use the Instructor Course as an Instructor
Crossover, add the following:
NAUI history, philosophy, organization
NAUI Scuba Leadership Manual review
Candidate Oral Classroom Presentations:
Six classroom lectures assigned by the director during the institute.
One 30-minute formal classroom lecture complete with visual aids.
Candidate Pool/Confined Water Skill Presentations:
One confined water briefing
Three entry level pool/confined water skill presentations.
Perform the 7 pool/confined water skills as defined in the NAUI SCUBA Leadership
Manual
Open Water Requirements:
Two open water briefings
Two open water de-briefings
Three graded open water presentations
During the ITC the following open water instructor skills will be evaluated
(See the Institute Standards and Procedures Manual for details):
a. Awareness of students.
b. Ability to help students feel relaxed.
c. Control of class.
d. Pre-dive plan and briefing
e. Debriefing of dive.
f. Safety consciousness.
g. Reaction to emergencies.
h. Attitude.
i. Ability to evaluate an open water student’s performance of open water
skills.
j. Problem solving for at least 3 open water skills.
k. Complete a simulated open water rescue and implementation of emergency
plan
Written Exams – There are 10 written exams consisting of on environment,
equipment, rescue, medical, physics, decompression, legal, business, NAUI
and teaching.
Review Board: Counseling and final outcome of program - if successful, a Certificate
is issued.
Course Duration: nine days minimum
Registration Fees: $300
Tuition Cost: $1,295.00
Books, Supplies, & Materials: see above
Taxes on Books, Supplies, & Materials - @ 7.5%
Upon successful Completion of the NAUI Instructor Course: The Student will be Qualified as a NAUI SCUBA Instructor and be able to teach NAUI diving programs including :Snorkeling, Skin Diving, SCUBA Diving, Advanced Diving, Master Scuba Diver, Night Diver, Underwater Environment, Underwater Photographer, Search and Recovery, Hunter and Collector, Wreck Diver (external survey), Deep Diver and Rescue Diver, Divemaster, Assistant Instructor and Skin Diving Instructor
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