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SCUBA
This is an introductory, non-certification
program to introduce non-divers to scuba diving. Learn to scuba dive in
confined or open water under closely controlled conditions, and to provide
sufficient training to enable graduates of the full program to continue to
scuba dive under controlled conditions without meeting the requirement of scuba
certification.
At any point, the program may be converted to the Scuba Diver Course. Within
time limits, credit for program training may be given persons who complete it
and subsequently enroll in a NAUI Scuba Diver Course.
Do you want to experience SCUBA diving with the
underwater life that comes alive at NIGHT!
Do you wish to experience schools of bio-luminescent fish, schools of
squid or hunt for lobsters! This course
is to provide the diver with the skills and knowledge needed to SCUBA dive at
night.
This course is to expose the diver to the
physical and biological aspects of the diving environment with emphasis on the
local area. This course will draw much of the subject material from related
sciences, e.g., oceanography, limnology, geology, biology and ecology. The use
of movies, slides and handouts are an important part of this course. Trips to
aquariums and oceanariums will be most helpful. Effort should be made to expose
the student divers to several diving environments, e.g., lake vs. ocean, rocky
reef vs. sand beach.
Search and
Recovery Diver
This course is to provide the diver with the
skills and knowledge to do search and recovery of objectives or people.
- Underwater navigation – provides the diver with the
skills needed to use a compass and natural aids for orientation, in order
to establish position, get about and find particular locations while
submerged. The theory, problems, methods, equipment, distance/time
relationships and use of charts are to be included.
- Limited visibility diving - prepares the diver with the
skills and knowledge needed to function and minimize the risk of diving in
turbid water and at night. The problems, methods, equipment, hazards and
cautions, plus safety procedures are to be included.
- Search methods - provide the diver with the background to
understand and select a search pattern and then perform a search using
proper techniques. The problems, methods, procedures and equipment are to
be included.
- Light salvage or recovery - prepares the diver to handle
the recovery of small to intermediate-size objects with limited equipment.
The theory, problems, hazards, methods, equipment and principles involved
are to be covered. The necessary rigging and knot tying are also to be
included.
Do you wish to capture your underwater
adventures back home with family and friends who did not go SCUBA diving with
you. This course is to provide the diver
with the skills and knowledge to enjoy underwater photography or videography.
This is a course of underwater photography or underwater videography techniques.
This course introduces students to basic
information and skills that are used in underwater archaeological interpretation
of wreck and other sites, as well as mapping, sketching, and researching.
Qualified divers are essential to collect and record archaeological data on
submerged cultural resources and often perform invaluable volunteer assistance
to accredited Archaeologists by assisting during field work. You will obtain
specific skills and knowledge that are helpful for wreck diving activities, and
provide increased enjoyment when visiting submerged cultural resources.
Expand your diving knowledge with a Scuba Rescue Diver course.
Learn how to manage risks and effectively handle limited in-water problems and
diving emergencies, how to assist and transport divers, and how to perform
surface rescues and rescues from depth involving both boat and shore based skin
and scuba divers.
CPR and First Aid certifications are required to complete this
course. Your Scuba Rescue Diver training moves you on your pathway to becoming
a NAUI Leader: Skin Diving Instructor, Assistant Instructor, Dive master, or
Instructor.
This course is to qualify the diver in the
skills and knowledge necessary to perform as a training assistant during diver
training sessions. The key objective is to train divers to assist others during
training activities overseen by an active-status NAUI Instructor. This course
is to enhance the diver’s general skills and abilities and is not a substitute
for specific NAUI courses which create NAUI leadership members. Although this
course results in certification as a Training Assistant it does not confer any
NAUI Leadership certification nor does it qualify the graduate to apply for or
receive the benefits of NAUI membership. Consequently, this certification does
not allow the graduate to be counted toward student instructor ratios.
This course is to provide the diver with the
skills and knowledge needed to gain experience and minimize risks in wreck
diving. Wreck diving (external survey) is defined as diving around a sunken
vessel, aircraft or debris field.
Coverage is to include safety, hazards and
cautions, special risks of overhead environments, entanglement, limited
visibility, deep diving, equipment (additions and modifications), location of
wrecks, sources of information, search methods, underwater navigation, legal
aspects, artifacts, treasure, salvage, archaeology and appropriate material
from other specialty courses.
Wreck Diver (Minimum Penetration)
This course is to provide the diver with the
skills and knowledge needed to gain experience and minimize risks in wreck
diving. Wreck diving (minimum penetration) is defined as diving around a sunken
vessel, aircraft or debris field.
Coverage is to include safety, hazards and
cautions, special risks of overhead environments, entanglement, limited
visibility, deep diving, equipment (additions and modifications), location of
wrecks, sources of information, search methods, underwater navigation, legal
aspects, artifacts, treasure, salvage, archaeology and appropriate material
from other specialty courses.
Dry suit diving has become increasingly popular
in recent years. While dry suits were once used almost exclusively for
situations such as ice diving or deep wreck diving, many sport divers are now
using dry suits regularly for every day sport dives all over the world.
Material technology, valve design, and zipper reliability have all improved to
a point where dry suits deliver greater value per dollar for cold and temperate
water diving. This course is to provide the diver with a basic understanding of
the knowledge and skills needed to minimize risks and gain experience in dry
suit diving. It will train scuba divers to properly use and maintain dry suits.
By learning proper dry suit use and maintenance, you will extend your opportunities
for diving to year-round.
This course is to provide the diver with the
knowledge and skills to plan and make deep dives while minimizing risks and
avoiding the need for stage decompression. Deep diving is defined as dives made
between 60 (18 m) and 130 feet (40 m). Training dives are not to be conducted
beyond 130 feet (40 m).
Learn about Deep Diver problems, hazards,
planning, preparation, equipment (additions and modifications), air supplies,
personnel, techniques, gas management, emergency procedures (including location
and transportation to a hyperbaric chamber) and depth limits for recreational
diving. Decompression procedures are to include nitrogen narcosis and
decompression sickness (definition, cause, symptoms, signs, first aid and
prevention) history of decompression, concepts, use of dive computers,
definition of terms, problems, principles and techniques. Complete coverage of
Repetitive Dive Tables, work sheets, problem solutions, exceptions and dive
planning are also to be included.
If you wish to SCUBA dive longer underwater
then this NITROX course is for you! This
is course is to provide the diver with the information necessary to utilize NITROX
(up to 40% oxygen) while SCUBA diving.
Topics covered include history of nitrox as a
breathing gas; Dalton’s
law of partial pressures; physiology of oxygen and nitrogen; depth limits,
advantages, disadvantages and risks of nitrox; oxygen toxicity; hazards and
precautions of handling oxygen; the concept of Equivalent Air Depth; use of
EANx with Standard Air Dive Tables; and gas analyzing procedures.
