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NAUI
Specialty Diver Courses
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Policies
Applying to Specialty Diver Courses
OVERVIEW
NAUI
Specialty Diver Courses are either introductions to or are more detailed
treatments of the respective areas of specialized diving. Accordingly,
some specialty courses are designed to provide more detailed training
and result in additional qualifications. They provide divers the opportunity
to enjoy organized diving which yields experience and documents training
in specialized diving activities.
Entry
Scuba Experience (ESE) / Passport Diver Program (PDP)
OVERVIEW
This
is an introductory, non-certification program suitable for two purposes:
- to
introduce non-divers to scuba diving. Participants may scuba dive
in confined or open water under closely controlled conditions.
- 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.
The
instructor may elect to offer all or any portion of the program. Similarly,
the participant may elect to take all or any portion of the program
as offered. 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.
QUALIFICATIONS
OF GRADUATES
- Continued
Diving. Passport holders may scuba dive in open water under
the direct supervision of active-status NAUI leaders with the following
restriction: Program knowledge and waterskills of Passport holders
who have not made Passport supervised dives within the previous
six months are to be evaluated in confined water by an active-status
NAUI Instructor and any refresher training needed is to be successfully
completed before the Passport holders are taken into open water.
- Training
Credit. Passport holders are eligible for Scuba Diver course credit
provided they have successfully completed the PDP in the previous
six months or can submit proof of additional supervised Passport
dives in the previous six months.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age:
Minimum age of 12
- Certification:
None Required
Night
Diver
OVERVIEW
This
course is to provide the diver with the skills and knowledge needed
to minimize the risks of diving at night. (May be for skin or scuba
divers.)
ACADEMIC
REQUIREMENTS
Coverage
is to include planning and preparation, night diving equipment, procedures,
problems, hazards, navigation and buddy system techniques.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age.
Minimum is 15 years. (Junior certification for ages 12 - 14 years
is allowed. See “Policies Applying to All Courses”: Age,
Junior Certification.”)
- Certification:
NAUI Scuba Diver certification or the equivalent is required.
The instructor is to ensure adequate student knowledge and capability
before any open water training and shall use skill or other evaluations
to do so.
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Underwater
Environment
OVERVIEW
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. (May be for skin or scuba divers.)
ACADEMIC
REQUIREMENTS
Subjects
to be covered are as follows:
- Plant
and animal life - identification, relationships, dangers, regulations,
uses - food collections and aquaria.
- Conservation
and pollution - problem areas and possible solutions.
- Water
movement and characteristics - tides, currents, waves and surf,
temperature, pressure, density, buoyancy, visibility and sound.
- Shore,
bottom and surface conditions - features, hazards, natural aids
to navigation and wind effects.
- Diving
locations - sources of information, use of charts, arranging
and planning of dives.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age.
Minimum is 15 years. (Junior certification for ages 12 - 14 years
is allowed. See “Policies Applying to All Courses”: Age,
Junior Certification.”)
- Certification:
NAUI Scuba Diver certification or the equivalent is required.
The instructor is to ensure adequate student knowledge and capability
before any open water training and shall use skill or other evaluations
to do so.
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Underwater
Hunter and Collector
OVERVIEW
This
course is to provide the diver with the skills and knowledge necessary
to spearfish, take game and collect specimens while minimizing the diving
risks of such activities. (May be for skin or scuba divers.)
ACADEMIC
REQUIREMENTS
Coverage
is to include skin diving techniques, hazards and cautions, safety concerns,
equipment, conservation, fishing laws and regulations, sportsmanship,
specific techniques, utilizing the catch, selecting specimens, preservation,
shell collecting, aquaria and diving locations. Conservation material
from the Underwater Environment course is also to be included.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age.
Minimum is 15 years. (Junior certification for ages 12 - 14 years
is allowed. See “Policies Applying to All Courses”: Age,
Junior Certification.”)
- Certification:
NAUI Scuba Diver certification or the equivalent is required.
The instructor is to ensure adequate student knowledge and capability
before any open water training and shall use skill or other evaluations
to do so.
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Search
and Recovery Diver
OVERVIEW
This
course is to provide the diver with the skills and knowledge to do those
underwater tasks commonly needed by the experienced recreational diver
and to minimize the risks of such tasks.
ACADEMIC
REQUIREMENTS
Specific
subject areas to be covered are as follows:
- 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.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age.
Minimum is 15 years.
- Certification:
NAUI Scuba Diver certification or the equivalent is required.
The instructor is to ensure adequate student knowledge and capability
before any open water training and shall use skill or other evaluations
to do so.
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Underwater
Photographer
OVERVIEW
This
course is to provide the diver with the skills and knowledge to enjoy
underwater photography while minimizing the risks of such activities.
This is a course of underwater photography techniques, not lab techniques.
ACADEMIC
REQUIREMENTS
- Coverage
is to include underwater photographic equipment, films, photo techniques,
lighting techniques, fundamentals of photography, underwater camera
techniques and underwater photo problems.
SKILL
REQUIREMENTS
- Divers
are to actually take underwater photographs and have the results
reviewed and critiqued. Activities of other diving courses may be
used to provide photographic opportunities.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age.
Minimum is 15 years. (Junior certification for ages 12 - 14 years
is allowed. See “Policies Applying to All Courses”: Age,
Junior Certification.”)
- Certification:
NAUI Scuba Diver certification or the equivalent is required.
The instructor is to ensure adequate student knowledge and capability
before any open water training and shall use skill or other evaluations
to do so.
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Underwater
Archeologist
OVERVIEW
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.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age.
Minimum is 15 years. (Junior certification for ages 12 - 14 years
is allowed. See “Policies Applying to All Courses”: Age,
Junior Certification.”)
- Certification:
NAUI Scuba Diver certification or the equivalent is required.
The instructor is to ensure adequate student knowledge and capability
before any open water training and shall use skill or other evaluations
to do so.
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Underwater
Ecologist
OVERVIEW
For
years, divers have been becoming more environmentally aware of their
surroundings, both as sight-seers and underwater photographers. There
is a tremendous diversity of people interested in scuba diving and the
ecology of two major oceanic environments, the Kelp Forests and
the Coral Reefs. As we promote sound environmental diving techniques
to help protect the planet's ecosystems, we must also learn how to better
interface with the delicate kelp and coral environments. Through the
NAUI Underwater Ecologist courses, you will learn more about our favorite
diving environments.
Underwater
Ecologist: Kelp Forest
The
NAUI Underwater Ecologist: Kelp Forest specialty course focuses on the
complex and productive ecosystem bordering much of the west coast of
North America, from Alaska to Baja California. Kelp forests are also
found in other cooler coastal waters of South America, Tasmania, South
Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and many other locations. This course
examines the kelp forests, their occupants such as mollusks, crustaceans,
fish and marine mammals.
Underwater
Ecologist: Coral Reef
Coral
reefs are found in three major biogeographic regions of the world. The
tropical western Atlantic (Caribbean), the Read Sea, and the Indo-Pacific
region. Coral colonies are composed of thousands of tiny polyps, each
with its own protective skeleton. The NAUI Underwater Ecologist: Coral
Reef specialty course focuses on the vertebrates and invertebrates of
the complex living reef. This course examines coral zonation, seagrass
beds, lagoons, mangroves, and the common reef algae, invertebrates and
reef fishes.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age.
Minimum is 15 years. (Junior certification for ages 12 - 14 years
is allowed. See “Policies Applying to All Courses”: Age,
Junior Certification.”)
- Certification:
NAUI Scuba Diver certification or the equivalent is required.
The instructor is to ensure adequate student knowledge and capability
before any open water training and shall use skill or other evaluations
to do so.
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Scuba
Rescue Diver
OVERVIEW
This
course trains divers in the knowledge and skills needed to manage risks
and effectively handle limited in-water problems and diving emergencies.
Included are: assists, transports, surface rescues and rescues from
depth involving both boat and shore based skin and scuba divers. The
course meets the prerequisite rescue training for Skin Diving Instructor,
NAUI Assistant Instructor, Divemaster, and Instructor certifications.
Note: Adult CPR training (approximately four hours) meets the requirement
for Scuba Rescue Diver certification. However, additional CPR training
that includes two person CPR and the use of rescue breathing barrier
devices, e.g. pocket mask®, face shield, is required to meet the
requirements for NAUI leadership certification.
QUALIFICATIONS
OF GRADUATES
- Graduates
are considered competent to perform assists and rescues in open
water provided the diving site and diving situations approximate
those of the course.
- Graduates
may use this certification as a prerequisite for the NAUI Training
Assistant Specialty Course, Leadership Courses and Instructor Courses.
FIRST
AID AND CPR TRAINING
- First
Aid and CPR instructors who present training in these respective
skill areas during this course need not be NAUI Instructors.
COURSE
PREREQUISITES
- Age:
Minimum is 15 years.
- Certification:
Training and experience equivalent to NAUI Scuba Diver.
- CPR
& First Aid Certification: If accredited First Aid and CPR
certification are not offered as part of the course, current certification
in both is required for certification.
- Open
Water. A least one session is to be conducted in open water. An
open water session involves one or more skin or scuba rescue exercises.
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Advanced
Scuba Rescue Diver
OVERVIEW
This
is a certification course for certified scuba divers who desire to assume
greater rescue capabilities during diving activities. The training emphasizes
accident supervision and management with practical applications in open
water. This course is designed specifically to provide the knowledge
and skills necessary to:
- Help
prevent diving accidents.
- Recognize
life-threatening diving situations.
- Correctly
initiate and/or supervise rescue/assist procedures.
- Effectively
perform in-water rescue/assist techniques and procedures.
- Correctly
manage rescue assistants during and after rescues.
- Provide
immediate, effective post-rescue aid. Correctly manage a diving
emergency with adjustments for local variants.
QUALIFICATIONS
OF GRADUATES
For
a period of three years after the course, graduates are considered competent
to perform assists and rescues in aquatic situations so long as the
situation approximates one for which they have been trained. After renewal
of certification, the individual will again be considered competent.
RENEWAL
OF CERTIFICATION
For
renewal of certification, an individual with current First Aid and CPR
certifications must correctly demonstrate to an active-status NAUI Instructor
the open water skills contained within these standards.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age.
Minimum age is 17 years.
- Diver
Certification. Minimum is NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver or equivalent.
- CPR
& First Aid Certification. Current certification in CPR
(cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and First Aid by a NAUI recognized
agency. Training shall include: one rescuer adult CPR, infant/child
CPR, two rescuer CPR, and rescue mask - barrier device use. (Certification
as a water safety instructor and in lifeguarding is strongly recommended.)
- Oxygen
Training. Proof of oxygen administration training within the
past two years is required unless oxygen administration is offered
as part of the course. Oxygen administration training must include
the assembly, use, and basic maintenance of constant flow and demand
valve oxygen delivery systems.
- Diving
Skills. Participants must comfortably perform the following
skills prior to beginning training. Time involved for performing
the skills is in addition to the estimated course hours. The instructor
is to use these skills as screening evaluation criteria:
- Swimming
skills (no equipment)
–Swim 225 yard (207 m) nonstop, any stroke, in six minutes
or less.
–Survival swim for 15 minutes.
–Recover 10 pounds (4.5 kg) from about 10 feet (3 m) of
water.
–Transport another person of equal size 25 yards (22.9
m).
- Skin
diving skills as required for the NAUI Scuba Diver Course.
- Scuba
skills (scuba equipment)
–Assemble equipment, make adjustments, don equipment, and
perform pre-dive equipment inspections.
–In turn, at the surface remove and replace mask, snorkel,
fins, weight belt and scuba unit.
–In turn, underwater remove, replace and clear mask and
regulator, comfortably breathe from a regulator without wearing
a mask for two minutes, buddy breathe, and share air using and
alternate air source.
–Demonstrate surface use of the BC and the ability to hover
underwater.
–Perform a Scuba Lifesaving Transport (see “Details
of Selected Skills”) of another scuba diver 100 yards (91
m) within four minutes.
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Training
Assistant
OVERVIEW
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.
QUALIFICATIONS
OF GRADUATES
Certified
training assistants are qualified to perform the tasks of:
- Temporarily
directly supervise remaining students while an instructor conducts
a skill with other students.
- Escorting
no more than two diving students on the surface and on underwater
tours.
- Assisting
an active-status NAUI Instructor with other tasks which enhance
the safety of students or improve the efficiency of diver training
so long as the assistant is under the direction of the instructor
and no other standards are violated.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age:
Minimum of 18 years.
- Certification:
Training and experience equivalent to at least NAUI Advanced
Diver.
- Rescue
Certification: Certification in NAUI Scuba Rescue Diver or equivalent.
- CPR
& First Aid Certification: Current certification in First
Aid and CPR. Note: Adult CPR training (approximately four hours)
meets the requirement for Training Assistant certification. However,
additional CPR training that includes two-person CPR and the use
of rescue breathing barrier devices, e.g. pocket mask®, face
shield, is required to meet the requirements for NAUI leadership
certification.
SKILL
REQUIREMENTS
- Compass
navigate:
– a reciprocal course to within 10 feet (3 m) of origin without
using visual references
– a square pattern to within 10 feet (3 m) of origin. Distances
shall be as great as appropriate for environmental conditions.
- Assist
divers simulating each of: a muscle cramp, anxiety, a breathing
difficulty and signs of pre-panic.
- Assist/
escort each of: a tired diver, and an incapacitated diver to safety.
- Be
in charge of and satisfactorily act as an escort during an open
water dive for two other divers.
- Demonstrate
a satisfactory scuba diver rescue. (See “Details of Selected
Skills”.)
ACADEMIC
REQUIREMENTS
- Review
of rescue techniques with emphasis on local conditions including
problems, possible situations, search techniques, rescues, assists,
tows, carries and in-water rescue breathing. Emergency management
procedures as applied to divers in open water training in the applicable
area. Deployment and use of emergency oxygen first aid. (Certification
as an “oxygen provider” is recommended.) Review of first
aid as related to diving in particular.
- Underwater
communications techniques to be used by instructors and assistants.
The deployment of dive area designators as appropriate for the area.
Open water diving procedures and group control. The specifics of
arranging and planning for a training dive. Techniques of escorting
students on the surface and during underwater tours and during navigation
exercises. Safety oriented boat operation and boat diving where
appropriate to the area.
- The
roles and responsibilities of the “training assistant”
and the legal aspects of diver training. The use of briefings, divemaster
logs and diver inventory techniques.
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Wreck
Diver (External Survey)
OVERVIEW
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.
ACADEMIC
REQUIREMENTS
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.
If altitude diving is involved, altitude procedures and flying after
diving shall be covered.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age.
Minimum is 18 years.
- Certification:
NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver certification or the equivalent is
required. The instructor is to ensure adequate student knowledge
and capability before any open water training and shall use skill
or other evaluations to do so.
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Wreck
Diver (Penetration)
OVERVIEW
This
course is to provide the diver with the skills and knowledge needed
to gain experience and minimize risks in wreck diving. Wreck diving
(penetration) is defined as diving inside a sunken vessel, aircraft
or similar structure.
ACADEMIC
REQUIREMENTS
Coverage
is to include safety, hazards and cautions, special risks of overhead
environments, gas management, 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. If altitude diving is involved, altitude
procedures and flying after diving shall be covered.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age.
Minimum is 18 years.
- Certification:
NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver certification or the equivalent is
required. NAUI Wreck Diver (External Survey) certification or the
equivalent is required. The instructor is to ensure adequate student
knowledge and capability before any open water training and shall
use skill or other evaluations to do so.
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Dry
Suit Diver
OVERVIEW
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.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age.
Minimum is 15 years. (Junior certification for ages 12 - 14 years
is allowed. See “Policies Applying to All Courses”: Age,
Junior Certification.”)
- Certification:
NAUI Scuba Diver certification or the equivalent is required
unless combined with the Scuba Diver course. The instructor is to
ensure adequate student knowledge and capability before any open
water training and shall use skill or other evaluations to do so.
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Ice
Diver
OVERVIEW
This
course is to provide the diver with a basic understanding of the knowledge
and skills needed to minimize risks and gain experience in ice diving.
Ice diving is defined as a penetration under solid ice.
ACADEMIC
REQUIREMENTS
Coverage
is to include fresh water diving, purpose, planning, organization, operation,
procedures, problems, special risks of overhead environments, gas management,
personnel, visibility, equipment (additions and modifications), first
aid for hypothermia and frostbite, techniques, surface support, communications,
hazards and cautions, lost diver, emergency procedures, plus search
and rescue and limited visibility diving and if appropriate, altitude
diving procedures.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age.
Minimum is 18 years.
- Certification:
NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver certification or the equivalent is
required. The instructor is to ensure adequate student knowledge
and capability before any open water training and shall use skill
or other evaluations to do so.
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Deep
Diver
OVERVIEW
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).
ACADEMIC
REQUIREMENTS
Coverage
is to include purpose, 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. Altitude diving, flying after diving and hyperbaric
chamber access and operation shall be included, as well as other short-
and long-term deep diving hazards.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age.
Minimum is 18 years.
- Certification:
NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver certification or the equivalent is
required. The instructor is to ensure adequate student knowledge
and capability before any open water training and shall use skill
or other evaluations to do so.
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Cavern
Diver
OVERVIEW
This
course is to provide the diver with the fundamental skills and knowledge
for cavern diving, and describes the dangers involved with cave diving.
The course is to conform to the standards of the Cave Diving Section
of the National Speleological Society and/or the National Association
for Cave Diving or other NAUI recognized training standard.
WHO
MAY TEACH
In
order to be authorized to teach this course NAUI Instructors must qualify
as instructors according to the standards of the Cave Diving Section
of the National Speleological Society and/or the National Association
for Cave Diving or other NAUI recognized organization with equivalent
standards, that trains and qualifies instructors to teach in overhead
environments.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age.
Minimum is 18 years.
- Certification:
NAUI Scuba Diver certification or the equivalent is required.
The instructor is to ensure adequate student knowledge and capability
before any open water training and shall use skill or other evaluations
to do so.
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Cave
Diver
OVERVIEW
This
course extends the material presented in the Cavern Diving Course, and
is to provide the diver with a basic understanding of the knowledge
and skills required to minimize risks and gain experience in cave diving.
The course is to conform to the standards of the National Speleological
Society and/or the National Association for Cave Diving or other NAUI
recognized training standard.
WHO
MAY TEACH
In
order to be authorized to teach this course NAUI Instructors must qualify
as instructors according to the standards of the Cave Diving Section
of the National Speleological Society and/or the National Association
for Cave Diving or other NAUI recognized organization with equivalent
standards, that trains and qualifies instructors to teach in over-head
environments.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age.
Minimum is 18 years.
- Certification:
NAUI Cavern Diver certification or the equivalent is required.
The instructor is to ensure adequate student knowledge and capability
before any open water training and shall use skill or other evaluations
to do so.
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Enriched
Air Nitrox (EANx) Diver
OVERVIEW
This
is course is to provide the diver with the information necessary to
utilize EANx as a breathing medium. The course may be taught as a stand-alone
specialty course to certified divers or the knowledge and skills training
may be integrated into the NAUI Scuba Diver course.
QUALIFICATIONS
OF GRADUATES
Upon
successful completion of this course, graduates are considered competent
to utilize EANx in open water diving activities without direct supervision,
provided the diving activities and the areas dived approximate those
of training.
COURSE
POLICIES
- Dives
shall not exceed a depth of 130 fsw (40 msw) or 1.6 atm PO2 , whichever
is less. No planned dives requiring actual decompression stops on
the appropriate EANx tables are to be permitted. (Maximum PO2
of 1.4 is to be taught with 1.5-1.6 as contingencies.)
- This
course may be taught as a NAUI Recognition Program if the open water
training dives are not included. Recognition may be upgraded to
EANx Diver certification upon completion (within six months) of
the required dives under supervision of a NAUI EANx Instructor.
SKILL
REQUIREMENTS
At
least two dives are to made using EANx, one of which is to be a repetitive
dive. The student is to analyze his or her own breathing mixture and
to plan and safely execute each dive.
ACADEMIC
REQUIREMENTS
The
following topics are to be covered: 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;
common gas mixing procedures; and gas analyzing procedures.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age.
Minimum is 15 years.
- Certification:
NAUI Scuba Diver certification or the equivalent is required
unless combined with the Scuba Diver course. The instructor is to
ensure adequate student knowledge and capability before any open
water training and shall use skill or other evaluations to do so.
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More...
Although
these are some of the more popular NAUI Specialty and Recognition Training
courses, we also offer several Technical Diver
courses, as well as a number of other recognition and specialty
courses. These courses are created by the individual instructors and
approved by NAUI Worldwide's Training Department. Please check with
your local NAUI Affiliated Dive
Centers and NAUI Instructors to determine what they offer.
Some
of these include, but are not limited to:
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- Recreational
Hookah Diver
- Advanced
Skindiver
- Equipment
Repair & Maintenance
- Computer
Assisted Diving
- Industrial
Orientation
- River
Diver
- Underwater
Modeling
- Diving
Accident Assessment
- Helicopter
Emergency Extraction Device
- Field
Neurological Exam
- Manatee
Experience
- Stingray
Experience
- Oxygen
Administration
- Public
Safety Diver
- Rapid
Deployment Search & Recovery
- Search
and Rescue/Recovery
- High
Altitude Diver
- Blackwater
Rescue
- Kayak
Diver
- Fish
Identification
- Boat
Diver
- Marine
Naturalist
- Shark
Ecology
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Beneath
the Waves Scuba Shop
6403
E Mill Plain Blvd.
(next to the old Beacock's Music location
and near First Independent Bank)
West of Andresen Safeway
Vancouver, Washington 98661
Phone (360) 546-1494
Fax (360) 546-1495
HOURS:
M - F: 10am - 7pm
Sat: 11am - 4pm
Closed Sundays
here4u@beneaththewaves.com
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