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Essentials Diver This intermediate level of continued education is designed to allow certified divers to improve on their diving performance, review and practice the essentials learned in any IANTD dive program. Techniques and knowledge acquired in this program prepare the diver for more advanced dives. Essentials Divers is recommended for those divers willing to improve their performance and competence during their dives. This program does not qualify the diver to go deeper than his previous certification.
Who can teach this program? An Advanced EANx Instructor or with a higher degree and certified as IANTD Essentials Diver. A rebreather instructor is required for a diver to be certified as rebreather diver at this level.
Prerequisites • Open Water (Nitrox) Diver certification or equivalent • Minimum age of 15 years with authorization from parents or legal guardian, or a minimum of 12 years to qualify as Junior Diver, or 18 years without previous consent. Program limits: • No dive to be conducted in depths further than the student´s qualification • All dives to emphasize teamwork and interaction with one´s buddy
In 1959, the National Diving Patrol, a program to certify divers as instructors after a revision of procedures, was renamed as the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) and incorporated as a nonprofit educational organization. The first instructor training course – ITC was undertaken for BRIGHT FUTURE six days at the Shamrock Hotel, Houston, with 72 candidates and 8 instructors from the US and Canada; only 53 candidates graduated. This was the first international instructor certification course in history and was a landmark for a whole new era in modern sport diving. After the course in Houston a Board of Directors was elected? Al Tilman (NAUI #1), John C. Jones, Jr. (NAUI #2), Neal Hess (NAUI #3), Garry Howland (NAUI #13), Jim Auxier and John Cahill. A Board of Trustees was also formed with Captain Albert Behnke, Jr., Commander George Bond, Cap- The 1990´s brought up new challenges and NAUI chose to overtain Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Dr, Andy Rechnitzer. come these by developing the best dive training programs in the world. Recognition from the diving trade, especially in academic, scientific and military areas for the work founded on “Dive Safety Through Education” has spread also in recreational diving, Partnerships: NAUI maintains a long-standing partner- allowing for a significant growth ship with NBL – Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, through its until in 1996 there was a need instructors dedicated to training NASA astronauts, with Flo- for restructuring to become NAUI rida Aquarium and in a very special way with the Disney Worldwide, currently based in its Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF), which joined NAUI recently acquired headquarters in the development of the Green Diver Initiative, an online in Tampa, Florida. community dedicated to environmental protection. NAUI is the official dive training certifies for Walt Disney Resort, and is present also in the joint DWCF programs in Florida: Disney´s Dolphin in Depth, Epcot Seas Aqua Tour, Epcot Dive Quest (The Seas with nemo Friends at Epcot), and the Adopt-a-Nest Program (Disney´s vero Beach Resort and Disney´s Animal Kingdom Theme Park). Get involved: www.naui.org/GreenDiver
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