Instructor Training Course
Do you have a passion for diving that you want to share with the world? We know the feeling. That’s why experienced diving professional Elton Polly became a NAUI Instructor in 2018, and later advanced to a NAUI Instructor Trainer in 2020. Let Mossel Bay Yachting Academy help you take your SCUBA diving career to the next level through the NAUI Instructor Training Course (ITC)!
The NAUI Instructor Training Course is designed to train and qualify NAUI Instructor member applicants. During the course, candidate instructors learn effective methods to teach skin and scuba diving in compliance with NAUI diving course standards.
The course assures that candidates who receive certification as NAUI Instructors have the knowledge, skills, fitness, and proper attitude to do so.
NAUI values and respects the knowledge, skills, and abilities of its instructors. As such, NAUI Instructors are authorized and can be approved to teach every level of diving in which they possess the training, knowledge, and experience. NAUI also allows its instructors to develop their own “instructor specified” specialty courses.
What to expect during your NAUI Instructor Training Course in Mossel Bay:
- Prerequisites
- Minimum of 6 months of diving experience.
- Instructor candidates must pass the NAUI Instructor Pre Qualification Examination prior to the start of the ITC.
- Certifications: Current certifications including the following, or their equivalent:
- NAUI Assistant Instructor or NAUI Divemaster
- NAUI First Aid for Dive Professionals
- NAUI Enriched Air Nitrox Diver
- Practical Applications:
- A minimum of 60 logged open water scuba dives*
- A minimum of 30 hours of logged bottom time*
- Prior to certification as a NAUI Instructor, the candidate will have a minimum of 100 logged dives*.
- Dives shall be varied in environment, depth, and activities.
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