DESCRIPTION

The Instructor Trainer designation is a formal NAUI leadership designation, not a certification. The NAUI Instructor Trainer designation (IT) provides recognition to NAUI Instructors who have completed a combination of training and evaluated experience specific to the preparing, training, evaluating and counseling of NAUI Instructor candidates.

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ACADEMIC

Current NAUI Instructor Training Materials

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EQUIPMENT

Candidates shall furnish and be responsible for the care and maintenance of their own diving equipment.

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PREREQ

Minimum is 21 years by the water phase of the course.

• Certification/Experience/Knowledge. Any active-status NAUI Instructor who has completed a NAUI Staff Training Workshop and the following activities may attend an Instructor Trainer Workshop (ITW).

• A minimum of 200 logged open water scuba dives.

• Minimum of 2 years of teaching experience

• Have certified at least 75 divers, of which 20 Certifications must include at least: four (4) Advanced Diver, four (4) Rescue Diver, four (4) Nitrox Diver, four (4) Specialties and four (4) Leadership courses.

• Staff/participate in 3 ITCs (ITP/IQP) for at least 100 student contact hours. One ICC may be counted toward this requirement.

• Conducting, staffing and evaluating experience gained at Instructor level courses before becoming a NAUI Instructor Trainer is acceptable.

• Be a member in good standing for the year immediately preceding the Instructor Trainer Workshop

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Getting Started

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