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Dive
Instructor
Courses Policies
Applying to All Leadership & Diver Instructor Courses: Prerequisites
and Requirements:
Certification
Requirements:
Membership
Application and Registration: Upon
completion of all certification requirements, each Leadership graduate must
complete a membership application which the instructor will process in
accordance with current procedures. Applicants will be registered as Leadership
members in the appropriate category and status and be sent new member
information. Qualifications
of Leadership Members: Leadership
members of are entitled to benefits detailed in the Association Bylaws and in
the standards. A Leader may renew membership annually in any one of several
statuses by meeting renewal requirements.
A
diver instructor is a person dedicated to the motto of "Dive Safety Through
Education"; a person whom others look to for leadership and knowledge - has
always been and remains today the most prestigious agency focusing on diving
instruction. You can share the adventure - and help create it! If you believe
your work should be enjoyable and exciting, if you are eager to share your
knowledge with others, if you believe that to train the best you must be among
the best trained, join the finest. Join the adventure! Qualifications
of Certified Graduates:
Instructor
Training Course (ITC) Overview: The
Scuba Instructor Training Course (ITC) is designed to train and qualify Instructor
members. During the course future instructors learn effective methods to teach
skin and scuba diving in compliance with Diving Course Standards. The
ITC may be presented in two phases. If done so, Phase One, called an Instructor
Training Program (ITP), contains all developmental training except for the final
evaluations. During an ITP, candidate practice performances must be evaluated by
at least two qualified evaluators, one of whom may be a STW completer and the
other an IT or CD. The ITP can be conducted in many formats, ranging in length
from a week to an internship over an extended period. The
second or final phase of an ITC so organized is called the IQP, during which a
Course Director must be in residence and all final evaluations will be made. The
course assures the membership that candidates who receive certification as
Instructors have the knowledge, skills, fitness and proper attitude to do so. Prerequisites
for entering the Course:
Dive
Instructor
Crossover Course (ICC) Overview: The
Instructor Crossover Course (ICC) is designed to train and qualify current non-
recreational scuba instructors to train diving students and register them for
certification. During the course, candidate instructors learn effective methods
to teach skin and scuba diving in compliance with Diving Course Standards. The
ICC may be presented in two phases. If done so, Phase One called an Instructor
Crossover Program (ICP), contains all preparatory training except for the final
evaluations. During an ICP, candidate practice performances must be evaluated by
at least two qualified evaluators, one of whom may be a STW completer and the
other an IT or CD. The ICP can be conducted in many formats, ranging in length
from a day to an internship over an extended period. The
second or final phase of an ICC so organized is called the IQP, during which a
Course Director must be in residence and all final evaluations will be made. Prerequisites
for entering the Course:
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