Name of the course | What do you learn | Dives | Academic Time | Certification Y/N |
Introduction | Introduction to diving. | 1 | 3 hrs | N |
Open Water Scuba Diver | The basic theoretical knowledge and skills required to dive to 18 metres anywhere in the world. | 4 tot 8 (10 hrs) | 17 hrs | Y |
Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver | Certified to do all types of diving (recreational) that are not “covered” up to 40 meters 3 choice dives from many subjects all as an introduction to the specialties | 6 | 6 Hrs | Y |
Master Scuba Diver | Going further with the specialty's, material knowledge, equipment knowledge and more understanding of how the physiological/physical processes work | 8 | 8 Hrs | Y |
Specialty's | All specialty courses address: Safety aspects of Possible emergency measures Additional material/equipment How and why and when | See below Bleu printed courses | Y | |
Deep Dive | Depth over 18 m | 2 | 2 Hrs | Y |
Night / Bad visibillity | How to dive with this circumstances | 2 | 2 Hrs | Y |
Recreational Icediverr | How to proceed with an "Closed Ceiling" | 3Hrs | 8 Hrs | |
Surch and recovery |
How to search for small objects Search patterns How to retrieve | 2 | 2 Hrs | Y |
Training assistent | Learn to be able to assist an instructor with courses | 3 | 2 Hrs | Y |
Nitrox | Learning how to handle oxygen-enriched air, pros and cons, how to act | 0 | 2 Hrs | y |
Rescue diver |
Basic skills of dive-focused first aid, CPR and self-rescue Learning to rescue another diver under any circumstances |
Depending on student experience any number of scenarios that teach you how to deal with various situations | 30 hrs + | y |
Leadership courses | Teaching and all the components involved, structure of NAUI, Standards and Policies (the rules and conditions/numbers NAUI uses) | |||
Skin Dive Instructor (SDI) | All the skills involved in snorkeling to convey them | Depending on student experience | Depending on student experience | Y |
Assistent Instructeur (AI) | How do you assist an instucteur in teaching and what and how do you proceed | 13 uur theorie 7 uur watertijd | minimal 2 | Y |
Divemaster (DM) | You are the instructor's right hand, his two pairs of ears and eyes, what you are allowed to do and how you are allowed to do it | 20 water activity's | 20 uur theorie 20 wateractivity's | Y |
Divemaster cross-over (DMCC | Becoming an NAUI DM from another organization | Depending on student experience | Depending on student experience | Y |
Instructeur (IPP/ITC/IQP) Instructor Preparation Program Instructor Tranig Course Instructor Qualify Program | all the skills to become a good teaching instructor, ultimately responsible for all recreational diving courses and also be allowed to teach Divemaster. How does the computer application NAUI work, how to brevet and all those operations. | Depending on student experience Standaard de IPP/ITC 7 days en de IQP 3 days | 85 hours of theory number of water activities depending on student experience, but minimum 15 hours | Y No requalification needed so far / no quantity requirement |
Instructeur Cross-over (ICC) transfer from another organization to the NAUI | Depending on student experience | Depending on student experience minimal 17 Hrs | y | |
Instructeur Trainer Workshop (ITW) 8 CD's in NL die het mogen geven | Learning how to train and largely examine an instructor | 12 uur theory 15 uur watertime | No certification but 3-year recognition, which must be requalified after 3 years Last requalification was around 01-01-2023 | |
Course Director Workshop (CDW) | Review and evaluate Staff given by the ITC/ICC etc. | workshop 2 days | No certification but 3-year recognition, which must be requalified after 3 years Last requalification was around 01-01-2023 |