Technical
EANx Diver
OVERVIEW
This course is to provide
the EANx certified diver with the skills and knowledge needed to minimize the
risks of utilizing optimal breathing gas EANx mixtures* of 25% through 80% (oxygen)
for dives to a depth of 150 fsw (46 msw) not requiring stage decompression.
(This course may be combined with the Decompression Techniques Diver Course.
The resulting course would require ten dives for certification.) *80% EANx used
for decompression and 25% to 60% EANx used for bottom mix.
QUALIFICATIONS
OF GRADUATES
Upon successful completion
of this course, graduates are considered competent to utilize EANx mixtures
25% through 80% (oxygen) without direct supervision provided the diving activities
and the areas dived approximate those of training.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
Minimum age of
18.
Minimum certification of NAUI EANx Diver and Deep Diver (or equivalent).
Proof of 50 logged dives with 10 dives on EANx
COURSE
POLICIES
Classroom hours
– twelve estimated
Open water dives – four
Decompression
Techniques
OVERVIEW
This course is
to provide the diver with a working knowledge of the theory, methods and procedures
of planned stage decompression diving. As a part of the course students will
plan and conduct a standard stage decompression dive not exceeding a maximum
depth of 180 fsw (55 msw). Equipment requirements and configurations, decompression
breathing gas mixtures (including oxygen and EANx) and decompression techniques
are to be presented. (This course may be combined with Technical EANx Diver,
Technical Wreck Penetration Diver or Extended Range Diver. The resulting courses
require an additional six open water dives for certification.)
QUALIFICATIONS
OF GRADUATES
Upon successful completion
of this course, graduates are considered competent to plan and execute dives
that require stage decompression utilizing air and EANx 25%+ to 80% oxygen without
direct supervision provided the diving activities and the areas dived approximate
those of training.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
Minimum age of
21.
Minimum certification of NAUI Master Scuba Diver and Deep Diver Specialty (or
the equivalent) and Technical EANx Diver.
Proof of 100 logged dives.
COURSE
POLICIES
Classroom hours
- eight are estimated
Open water dives – six
Maximum training depths shall not exceed 180 fsw ( 55 msw) unless the course
is combined with another course involving deeper water diving as an integral
part of the combined course.
Gas
Blending and Oxygen Service Technician
OVERVIEW
This course is to provide
the student with the skills and knowledge needed to safely handle high pressure
gases and prepare EANx breathing gas mixtures for use by divers.
QUALIFICATION
OF GRADUATES
Upon successful completion
of this course, graduates are considered competent to prepare EANx breathing
gas mixtures for use by divers without direct supervision provided the equipment
used is the same as or approximates that used in training.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
Minimum age of
18
SKILL REQUIREMENTS
The students are
to analyze the resulting breathing gas mixtures from their own breathing gas
blending practice. Students shall demonstrate mastery of the breathing gas blending
system used in training; that is, each student will be able to complete a blending
and cylinder filling operation for each gas blend sold by the facility without
prompting by the instructor and without error.
Technical Penetration Wreck Diver
OVERVIEW
This course is to provide
the diver with the skills and knowledge needed to gain experience and minimize
risks in penetration wreck diving at depths beyond 130 fsw (40 msw). (This course
may be combined with the Decompression Techniques Course. The resulting course
would require fourteen dives for certification.)
QUALIFICATIONS
OF GRADUATES
Upon successful completion
of this course, graduates are considered competent to plan and execute penetration
wreck dives that require stage decompression and utilize air and EANx and/or
oxygen for stage decompression without direct supervision, provided the diving
activities and the areas dived approximate those of training.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
Minimum age of
21.
Minimum certification as a Penetration Wreck Diver with at least 10 logged penetration
wreck dives. Minimum of 50
logged dives total.
Certification in Technical NAUI EANx and Decompression Techniques.
COURSE
POLICIES
Classroom hours
– eight are estimated
Open water dives – eight
The maximum depth in this program may not exceed 165 fsw (50 msw).
Trimix Diver
OVERVIEW
These courses are
to provide the diver with the skills and knowledge needed to minimize the risks
of utilizing helium-based tri-mix breathing gas mixes for dives to a maximum
depth of 300 fsw (91 msw) requiring stage decompression and utilizing EANx mixtures
and/or oxygen during decompression. There are two levels, called Trimix Diver
Level I and Trimix Diver Level II.
QUALIFICATIONS
OF GRADUATES
Upon successful completion
of the Level I course, graduates are considered competent to plan and execute
technical dives that require stage decompression and utilize helium-based tri-mix
breathing gas mixtures and EANx and/or oxygen for stage decompression without
direct supervision to depths not to exceed 225 fsw (69 msw) provided the diving
activities and the areas dived approximate those of training. Level II graduates
are considered competent to plan and execute technical dives that require stage
decompression and utilize helium-based tri-mix breathing gas mixtures and EANx
or oxygen for stage decompression without direct supervision to depths not to
exceed 300 fsw (91 msw) provided the diving activities and the areas dived approximate
those of training.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
Minimum age of
21.
Minimum certification as a NAUI Decompression Techniques, and Technical EANx
Diver or equivalent.
Minimum of 250 logged dives 75 of which must have been deeper than 130 fsw (40
msw) and 10 of which must have been deeper than 160 fsw (49 msw)
COURSE
POLICIES
Classroom hours–
18 are estimated
Open water dives – six for level I and eight for level II
For Level I at least two dives must be deeper than 190 fsw (58 msw)
For level II the additional two dives must exceed 225 fsw (69 msw)
Technical
Support Leader (TSL)
OVERVIEW
The NAUI Support Specialty
Course is designed to train knowledgeable NAUI Divemasters and Assistant Instructors
who are also technical divers to act as part of a support team for technical
diving and training activities. Download the approved course outline.
QUALIFICATIONS
OF GRADUATES
A NAUI Technical Support
Leader (TLS) is qualified to provide assistance to teams of technical divers
provided diving conditions and methods approximate those in which the TSL was
trained. These duties may include shuttling of equipment, removal and replacement
of staged decompression gases and equipment, rigging and setting up decompression
stations and gases and monitoring divers during ascent and staged decompression
stops. An active-status NAUI TSL is qualified to assist an active-status NAUI
Technical Instructor in technical courses. *(NOTE: Maximum depth attained and
gases used by the TSL may not exceed the qualifications of technical diver certification
held by the TSL.)
WHO MAY
TEACH
This course may be taught
by active-status NAUI Instructor s who:
Are certified as
NAUI Technical EANx and Decompression Techniques Divers and,
Have completed the NAUI Technical Diving Instructor Application process and
received written approval to teach this course from the NAUI Training Department.
PREREQUISITES
FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
Minimum age of 21.
Minimum certification of NAUI Technical EANx Diver , NAUI Divemaster or NAUI
Assistant Instructor.
Proof of 75 logged dives with 10 dives below 100 fsw (30 msw), and with 15 dives
of EANx.
Have assisted with the open water portions of at least two entry-level or continuing
education diver courses.
Have Oxygen Provider Certification.
NAUI Rescue Diver or its equivalent.
