Learn to be a Skindiving instructor by the master Ted Brambleby.
Longest serving NAUI Instructor in Australia.
Prices on application and dependant on group size.

4 days with possible evening sessions Practical and theory sessions Leadership card Registration and certificate (not insurance) Use of Equipment (Mask Fins Snorkels Wetsuits, Weight belts) Candidates must hold current first aid and oxygen resuscitation Certification or be prepared to obtain the certificates before Skin Diving Instructor registration.

Snorkel skills are skills for a life long pursuit of learning about the ocean

Swimming skills

• Swim underwater 20m on one breath, no dive or push off
• Swim 400m ,any stroke in 10 minutes or less
• Surface survival swim for 20 minutes
• Recover a 4.5kg object from at least 2.5 metres of water
• Transport another person of similar size 50 metres

Skin diving skills with mask fins and snorkel Swim 820 metres nonstop within 18 minutes Remove and replace mask ,fins and snorkel at the surface Swim underwater 45 metres taking no more than 3 breaths during the swim Recover several small objects during one dive to at least 2.5 metres Transport another person of similar size 100 metres Perform a skin ditch and recovery

Skills to be performed with ease and proper techniques

• Water entries and exits, Surface dives, Propulsion techniques, Snorkel clearing, Buoyancy control with vest, Skin diver rescue, Teach, at least, 3 of these skills

Theory

• Specific aspects of Pressure, Temperature, Buoyancy, Vision, Gases, Respiration, Shallow water black out, Over exertion, Over exposure

Diving equipment

• The purpose, use, types, care and maintenance of snorkelling equipment
• Diving Safety
• Rescue and first aid as applied to skin diving
• Dive planning
• Safety rules
• Emergency procedures associated with
• Panic syndrome, Problem recognition, Near drowning, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, shock, wounds, assists, tows and carries

Diving environment The physiological and biological aspects of the local environment The fundamentals of conservation and preservation of aquatic resources Course operation procedures How to run a skin diving course Finances, Promotion, Course content, Legal aspects, Insurance, NAUI and the organisation

Teaching techniques

• Teaching theory, methods, techniques, establishing objectives, evaluations, training aids, lesson plans
• Candidate to present
• 2 classroom
• 2 in water

To include a short written outline.
To include a game, exercise, or drill to be presented during the in water work.

Complete exam