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The Water Safety Instructor (WSI) program is an aquatics program, specific to swim instructing, regulated and certified primarily through the Canadian Red Cross and American Red Cross. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
NAUI Tec- National Association of Underwater Instructors – Non-profit training and certification agency association of scuba instructors; NSS-CDS - National Speleological Society Cave Diving Section – Organization for exploration, conservation, and study of caves in the United States [5]
Wilbert E. Longfellow [a] (May 7, 1881 – March 18, 1947) was an American water safety instructor. Credited with halving the drowning rate in the United States, his mission was "the water-proofing of America." [1] Beginning around 1900, Longfellow worked his entire adult life promoting swimming education and water safety. [5]
EN 14413-1 / ISO 24802-1 - Part 1: Level 1 Instructor (PADI equivalent – Assistant Instructor) EN 14413-2 / ISO 24802-2 - Part 2: Level 2 Instructor (PADI equivalent – Open Water Scuba Instructor) ISO 11107 Enriched air nitrox (EAN) diving (PADI equivalent – Enriched Air Diver) ISO 11121 introductory training programs to scuba diving.
The 53 graduates along with their staff instructors became the first instructor members of the National Association of Underwater Instructors. [6] The NAUI ICC became the first course to make diver certification available worldwide. [14] [15] A year later, the second NAUI ICC was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, [16] under the direction of Ben ...
The primary procedural distinction between professional and recreational diving is that the recreational diver is responsible primarily for their own actions and safety but may voluntarily accept limited responsibility for dive buddies, whereas the professional diver is part of a team of people with extensive responsibilities and obligations to each other and usually to an employer or client ...
EN 14413-2/ ISO 24802-2 Recreational Diving Services - Safety related minimum requirements for the training of scuba instructors - Part 2: A level 2 scuba instructor is competent to plan, organize and conduct dives and lead other recreational scuba divers of all levels in open water, including rescue activities, teach and assess students up to ...
The legal duty of care of a divemaster to a client varies according to the legislation of the country, where it is often poorly defined. The use of waivers and/or assumption of risk forms that are intended to minimize legal accountability of divemasters is a common practice, but the validity of such waivers will vary with the legislation.