This course is offered once a year (Spring quarter or during the Summer). Please contact the scuba office at (831) 459-4518 for current schedule. The NAUI Instructor Training Course (ITC) is designed to train and qualify NAUI Instructor member applicants. During the course candidate instructors learn effective methods to teach skin and scuba diving in compliance with NAUI Diving Course Standards. The course assures the NAUI membership that candidates who receive certification as NAUI Instructors have the knowledge, skills, fitness and proper attitude to do so.
PREREQUISITE for the course: Taken the UCSC ITC PREP course offered Winter quarter, pass the NAUI Instructor Prequalification Exam with a score of at least 75%, be currently certified NAUI Assistant Instructor or NAUI Divemaster, or a NAUI ITC PREP graduate within the past 12 months, own instructor-level diving equipment suitable for teaching in open water, and have at least 50 logged open water dives and currently own diving insurance with medical evacuation.
REQUIREMENTS: Pay the course fee and material fee (TBA), own personal scuba gear, participate in the ITS Prep prior to the ITC, and receive approval to participate in the ITC by the course instructor (Cecilia Shin).
