Instructor Trainings

NAUI (National Association of Underwater Instructors) For forty years, NAUI has offered the finest training programs in the industry. Not the biggest; simply the best and Michigan Diving Center prides itself in offering only the best!
Michigan Diving Center is the ONLY facility in West Michigan to provide Instructor Certification Programs with the BEST certification in the scuba industry, NAUI. Come join the best in West Michigan!

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Instructor Training Course ( ITC ) 
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The NAUI Instructor Training Course (ITC) is designed to train and qualify NAUI Instructor members. During the course future instructors learn effective methods to teach skin and scuba diving in compliance with NAUI Diving Course Standards.

The ITC may be presented in two phases. If done so, Phase One, called an Instructor Training Program (ITP), contains all developmental training except for the final evaluations. During an ITP, candidate practice performances must be evaluated by at least two qualified evaluators, one of whom may be a STW completer and the other an IT or CD. The ITP can be conducted in many formats, ranging in length from a week to an internship over an extended period.

The second or final phase of an ITC so organized is called the IQP, during which a Course Director must be in residence and all final evaluations will be made.

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.

Prerequisites For Entering The Course
  • General - Meet prerequisites applying to all Leadership courses.
  • Dive Certification - Be a currently certified NAUI Assistant Instructor or NAUI Divemaster; or a NAUI PREP Course graduate within the past 12 months.
  • Equipment - Provide and be responsible for own instructor-level diving equipment suitable for teaching in open water.
  • Experience - Have at least 50 logged dives. Dives shall be varied in environment, depth and activities.
  • Materials - See current Guide to NAUI Membership. A detailed and current list of necessary materials shall be provided each candidate in a supplemental fact sheet for specific ITCs.
Instructor Crossover Course (ICC)
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The NAUI Instructor Crossover Course (ICC) is designed to train and qualify current non-NAUI recreational scuba instructors to train diving students and register them for NAUI certification. During the course, candidate instructors learn effective methods to teach skin and scuba diving in compliance with NAUI Diving Course Standards.

The ICC may be presented in two phases. If done so, Phase One called an Instructor Crossover Program (ICP), contains all preparatory training except for the final evaluations. During an ICP, candidate practice performances must be evaluated by at least two qualified evaluators, one of whom may be a STW completer and the other an IT or CD. The ICP can be conducted in many formats, ranging in length from a day to an internship over an extended period.

The second or final phase of an ICC so organized is called the IQP, during which a Course Director must be in residence and all final evaluations will be made.

Prerequisites For Entering The Course
  • General - Meet the requirements applying to all Leadership courses.
  • Instructor Certification - Be a currently certified Instructor in good standing with a NAUI recognized diving organization.
  • Instructor Training - Have 80 or more hours of underwater instructor-level training as a candidate or course staff member.
  • Equipment - Provide and be responsible for own instructor-level diving equipment suitable for teaching in open water.
  • Experience - Have at least 50 logged dives. Dives shall be varied in environment, depth and activities.
  • Teaching Activity - Have taught or assisted in diving instruction for two or more courses.
  • Continuing Education - Have attended one or more diving related activities per year since certification as a scuba instructor.
  • Materials - See current guide.

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