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Dive Instructor
Ch. 1-9
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10/19/2011

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What do the best leaders do?
Definition
They plan and train for their roles, and are organized and punctual.
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What understanding must leaders have?
Definition
People live within their own personal limitations.
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What are the THREE fundamentals emphasized in NAUI?
Definition
Knowledge
Experience
Ability
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What is your strongest and most reliable communication tool?
Definition
Personal example (mistakes you've made, etc)
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What is required for those going through formal instructor training?
Definition
They must continue formal training in the fields of diving, diving safety, and the aquatic environment in order to maintain active status.
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Knowledge is gained through..
Definition
formal study, practice, and experience.
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Naui Assistant Instructor
Definition
Enhance individual development and group safety, as well as extend an instructor's span of control by exercising additional vigilance, and can often alert instructors to students' needs before they become problems.
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NAUI Skin Diving Instructor
Definition
Qualified to independently teach and certify skin diving students.
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NAUI Divemaster
Definition
Qualified to organize and supervise dives for certified divers, and may also assist NAUI instructors during certification training.
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Main role of Divemasters
Definition
To promote, plan, organize and conduct recreational diving activities for certified individuals and groups.
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What is SAS and how is it learned?
Definition
Scuba Air Snorkeling (SAS) is something that is just gone over in the "pre-dive" briefing with other common sense safety precautions.
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How is the academic curriculum run for teaching skin diving?
Definition
The curriculum may be presented in any appropriate order as long as the required elements are addressed.
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What risk awareness steps must be taken when dealing with new skin divers?
Definition
Medical contraindications must be explained completely, and potential students with prohibitive medical conditions may be turned away if necessary.
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What dive equipment is used for a skin dive?
Definition
Students select, use, and care for their mask, snorkel, fins, personal flotation device (BC), wetsuit, and weight belt.
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Since instructors often work with younger people in skin diving classes...
Definition
It is especially important to progress developmentally from simple to more challenging skills.
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Keep ________ to a minimum and mazimize ___________ and ___________ in skin diving.
Definition
Keep conversation to a minimum and maximize participation and activity.
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What three different ratings can skin divers have?
Definition
Skin Diver certification - requires two openwater dives
Junior Skin diver - no required openwater 8-12yrs
Snorkeling Recognition Program - no required open water dives either 5+ yrs
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With one active status NAUI instructor present in a Scuba Diver course what is the class size limited to?
Definition
Eight students
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What can a NAUI instructor influence an assistant to do through their skills, attitudes, and enthusiasm for diving and all it entails?
Definition
To pursue NAUI leadership training.
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What is the singular position of assistants?
Definition
To serve as a liason between dive classes and instructors. The conversations may occur in an individual or small group tutoring session, or even outside of class time.
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What should an assistant assemble?
Definition
They may assemble a collection of pens, pencils, white board markers and eraser, grease pencils and overhead projector actates, spare projector bulbs, extension cord, electrical plug adapter, pointer, writing paper, paper towels, facial tissues, and vending machine change.
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What may an assistant teach during academic classes?
Definition
Any topic for which they have previously demonstrated competence, or as they develop, while supervised by a NAUI Instructor.
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What is the most valuable aid an assistant has to offer to an instructor?
Definition
They can recognize potential problems and if a problem did occur, keen awareness on an assistant's part will detect them early so they can be corrected before they escalate.
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What is one of a useful assistant's primary duties?
Definition
Site prep
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What does the NAUI Dive-master cert mean?
Definition
Having earned the qualifications to assume independent leadership, diving community's respect for NAUI, and for the individual's evident competency as a highly-trained, expert diver.
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In what way does a DM assume direct responsibility for certified divers?
Definition
DMs rely on their own judgment, experience and professionalism.
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What is the max number of participants per DM?
Definition
The max number must be based on how many divers can be reasonably handled with the level of care expected of a NAUI leader.
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What are the ultimate criteria for NAUI diving activities?
Definition
Safey and professional responsibility
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What skill should a DM possess in order to help divers avoid problems through individual conseling, fostering safety through achieving group senses and managing risk?
Definition
Communication skills
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What additional training would a DM need in certain areas?
Definition
Tech diving, air compressor operation & maintenance, breathing cylinders, and filling/gas blending equipment.
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A DM must be able to:
Definition
-Conduct pre-dive briefings that incisively cover hazards and risk avoidance.
-Conduct pre-dive equpiment checks.
-Help divers perform weighting/buoyancy checks.
-Help divers prevent or resolve problems.
-Guide certified divers at the surface and UW.
-Effectively manage or personally respond to diving emergencies.
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To what does a great deal of DM's leadership go to?
Definition
Into the simple logistics of organizing and assembling divers.
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What should DM's retain good records of?
Definition
Good records of diving activities they conduct.
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What are the principle steps of planning?
Definition
Decide objectives; Recognize staff and student/diver needs; ID equipment requirements; Schedule location, date and time; Gather information.
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What forms of emergency planning should a diver leader undergo?
Definition
Leaders planning diving excursions to remote areas should inform participants in advance of the risk any lack of emergency treatment facilities may potentially create, so that they may make an informed decision on their participation.
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NAUI supports _______ as a ______ and ______ to safer diving.
Definition
buddy diving; routine practice; aid
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How can we give students respect for diving knowledge?
Definition
Educating divers about our values and attitudes, fostering an understanding and compliance through respect for knowledge.
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Rules should be:
Definition
reasonable, explained, understood, and agreed by those affected
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What should instructor policies reflect?
Definition
prudence and appeal to reason and logic
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Awareness
Definition
Accepting NAUI leadership responsibility means that one fully commits to responding to divers' needs and helping to ensure their safe enjoyment of diving.
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"Global Awareness"
Definition
Used to describe the absolute concentration NAUI members use to support that commitment, is a combination of experience, judgment, and knowledge.
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What is a specialized leadership hand signal?
Definition
"Get with your buddy/Where is your buddy?"
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Whis recommended to have prepared before a briefing?
Definition
Using a briefing OL with written notes and rehearsing
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What do all briefings have in common?
Definition
Intros; Area and environmental orientation/facilities; Activity schedule; Performance requirements for training dives; Instructions; Communications; Emergency Procedure
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What are essential for a positive experience in shore diving.
Definition
For the leader directing shore activities it's planning, preparation, and organization.
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What should night diving briefings include?
Definition
Special info about light signals, procedures, and when to turn lights on/off.
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What is Limitied Vis. Diving?
Definition
Horizontal Vis of 10' (3m) or less
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What is recommended when it comes to current diving?
Definition
Inexperienced or less physically fit divers should be discouraged from entering the water if the current exceeds more than a 1/2 knot.
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What should leaders remind divers about in reference to currents?
Definition
To note the direction of the current at depth and on the surface and begin their dives into the current so they may use it to their advantage at the end of the dive.
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What is float drifting?
Definition
The preferred method for Float Drift diving...?
Term
What is anchor line diving?
Definition
A good technique when there is a strong surface current (>1.5 knots) or when the boat's windage will push the boat through otherwise still water.
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A ____ ______ _____ should be deployed from the boat.
Definition
long trail line
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Deep diving is...
Definition
a dive to depths of 60-130'.
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Whatshould leaders encourage within deep diving?
Definition
slow ascents, precationary deco stops, and careful air monitoring.
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Wreck diving
Definition
Divers should be reminded to use distinguishing features on the wreck to aid in navigation.
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