Nitrox Diver

About this course

This continuing education course is for students enrolled in a NAUI open water course or certified as an open water scuba diver. The course may be taught as a stand-alone specialty course to certified divers or the knowledge and skills training may be integrated into other NAUI certification courses including the NAUI Open Water Scuba Diver course. This course provides divers with the skills to utilize EANx as a breathing medium.

Prerequisite

• Age. Minimum is 15 years by the water phase of the course. (Junior certification for ages 10-14 years is allowed.  See “Policies Applying to All Courses:  Age, Junior Certification.”)
• Certification/Experience/Knowledge. Current enrollment in a NAUI Instructor conducted open water scuba course or certification as a NAUI Open Water Scuba Diver or the equivalent is required. The instructor is to ensure adequate student knowledge and capability before any open water training and shall use skill or other evaluations to do so. One open water dive (which does not count toward the minimum number of dives required for the course) may be used as a screening and evaluation dive. This is not required when the student’s diving proficiencies are well known to the instructor.
• Equipment. Students shall furnish and be responsible for the care and maintenance of their own diving equipment. The instructor shall initially assist the student in checking all student gear to ensure it is adequate and in proper working order.