Turn professional

INFORMATION ABOUT ACUC PROFESSIONAL COURSES

f you are reading this section is probably because you are interested in turning your hobby into a job. Why not make a living doing something that you love to do?? Isn’t that what most people would love to be able to do??

If you wish to make a living supervising divers or training others to become divers, ACUC offers you the perfect training and opportunity to become an excellent professional, as a Divemaster or an Instructor.

To start, you must already be at least certified as a Rescue Diver. The next step is to take an ACUC Divemaster course.

THE ACUC DIVEMASTER COURSE

You must be already certified, or be certified during the Divemaster course, as a First Aid Provider and Emergency Oxygen Provider.

The main characteristics of this course is that the students that successfully completes the course, will be able to:

1. Act as a Dive Controller
2. Lead certified divers in open water dives
3. As a Dive Guide, assist in the training of new divers
4. Teach some non certification ACUC Scuba courses (Introduction to Diving) and also
5. Teach, evaluate and certify some “dry” specialties (specialties where no water training is involved), as long as the Divemaster holds the corresponding Specialty Instructor rating

Minimum age is 18 years old

You can see the ACUC standards, course contents and requirements for this course in this PDF document
For a list of where you can take an ACUC course please check our “Diving Schools and Centres” section or contact ACUC  info@acucinternational.com.

Once you become a Divemaster, you can go for your Instructor rating. Please note that the following courses will NOT teach you about diving. As an ACUC Divemaster you must already have all the needed knowledge. These courses will teach you how to teach others about diving.

You have 3 choices:

1. Assistant Instructor
2. Entry Level Instructor
3. Open Water Instructor

You can do the corresponding courses to become either one of the following:

THE ACUC ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR COURSE

This is an optional certification.

You will be able to do what the Divemaster does and you will be able to also:

1. Assist in the training of divers up to and including the Assistant Instructor level.
2. Train Scuba Divers and OWD divers yourself, but will not be able to certify them.

Please note that as a Divemaster already, this course is not really needed as is basically the same as the Divemaster course. Minimum age is 18 years old. You can see the ACUC standards, course contents and requirements for this course in this PDF document

THE ACUC ENTRY LEVEL INSTRUCTOR COURSE

This is an optional certification.

You will be able to do what the Assistant Instructor does and you will be able to also:

1. Certify Scuba Divers
2. Certify Open Water Divers

It is a course recommended for those that wish a slower progression to the level of Open Water Instructor

Minimum age is 19 years old. You can see the ACUC standards, course contents and requirements for this course in this PDF document

THE OPEN WATER INSTRUCTOR COURSE

As a Divemaster you can go directly for your Open Water Instructor rating.

You will be able to do what the Entry Level Instructor does (see above), and you will be able to also:

1. Certify Advanced Divers; Rescue Divers; Divemasters and any specialty for which you hold the corresponding Specialty Instructor rating.
2. You may also teach but not certify the Assistant Instructor level.

Please note that this is not a course that will teach you about diving. As an ACUC Divemaster you must already have all the needed knowledge. This course will teach youhow to teach others about diving. Minimum age is 19 years old.

You can see the ACUC standards, course contents and requirements for this course in this PDF document

Besides all these Instructor certifications, ACUC offers you the possibility of obtaining numerous Specialty Instructor ratings. For more information, please contact ACUC at info@acucinternational.com

If you wish to go even further with ACUC, please check  Leadership Levels section.

WHERE TO TAKE THESE COURSES

For a list of where you can take the ACUC Assistant Instructor or higher level course, please check our “Diving Schools and Centres” section and look for the Centres, Clubs, Schools or Shop which display the sign shown at the left, or contact ACUC info@acucinternational.com.

Also, please check our pre-scheduled ACUC Instructor courses worldwide.

If you are already a professional with another organization and you wish to crossover to ACUC, please see also  the ACUC Crossover information.