WHAT ARE YOUR OBLIGATIONS? As a student enrolled in the NAUI Scuba Diver certification course, you have certain obligations. Attendance You have an obligation to attend, participate in, and satisfactorily complete every classroom and water session. Diving is not complicated, but the knowledge and skills you learn build throughout the course. You must understand the simple concepts in diving to be able to apply them to the diving you will do in open water. If you do not attend every training session, your knowledge and skills will be incomplete. If you do miss any sessions, it is your responsibility to arrange with your instructor to complete them satisfactorily. Be sure to take notes during all classroom sessions. Your instructor will provide you with supplemental information that might not be in this textbook. In particular, you will learn about local diving techniques during the lectures and open water dives. You will learn the skills of diving in a confined-water setting. These sessions might take place in a swimming pool or a calm, clear body of water. Once you have learned the skills of diving and can demonstrate them comfortably, your instructor will take you on a series of open water dives where you will practice these skills under actual diving conditions. You will need to complete knowledge examinations, plus confined and open water evaluations of your diving skills before your instructor will issue you a NAUI Scuba Diver certification card. Even if you pass all the knowledge and skill tests, but your instructor does not believe that you have the judgment needed to dive properly or responsibly, it is your instructor’s obligation to withhold your certification. You instructor will explain what you need to do to complete your certification and will help you to achieve that goal. Health Health is the state of being sound in body and mind and is a prerequisite for diving. To engage in diving, you must: Chapter 1- Introduction • Have a sound heart and healthy lungs. • Have clear ears and sinuses. • Be free of any limiting disease or serious ailment. • Be free of any condition that can cause unconsciousness. Your instructor will ask you to complete a medical history form before you can participate in the water sessions for this course. If you indicate any problems that might affect your ability to dive, you will be asked to have a medical examination and obtain written medical approval before starting your training. Your age and overall physical condition might also cause your instructor to require that you see a physician for a physical examination before diving. This is for your own well being. However, regardless of a physician’s opinion, a NAUI instructor may well decline to train you if you have an absolute contraindication (a medical condition, such as asthma, diabetes, or epilepsy) to diving. Women have special health considerations, especially during pregnancy. No definitive studies have been done on the effects of increased air pressure on an unborn child. Therefore, if a woman is pregnant, she should not dive. If a woman can engage in physical activities on land during menstruation, it is usually all right to participate in diving. If cramps or other effects of menstruation limit a woman’s activity on land, it is best to not dive when these symptoms exist. Fitness Fitness is the ability to meet the physical demands of a particular activity. You must be fit to dive. Initially, this means that you need good aquatic ability, such as being able to swim at a novice level non-stop without fins or other aids. This demonstrates the aquatic skill needed to be comfortable in the water. Later, you will need to develop abilities for using fins and performing other waterskills. Just because you are in shape for some sports does not mean that you are in shape for diving, because different muscles are used in different ways. Playing sports such as baseball does not necessarily keep you Introduction 9
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