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Scuba Diver and Scuba Rescue Diver courses, you can strive for the NAUI Assistant Instructor or Divemaster ratings. For this, you will need experience verified by a required number of logged dives. Ask your instructor about leadership training opportunities. It is rewarding to help others realize the dream of becoming a diver or having an underwater adventure. NAUI has the finest leadership programs and training available. If you find that diving becomes more than a hobby to you, remember that through NAUI there are many opportunities to work as a professional. By becoming a NAUI Assistant Instructor, Divemaster, or Instructor, you can profit from your diving ability, training, and experience (figure 9-4). Your instructor is an example of this, and will be glad to provide you with information about NAUI Worldwide leadership training programs. DEVELOPING SPECIAL INTERESTS Donning scuba equipment and exploring the world beneath the surface of the water is exciting. You will quickly find that diving is simply a means that allows you to do something in the underwater world rather than being an end in itself. Soon, you will want to inspect old wrecks, take pictures, take game, collect things, study aquatic ecosystems, or dive in unusual places (figure 9-5). Such challenges make diving exciting and rewarding. Remember that specialty areas can be learned much more quickly and easily through training than by trial and error. One reason you should get involved with local divers is to learn about the special diving interests in your area and to be introduced to them. When you have an underwater objective, your enthusiasm for diving multiplies many times over, and you will have some of the best times of your life developing and refining your interest area. Little compares with the feeling of accomplishing a goal in the underwater world, whether it be taking a perfect photograph of a rare fish, finding an ancient wreck, or exploring a site where no diver has been before. Imagine the excitement and satisfaction you can experience. Realize that relatively few people learn how NAUI Scuba Diver 200 Diving Activities FIGURE 9-4. NAUI LEADERS TEACH DIVING IN LOCATIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD. FIGURE 9-5. IT IS MORE FUN TO DEVELOP A SPECIAL INTEREST AREA IN DIVING. ONE EXAMPLE IS MARINE IDENTIFICATION.


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