If you want to provide diver certification training, this is the program for you. This program will make you a dynamic presenter and highly effective educator like no other course will.

Do you want to teach the industry's safest and most effective diving courses today?

Do you want to become a dynamic educator and confident public speaker?

Want to be part of an elite team teaching with the highest standards in the industry today?

If yes, then it is time to become a Lifeguard Systems Instructor. Lifeguard Systems and ACUC (American Canadian Underwater Certifications) combine to form a Public Safety and Recreational Diving certification with the highest standards in the industry. Lifeguard Systems and ACUC have formed a new Instructor Certification: Lifeguard Systems/ACUC.
Lifeguard Systems is the national leader in water rescue and recovery training and has certified hundreds of recreational NAUI and ACUC scuba instructors over 35 years. ACUC is Canada’s oldest and largest recreational scuba training agency, and is a growing force in both the U.S. and Europe. The blending of Lifeguard Systems’ training techniques and the ACUC training agency establishes the highest standards in the dive industry and the ability to develop the highest caliber instructors for both public safety and recreational scuba training.
For many years, students and colleagues have urged Lifeguard Systems to become a certifying agency because Lifeguard Systems training was so unique and the standards so high. The Lifeguard Systems/ACUC agreement achieves this goal.

Lifeguard Systems Background

Leader in water rescue and recovery training (rapid deployment, blackwater, ice rescue, etc.)

Creators of state-of-the-art Surface and Subsurface techniques

Over 20,000 students spanning 15 countries and 30 years

Written over 300 publications

Trained hundreds of NAUI instructors since 1968, with focus on quality, not quantity

ACUC Background

Oldest and largest Canadian recreational training agency since 1964

Scuba training programs designed for colder, limited visibility environments

Training standards have never been lowered, even to achieve higher passing percentages

Growing recreational market percentage in Europe and U.S.

The Path to Public Safety Instruction When Fire, Police, and EMS personnel learn to dive with the goal of becoming public safety divers, a recreational entry-level scuba course does not fully achieve this goal. These students need an entry-level course designed to prepare them for blackwater, tender-directed-tethered diving, severe entanglement potential, all-year and all-weather diving, debris covered bottoms, and contaminated water. The Level 1-PS ITC teaches and certifies you to teach an entry-level course, which truly readies your students for the next level of public safety. Level 1-PS is the first level in the Public Safety Instructor’s career development. Level 1 is an ITC which not only prepares candidates to teach recreational scuba, but to teach scuba so that their students will be ready for public safety diver education, including such programs as rapid deployment search & rescue/recovery, blackwater, u/w vehicle extrication, large area search, and ice rescue. After you achieve Level 1-PS Instructor, you can progress through Levels 2-4 to be able to teach and certify divers in these public safety programs. NAUI Instructor Rating
At the completion of the ITC, the candidate will also be eligible for an optional NAUI Instructor Rating. The ability to provide multiple agency certifications may make the candidate more marketable to open-water students. (See fees section).

Level 1-PSD Lifeguard Systems Instructor Crossover

Level 1-PSD Crossover Course is designed for active instructors of any recognized certifying agency. Successful completion of this 8-day course would reward the instructor with Level 1-PS Lifeguard Systems/ACUC Instructor status. The crossover course is the first 8 days of the instructor training course. Until now, you have been giving potential public safety divers recreational training and certification. With the Level 1-PSD Lifeguard Systems Instructor status, you can give your students public safety diver entry-level training and certification. You will also be providing your students with the strongest foundation for advanced public safety courses. Before you take the crossover, you must perform a take-home, written pre-assessment exam that we will send you. If you do not pass with a score of 85% then we strongly recommend that you take the ten-day instructor course. You may do this at a special Instructor rate of $795.

Please note: students are not guaranteed to pass until they successfully complete all portions of the course: written tests, academic and water presentations, and water skills.

1. ACUC Annual Fees are from February 1 through February 1.
2. Scuba Instructor Readiness Series (SIRS) –meets the NFPA and ProQual dive teams standards regarding physics, physiology, and other academic standards, and therefore are an excellent training tool for all team members.

SIRS is a 5 volume-10 hour Video Series and 700 page Workbook/Guide

Volume 1-Teaching Concepts,

Volume 2-Physics,

Volume 3-Physiology,

Volume 4-Water Training,

Volume 5-Decompression Sickness, Tables, High Altitude Diving and Agency Manuals

ITC passing rates improved from 20% to 90% for candidates utilizing SIRS. Rather than lowering standards, Lifeguard Systems created this ITC preparation tool. SIRS is also an excellent teaching tool for other scuba courses (e.g. rescue, divemaster, asst. instructor) you will be able teach after you are an instructor. ITC passing rates improved from 20% to 90% for candidates utilizing SIRS. Rather than lowering standards, Lifeguard Systems created this ITC preparation tool. SIRS is also an excellent teaching tool for other scuba courses (e.g. rescue, divemaster, asst. instructor) you will be able teach after you are an instructor.

All programs can be customized to meet the exact needs of the hosting department.

Fees and Materials Instructor Training Course: $995 10 days approximately 135 hrs Instructor Crossover Course $695 8 days, approximately 100 hrs Other Costs/Fees Schedule Item Fee/Cost Notes ACUC registration 1, annual fees, materials, and books $375 mandatory Scuba Instructor Readiness Series (SIRS)2 $195 mandatory Lifeguard Systems Materials $150 mandatory NAUI instructor registration $210 -optional NAUI materials – only necessary if registering with NAUI Accommodations, food, dive gear, incidentals not included Liability Insurance: varies- fee depends on country

Level 1-PSD Lifeguard Systems Instructor The LGS/ACUC Instructor Training Course (ITC): 10 days of intense training
ACUC and NAUI Dive Instructor Training Course

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