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AUSI Releases New Certification Card Design
01/03/2009 - By Associated Underwater Scuba Instructors (AUSI) AUSI Releases New Certification Card Design
Media Release
– January 2009
AUSI Releases New Certification
Card Design
Associated Underwater
Scuba Instructors (AUSI) has released a new certification card design;
the new card became available on 1 January 2009.
Mr Steve Sinclair, AUSI’S
Chief Executive Officer, said the new card design is exciting because
it better reflects AUSI’s global focus and growth in the international
market.
AUSI’s current policy
of awarding diver certificates, in-store, at the conclusion of a course
- thus eliminating the need for “interim or temporary “cards –
will remain in place. However, divers now have the option to obtain
a new plastic certification card via its website www.ausi.com.au. New plastic cards are also available to AUSI
divers who wish to update their older card.
The new card provides
dive operators with a photograph of the diver for positive identification
as well as the vital information required to assess an AUSI diver’s
ability to dive. Information includes:
Diver’s
Name
Level
of Certification (see table of equivalents below)
Date
of Issue ie time of training
Certifying
Instructor’s Name and AUSI Number
Training
Facility
Training
Location, and
AUSI
Certification Number.
There is also an important
note referring operators and potential buddies about consulting the
diver’s log book for verification of experience.
For any information regarding
AUSI Definitions, AUSI Standards, AUSI’s Free Professional Cross Overs
and AUSI’s Professional Free Fee Policy go to www.ausi.com.au, registration is free.
Table of AUSI Scuba
Equivalents
AUSI Level I Scuba Diver Instructor Supervised Open Water
AUSI Level II Scuba Diver International Open Water: Daylight diving to 18m (60’)
AUSI Level III Scuba
Diver Advanced Open Water: Daylight diving to 30m (100’)
AUSI Level IV Scuba Diver Deep Diver: Daylight diving to 39m (140’)
AUSI Level V Scuba Diver Deep Diver + Rescue Diver
AUSI Level VI Scuba Diver Master Diver
AUSI Level VI Professional Dive Master/Dive Con Specialist
AUSI Assistant Scuba
Instructor Assistant Instructor
AUSI Level I Scuba Instructor Resort Diver Instructor
AUSI Level II Scuba Diver Open Water Instructor
AUSI Level III Scuba
Diver Advanced Diver Instructor
AUSI Level IV Scuba Diver Deep Diver Instructor
AUSI Level V Scuba Diver Rescue Diver Instructor
AUSI Level VI Scuba Diver Dive Master Instructor
AUSI Level VII Professional Instructor Trainer
AUSI Level VIII Professional Instructor Examiner
For further information
regarding this media release or any other AUSI issue please contact
Steve Sinclair, +61 418 5 999 53 or ssinclair@ausi.com.au.