The Course Director designation (CD) provides recognition to nstrucItors who have completed a combination of training and evaluated experience specific to the preparing, training, evaluating and counseling of  Instructor Trainers as well as Instructor candidates. The Course Director designation is a formal leadership designation, not a certification.

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• Minimum age is 21 years by the water phase of the course.
• Any Instructor Trainer who has 200 contact hours training and evaluating Instructor candidates at instructor level courses, conducted and evaluated candidate performance for at least three Instructor Trainer Programs (ITP), and conducted and evaluated candidate performance for at least three Instructor Qualification Programs (IQP), one of which may be an Instructor Crossover Course (ICC), may attend a Course Director Workshop (CDW). 

What’s Next?

Active-status Instructors designated as Course Directors may direct the Instructor Qualification Program (IQP), Instructor Training Course (ITC), Staff Training Workshop (STW) or Instructor Trainer Workshop (ITW).   Check with your Louisville Dive Center Course Director Trainer. 

Please note: Price does not include registration fees to NAUI (additional $150-$250 depending on the course) or weekend admission to open water sites.