IANTD Specialized Programs
Self-Sufficient Diver Specialty (OC, Rebreather)
This Program have been designed to provide qualified divers with “self-supported - self-sufficient” training.
Essentials Diver Specialty (OC, Rebreather)
This mid-level Specialty Continuing Education Diver Program is designed to enable the certified diver to extend proficiency
Open Water Nomad Sidemount Diver Specialty (OC Only)
Familiarize the diver with the techniques, equipment and mindset required for Sidemount diving, enable divers to proficiently
Open Water Sidemount Diver Specialty (OC Only)
Familiarize the diver with the techniques, equipment and mindset required for Sidemount diving, enable divers to
Boat Diver Specialty
These Programs have been designed to provide qualified Boat Divers to be able perform dives starting from a boat.
Full Face M-48 MOD-1 Diver Specialty (OC, Rebreather)
These Programs have been designed to provide qualified divers with specialty training in the necessary procedures, knowledge and skills
Full Face Diver Specialty (OC, Rebreather)
These Programs have been designed to provide qualified divers with specialty training in the necessary procedures, knowledge and skills
Open Water DPV Diver Specialty (OC, Rebreather)
This Program is designed to provide training in the use of Diver Propulsion Vehicles in Open Water.
Wall Diver Specialty (OC, Rebreather)
These Programs have been designed to provide qualified Wall Divers an overall awareness of the Wall dive and to be able perform Wall dives.
A International Association of Nitrox & Technical Divers foi fundada em 1985 para atender às necessidades de muitos mergulhadores. Nessa época o uso de misturas gasosas para o mergulho e gases de descompresão estava limitado, oficialmente, aos militares e aos mergulhadores comerciais.
Em 1985 Dick Rutkowski aposentou-se do cargo de supervisor de mergulho da National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) e, juntamente com outros líderes da comunidade de mergulho, fundou a International Association of Nitrox Divers. O objetivo era apresentar os benefícios do Nitrox para diversos cenários de mergulho e ensinar o seu uso seguro em mergulhos recreativos e descompressivos.
Em 1992 sob a liderença de Tom Mount, a organização cresceu para se tornar a principal agência de treinamento de mergulho técnico do mundo, oferecendo cursos sobre todos os aspectos do mergulho esportivo. O nome foi então mudado para International Association of Nitrox & Technical Divers, IANTD, para melhor refletir a ênfase no mergulho técnico