The Association of International Diving Schools – shortly called VIT, from its German name Verband Internationaler Tauchschulen – is a worldwide active scuba diving federation. Diving instructors, divecenters and diving clubs are organized within the VIT in order to offer diving courses according to the international accepted CMAS standards.
The VIT was established in 1976 in Germany as a professionally managed and and commercially orientated scuba diving organization. The vision was to give scuba instructors the possibility not only doing training courses in clubs or on holidays, but to live on it.
The training system of the VIT is based on decades of experience and development. Training of practical skills as well as of theoretical knowledge and safety aspects is done step by step and in a profound way. Quality, safety and fun are the top priorities of every training.
The VIT is a member of RSTC Europe – an international umbrella association for recreational scuba diving. This ensures the international recognition of VIT diver and instructor training among all other RSTC members. Furthermore, VIT diving instructors are permitted by license agreements to train and certify CMAS courses, because the VIT training standards are conform with that ones of CMAS.
The VIT is involved in several committees in order to push ahead and develope recreational scuba diving. The focus is on the protection of the environment, safety and the therefor necessary profound (continuing) education of divers and diving instructors.
The VIT offers a profound and competent training for divers and provides tools to its instructors that enable them to train divers safely, but also to work commercially and future-orientated.
