ESA is a didactic agency and it's principal objective is to form the scuba divers from the initial level up to the attainment of the professional levels as Diveleader and Instructor. To do this the ESA is established to jointly apply the most evolved operational standards to an elevated safety degree and to promote the underwater activity in it's various forms.

The formative runs of the ESA foresee the information integration divulged by the instructor with the materials of support that accompany the various levels of brevet.

Initial practical formation happens with the development of the underwater abilities in swimming pool or delimited basin, subsequently you apply and you improve in free waters.

For every ESA program will be anticipated a learning verification from the instructor that will have to preserve a test of the happened evaluation. 

The scuba divers can receive from the ESA the initial formation, to progress toward higher levels of certification, to specialize themselves in different areas tied to the underwater activity as the sea biology, photo, underwater archaeology, etc.

Reached adjust her credential, the scuba divers can participate in the programs for the Professional formation type within the underwater activity.

The ESA establishes elevated standards for the formation of it's own affiliate: they are underwater Professionals helding a ESA Diveleader certification or higher degree.

The ESAs Instructor are formed from the ESAs IC Director, prepared and qualified people, adequately to transmit the techniques of teaching to the future students.

The formation of the instructor is complete and foresees the acquisition of information on the diving's theory, on the ESA procedures, notions of psychology and marketing, the development of the abilities of management of the single scuba divers or in group, of management of the problems, of safeguard of the environment and other. 

The validations of the ESAs certificate are issued from the central center and from the ESA offices officially authorized.

The department ESA that deals it with the formation informs the affiliate ESAs on the variations of the existing procedures and on the introduction of new procedures.

You can also join the ESA qualified structures that operate in the field of the recreational underwater activity.

Diving centers, underwater club and divers are able, in fact, to acquire the qualification of ESA Point. The denominated structures ESA IC Point can promote, to organize and to conduct the courses of formation for the ESAs Instructor.  

The ESA intends to also characterize him through a particular facing appointment the popularization of the knowledges on the environment, to improve the quality of the dives and to create in the divers a greater awareness toward the submerged space. The professionals ESAs, in fact, effect their formative run also receiving a solid preparation on the knowledges related to the environment. the whole formative activity of the ESA is firmly connected to objective of safeguard of the aquatic environments.