What you will learn
If you like people, have a passion for scuba diving and want an extraordinary life - become a Instructor. Teaching scuba diving allows you to share your love of the aquatic world with others while doing what you enjoy - being in, around and under water.
Open Water Scuba Instructors and Assistant Instructors are the most sought-after dive professionals around the world because they've completed the program that sets the standard for training dive professionals. You earn a Instructor rating through hard work and commitment, but you're rewarded with a job that lets you share incredible underwater adventures with others - transforming their lives for the better and enriching yours.
The Instructor Development Course is made up of two parts - the Assistant Instructor course and the Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program. Most dive professionals complete the entire course and go on to attend an Instructor Examination (IE), which is the final step to earn a Instructor certification.
Dive professionals who hold an instructor rating with another diver training organization may be eligible to enroll directly in the OWSI program. This recognizes prior instructor training and provides a path to become a Instructor.
A Divemaster who has been a certified diver for six months may enroll in the Instructor Development Course.
Requirements
• At least 60 logged dives and 100 dives to attend an IE.
• Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) training within the past 24 months.
• A medical statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months
• You also need to be an Emergency First Response Instructor, but you can earn this rating during your instructor training.
Academic
In a minimum of five days, but usually seven, this level teaches you to teach all the fundamental courses. You will be able to organize and present information, give knowledge development sessions and control open water dives. Basically, you’ll become a better public speaker and you’ll be really fine demonstrating skills while observing the safety of dive students.
Key topics include:
• Standards and Procedures for courses you can teach with in water workshops
• Learning, Instruction and Diving Agency System
• Risk Management and Diver Safety
• The Business of Diving and your role as an instructor
• Marketing Diving and Sales Counseling
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After your course
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