SSI Assistant Instructor / Open Water Instructor / Divemaster Instructor / Assistant Instructor Trainer Bundle

Become a Scuba Instructor and Live Your Passion

Start today - You need to be a Divemaster or equivalent to join SSI´s 3-Step Instructor Training Approach. The training process starts with the Assistant Instructor Course where you learn how to teach using the SSI Total Teaching System.  After you have finished this step you can get experience teaching as an Assistant Instructor gaining  valuable experience while assisting under the guidance of an Open Water Instructor or you can immediately begin the Instructor Training Course.  Both the Assistant Instructor Course and the Instructor Training Course combine exceptional in-person training with quality Digital Learning. After successful completion of the Instructor Training Course (ITC) you will enroll in an Instructor Evaluation (IE) to qualify as an SSI Open Water Instructor. This training program entitles you to teach various key SSI programs independently like Scuba Diver, Open Water Diver, Enriched Air Nitrox, Diver Stress & Rescue and Dive Guide. 

Specialty Instructor / Divemaster Instructor

As an Open Water Instructor you can qualify to become a Specialty Instructor and start teaching the SSI specialties. Once you have become a Deep Diving, Night and Limited Visibility, Navigation, Dive Guide and Stress & Rescue instructor and taught 25 courses you will automatically qualify for the Divemaster Instructor rating. After this you can help Divemaster trainees achieve their Divemaster status. With this bundle you will receive the Specialty Instructor Courses to help you achieve this rating.

Assistant Instructor Trainer 

Assistant Instructor Trainers help the Instructor Trainers on the courses, while learning from them and gaining experience.

Being an Assistant Instructor Trainer is a huge responsibility.  You are helping to create the future generation of Assistant Instructors and you are helping to lay the foundation of their career as an Instructor.  This begins with the Assistant Instructor Trainer Seminar.  You can enroll in this seminar as soon as you have met the following prerequisites: Divemaster Instructor, Have issued the following certifications: 30 Scuba Diver and/or Open Water Diver Certifications, 3 Diver Stress & Rescue Certifications, 3 Dive Guide/Divemaster Certifications, 6 Advanced Adventurer and/or additional specialty program Certifications.

This Bundle includes:

Included in the Open Water Instructor Course:

• SSI AI and ITC Digital Materials 
  
• 3 SSI Specialty Instructor Courses: Deep Diving, Night and Limited Visibility and Navigation
• SSI Assistant Instructor Trainer Seminar (5 Day Seminar once all prerequisites have been met)
• SSI Pro Fee for the current year
• Instructor Wetnotes and Slates
• Assistant Instructor Trainer Slates
• Accommodations in the dive professional dorm apartment: 21 days (14 days for the AI/ITC and 3 Specialty Instructor Courses, 2 days for the Instructor Evaluation and 5 days for the Assistant Instructor Trainer Seminar)
• SSI Back Pack
• Tank'd swag
• Instructor Evaluation Fee (for IE's conducted on Utila)

We take the time to thoroughly train you so you can succeed at your Instructor Exam and as a new SSI Open Water Instructor.  

• Assistant Instructor Course - 6 Day Schedule: Full Days
• Instructor Training Course - 5 Day Schedule: Full Days
• 3 SSI Specialty Instructor Courses - 2 day Schedule
• SSI Assistant Instructor Trainer Seminar  - 5 Day Seminar
• Additional training days will incur a $100/day fee.

PREREQUISITES NOT INCLUDED:

• Divemaster Certification
• Logged Dives to qualify for the Assistant Instructor / Instructor Training Course
• Enriched Air Nitrox 40 Certification
• Internship to gain the required amount of certifications to qualify for the Divemaster Instructor Rating or the Assistant Instructor Trainer Seminar