Open Water Diver (Weekend program)

This globally recognised certification program is the best way to begin your lifelong adventures as a certified scuba diver. Come along or grab a few of your friends and get underwater swimming around, breathing air underwater, during your Pro-Dive Central Coast Open Water SCUBA diving course. You can look around at the small stingrays swimming by and the tiny fish with whiskers fanning through the sand looking for worms, whilst the Blue Gropers tempt you with their eyes to feed them, as you scuba dive the local bay. Course is conducted on weekends- This globally recognised certification program is the best way to begin your lifelong adventures as a certified scuba diver. Personalized training is combined with in-water practice sessions to ensure you have the skills and experience required to become truly comfortable underwater. You will earn the SSI Open Water Diver certification. Personalised training is combined with in-water practice sessions to ensure you have the skills and experience required to become truly comfortable underwater. You will earn the SSI Open Water Diver certification.

As a Nitrox diver, you can increase your bottom times and safety margins, plus shorten your surface intervals - so you can spend more time diving and less time waiting! In this program, you will learn new skills and increase your diving knowledge whilst learning how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of up to 40% oxygen. Upon completion, you will earn an SSI Enriched Air Nitrox 32% or 40% certification.

If you cannot decide which specialty programs are the best choice for you, join the SSI Advanced Open Water Diver program! With this program, you can try a variety of specialties before committing to full specialty programs. It is a great way to experience what advanced diver training is all about and how valuable it can be to your diving adventures. During the Advanced Open Water Diver Program, you will try out 5 different specialties. You will complete one open water training dive per specialty after a comprehensive briefing with your SSI Instructor. With this trial program in specialty diving, you will have total freedom to explore. You can complete the full specialty programs any time in the future and credit your Advanced Open Water Diver training towards them.

As a ProDive qualified Divemaster-You are now ready and about to embark upon a marvellous journey, to become a Pro-Dive Assistant Instructor. You are about to discover there is quite a difference between the two levels!During your time as a ProDive Divemaster, you were responsible for running dive trips, giving dive briefings at the dive sites and of course, leading dives. Now, you are about to step up to a higher level- There is a strong demand in the recreational scuba industry for passionate individuals who can share their love of the sport and the underwater world with others.SSI Open Water Instructors are the backbone of the dive industry, teaching new divers to safely explore the underwater world, providing introductory courses to those who are considering
a scuba certification, and teaching continuing education programs that create life-long and enthusiastic divers.This program trains you to be a well-prepared, versatile and marketable dive professional, with the ability to provide high quality training to entry-level and experienced divers alike.It is intended to be a fun and challenging learning experience, that will present you with new skills and knowledge that will increase your abilities as a dive professional.You are expected to ask questions and to take an active role in the training process. Your basic dive skills and knowledge will be rehoned and tested as you develop into a capable and professional dive leader.Assistant Instructors are authorised to teach selected portions of the Open Water Diver program and selected dive  Specialties, under the indirect supervision of an SSI Instructor. To become an effective Assistant Instructor, you must accept the role and engage responsibility of being, a dive professional.During the program, you will learn how to become an effective asset to SSI Instructors, whilst assisting in the Open Water Diver program, and conducting Snorkelling, Scuba Skills Updates and Try Scuba pool experiences on your own.All of our training programs, regardless of the level, are based upon our signature training method — the SSI Diver Diamond — Dive Professional Training, is no different. Proper KnowledgeKnowledge replaces fears and fantasies with correct information. During your Assistant Instructor program, you will acquire the specific knowledge to handle student questions and concerns about diving.Proper SkillsYour dive skill levels will be heightened and challenged. You will be required to know how to control new students during training exercises and respond to their needs.You will begin to understand the commitment we must take, to make students comfortable and competent in the underwater world.Proper EquipmentAt this level a Total Diving System will take on a totally different meaning. You will learn about ProDives’ Merchandising Policy and how it plays an important role in customer development — instructor uniforms, training equipment and the dive stores inventory. Proper ExperienceGaining the knowledge, skills and equipment to become a respected Pro-Dive Assistant Instructo is only one part of the journey.  Teaching and demonstrating, is the only way to gain the actual experience. All PRO-Dive Professional programs are designed to be home study. The candidate must be competent to read the manual and answer all of the review questions online.What are you waiting for?Book today and start down the road to a great career in Scuba diving.

Start today - You need to be a Divemaster or equivalent to join SSI´s 3-Step Instructor Training Approach. The training process starts with joining the Assistant Instructor / Instructor Training Course combination accompanied with 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 10 day 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. For those who want to take more time to learn and to gain valuable teaching experience between the training programs the 3 parts can also be taken as single steps - Assistant Instructor, Instructor Training Course (ITC) and Instructor Evaluation (IE) one after the other at own pace and with a flexible schedule.

The Pro-Dive Semi Closed Rebreather Level One Diving program provides divers with the knowledge and training necessary to independently plan and conduct semi-closed rebreather (SCR) dives to a maximum depth of 30 metres, using an SCR Total Diving System and SCR diving procedures with an equally or more qualified dive buddy. Pro-Dive Central Coast Rebreather training programs are the perfect way to increase your knowledge and skills, whilst at the same time learning how to safely use the new semi-closed rebreather equipment. Learning to dive with a Semi Closed Rebreather is easier than you think! Our Level One SC rebreather programs use a globally-recognised Total Teaching System, which includes digital learning materials and proven instructional techniques, this process ensures you have a safe, fun and exciting learning experience. You will learn the theory needed to safely dive with an SCR unit, how to select your SCR Total Diving System plus, how to plan safe and fun dives, that maximise the benefits of an SCR.

Are you looking for underwater experience? Do you have what it takes to lead divers about underwater with confidence and safety? Are you struggling to take holidays to complete a program? The Dive Guide course teaches you the necessary skills and experiences, required to safely lead underwater groups of certified divers. The Dive Guide course is also the first step towards an exciting career as an SSI Dive Professional- without requiring you to complete a Dive Instructor program. Once you have completed the Dive Guide and Science of Diving specialty course, you automatically become qualified, as a Pro-Dive DiveMaster. This program is after hours via ZOOM online training, with in water sessions on weekends- between 3pm and 7:30pm- Professional Dive Guides can work for SSI Dive Centres, guiding divers in a variety of environments and conditions. After completing this program, you will earn the SSI Dive Guide certification  FACTS Minimum Age: 18  Certification Prerequisites: Advanced Open Water Diver,  Diver Stress & Rescue certification,  Forty logged Dives,  Suggested Duration: 35 - 45 hours Certification or equivalent experience:  Navigation, Night & Limited Visibility, Deep Diving, Enriched Air Science of Diving.

The SSI Diver Stress and Rescue specialty program teaches you the skills you need to protect yourself and other divers. You will learn how to identify stress, how to prevent accidents and be taught practical techniques to conduct rescues and provide emergency care. With a combination of pool and open water practice sessions, you will become well prepared and confident at handling emergency and rescue situations. Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Diver Stress and Rescue Specialty certification.