Open Water Instructor (Instructor Training Course ITC)

The Instructor Training Course (ITC) is the training to become an SSI Instructor. It builds on your experience as a Divemaster or equivalent professional and teaches the technical, didactic and organizational basics for training diving students. In the ITC you will learn how training is planned, carried out and documented in a comprehensible manner. The aim is for you to convey content in a structured manner, lead training safely and make and communicate clear decisions as an instructor. Our ITCs include intensive online preparation. Content, theory work and didactic principles are worked on in advance so that the time together on site can be used consistently for practice, application, feedback and consolidation. Training in the water takes place in neutral buoyancy. Skills, demonstrations and training situations are carried out in the same way as they will later be useful in everyday training. Buoyancy, position in the water and movement are part of the assessment and feedback. Dates are not fixed, but can be adapted within the course structure. This makes it easier to combine ITCs with existing working hours, seasonal operations or travel plans. The Instructor Training Course can be completed in combination with the Assistant Instructor Course or separately. Both paths are possible and are jointly agreed depending on previous experience, time frame and personal planning. The ITC is aimed at Divemasters or equivalent diving professionals who wish to start training. Applicants with previous qualifications from other organizations are also considered individually in order to enable a sensible and technically sound entry into the SSI system.