Open Water Instructor

The Perfect Buoyancy SSI program teaches you the skills and techniques you need to optimize your dives, increase your comfort underwater and optimize the use of your equipment. Upon completion of this program, you will be awarded the Perfect Buoyancy SSI Specialty certification. Prerequisites: minimum age 10, minimum open water diver and completion of the medical questionnaire. Course. The course is divided into 2 parts: - a theoretical part with reading of the manual and review of knowledge - 2 sea dives.

The SSI Enriched Air Nitrox program teaches you how to plan dives and safely dive with enriched air mixtures up to 40% oxygen. Compared with air, diving with Nitrox increases no-decompression limits, increases safety and reduces surface interval times. On completion of this program, you will be awarded the Enriched Air Nitrox 32% or 40% SSI Specialty certification. Prerequisites: minimum age 10 years, minimum open water diver Course content: Theory with reading of the online manual and review of knowledge.

The Assistant Instructor rating is the next step after becoming a Divemaster along the scuba instructor pathway. It allows you to collect valuable teaching experience, practice briefings, teach academics, and conduct in-water training. If you want to further your career as a dive professional, you can finish the Instructor Training Course, pass the Instructor Evaluation, and become an Open Water Diving Instructor.

This is the first step towards an exciting career as an SSI Dive Professional without having to complete a full Instructor program. Dive Guides can work for SSI Dive Centers, guiding dives in a variety of environments and conditions. On completion of this program, you will be awarded SSI Dive Guide certification. Prerequisites: 18 years of age, active dive guide status, science of diving, 60 logged dives.

Becoming an SSI Specialty Instructor is easy. Continue your diver training as an instructor by enrolling in a Specialty Instructor Seminar for each diving specialty you wish to teach. You can also co-teach the specialty you're interested in with an experienced Specialty Instructor, or request verification of your experience and send it directly to SSI. Teach more specialties to automatically qualify as an Advanced Open Water Instructor.

If you're not sure about your next course, this is the ideal way to improve your diving skills and experience, and to try out Specialty programs that interest you. At the end of this program, you'll be awarded the Advanced Open Water Diver SSI certification. Prerequisites: Open Water Diver (or equivalent level), minimum age 12 years. The course is divided into 2 parts: - a theoretical part, with reading of your online manual and review of your knowledge - an open water part, with 5 dives where we will apply a number of exercises to deepen your skills.

This world-renowned certification program is the best way to start your adventures of a lifetime as a certified diver. Customized training is combined with in-water practice sessions to give you the skills and experience you need to be truly comfortable underwater. You'll earn your Open Water Diver SSI certification.

With e-learning, confined water and open water dives, the SSI Scuba Diver program is the perfect foundation for becoming a safe and confident diver. You'll learn everything you need to dive in the open water to a depth of 12 meters with an SSI Professional. In this program, you'll complete almost half of the Open Water Diver course and easily upgrade your certification. All you need to do is complete the remaining theory and confined water sessions, plus two open water training dives.

The Diver Stress and Rescue SSI specialty program teaches you the skills you need to protect yourself and other divers. You'll learn to identify stress, prevent accidents and receive practical techniques for performing rescues and providing emergency care. Through a combination of practical pool and open water sessions, you'll become well prepared and confident in handling emergency and rescue situations. At the end of the course, you'll receive Diver Stress and Rescue SSI specialty certification.

React Right is the SSI Emergency First Response course, providing you with the training and knowledge you need to act as a first responder in a medical emergency. In this flexible program, you can choose the topics you want to cover, including initial assessment, first aid, CPR and key stabilization techniques. You can also learn how to administer oxygen in a diving emergency and the basics of the Automated External Defibrillator (AED). Through theoretical sessions and practical scenarios, this program will give you the confidence you need to intervene in an emergency. Once certified, you'll be able to act as a first responder, providing first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, administering oxygen and providing AED assistance in medical emergencies. Get your React Right SSI specialty certification. Get started today!