SSI Training - what ever diver should know

Each of our Dive Leader Training Programs is based on SSI's Diver Diamond methodology, which focuses on the proper knowledge, skills, equipment, and experience required in helping you become a highly qualified instructor.

Proper Knowledge. SSI's Dive Leader Training Programs will help you acquire the knowledge to help new divers become confident and comfortable underwater.

Proper Skills. During SSI's Dive Leader Training, you will learn from an experienced instructor who will teach and mentor you.  Their goal is to make sure you are a comfortable and confident teacher.

Proper Equipment. You will learn the specific equipment requirements for your dive store. This information will help in teaching your students about the importance of owning their own diving equipment, as well as selling them Total Diving Systems.

Proper Experience. Your Instructor Certifier, Neil, has a wealth of experience to share with you that would take years to learn on your own

Become a valuable employee as an SSI Instructor

Most instructor programs focus only on teaching diving. However, most dive businesses require much more of instructors than merely teaching.

The SSI Instructor Training Course (ITC) prepares you to become an active member of the scuba industry, a successful educator and a valuable dive business employee.

Your training includes:

• Techniques for recruiting, teaching and evaluating students
• The SSI Education System and Education Philosophy
• How dive industry stakeholders interact (manufacturers, media, agencies, retail and travel)
• How successful dive retailers and resorts operate
• Effective techniques for teaching in the pool and open water
• Legal aspects of teaching
• The basics of educational sales using SSI's Customer Loyalty Cycle

Why SSI Instructors are More Marketable

• SSI Instructors possess business knowledge that instructors from other agencies don't. The expanded course content of the SSI ITC gives you an edge over "teaching only" programs and makes you a much more valuable, well-rounded employee.
• SSI Instructors represent the best of both worlds. You are trained to use the award-winning SSI Teaching System and you are trained to be a skilled educator.
• SSI Instructors are able to conduct the Universal Referral Program. This program allows you to complete referral dives through six different agencies: IDEA, NASDS, NAUI, PDIC, SSI and the YMCA. This is particularly valuable to resorts that receive customers affiliated with various certification agencies.

What Else Can You Teach?

• Scuba Skills Update
• Resort Diver Program
• Scuba Diver Program
• Open Water Diver  Course
• Advanced Adventurer Program
• Diver Stress & Rescue Course (after completing the Diver Stress & Rescue seminar)
• Scuba Rangers (after completing the Scuba Rangers Instructor training)

SSI Authorized Scuba Schools and the New Instructor.

As a new Instructor, your first few classes can be a little intimidating. When you work for an SSI Authorized Scuba School, you are teaching in an established scuba school with experienced instructors. They can assist with your first few courses and they have a wealth of knowledge to help you progress.

The SSI Instructor Training Course (ITC) is designed to make you a competent and confident diving instructor; able to conduct academic sessions efficiently, supplementing students' knowledge to maximise retention, and optimise time spent in the water, so you can effectively teach and evaluate your students' skills and abilities.

The Instructor Training Process

The steps in the SSI Instructor training Course & Open Water Evaluation processes

1). The ITC is relaxed and fun, but for best results, requires some preparation which you can do by home study - this way you'll be well prepared before the course so you can enjoy yourself during the course.

2). The eight to ten day Instructor Training Course consists of academic sessions, practice presentations, workshops and mini exams, all designed to help you develop your teaching ability in the classroom and water, as well as develop your business knowledge and skills.

We want you, not only to pass your IE, but to be comfortable and confident in your abilities to teach afterwards, that's why we will spend as much time with you as you need during your ITC to make sure you're fully prepared for what's ahead as an SSI Open Water Instructor.

3). To help you become a more well-rounded instructor, we'll spend ample time teaching you how to conduct the Stress & Rescue Programme.

4). Once approved in a performance review, candidates can can move on to the Evaluation. Candidates who are not yet ready to be evaluated may act as an Associate Instructor, practising their teaching under supervision before going on to the Evaluation.

5). During your Instructor Evaluation (IE), you are given a final academic exam and your teaching presentations are graded by an independent Instructor Certifier.

Although SSI is big, you'll be pleased to know that our group sizes are small. There will be a maximum of 6 candidates on your IE, ensuring that your Instructor Certifier will not rush you and will be able to evaluate your abilities thoroughly.

6). The evaluation process ends with a final performance review where successful candidates are awarded the rating Open Water Instructor. If candidates are not ready to be OWI's, they may remain Associate Instructors, and continue to practise teaching until re-evaluation.

7). The orientation is conducted at the SSI Dealership. It is designed to make you familiar with a particular Dealership, its policies, facilities and services, and may include in-depth sales training.

Prerequisites

To be eligible for an Instructor Training Course, you must be an SSI Dive Control Specialist or equivalent from another agency with at least 6 months since your first diving certification, 75 logged dives and and have a current diving medical and training in CPR and first aid (within the last 12 months). If you are a divemaster, that's no problem, we'll simply integrate the Dive Control Specialist Course into the ITC, taking about ten days in total.

To be certified as an SSI Open Water Instructor, you must have logged at least 100 dives.

ITC's can be run on demand. Contact us for more information.

Price

Associate Instructor / Open Water Instructor: 35,000 baht, including Instructor kit and lunch (8 days). Excludes IE fee and SSI membership fee.

Instructor kit contains: Open Water Instructor Manual, ITC Home Preparation Guide, ITC Study Guide, Instructor Dive Log, Instructor Q Cards, OWD Student Training Folder, OWD Exams & Study Guides (multi-lingual), OWD Answer Keys, Stress & Rescue Instructor Manual, Stress & Rescue Instructor Q Cards, Accident Management Slate, Stress & Rescue Student Exam & Study Guides (multi-lingual), Stress & Rescue Answer Keys, Instructor Training Record, Learning & Instruction Methodology, Training & Dealer Standards, Teaching Continuing Education Study Guide.

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