Become a Scuba Instructor, Add Specialties or Crossover to TDI/SDI

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Become a Scuba Instructor, Add Specialties or Crossover to TDI/SDI

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If you want to become a scuba instructor, add specialties to your teaching resume, or crossover to SDI. TDI, ERDI, PFI and/or FRTI we can make that happen for you.

Crossover course

Crossover courses are administrative and do not require you to travel. Simply sign up, complete the eLearning, and submit the required paperwork. Once everything is ready to be submitted, we will meet (Zoom meetings are acceptable). During our meeting, we will familiarize you with the SDI family of agencies, standards, procedures, and the basics of using the TDI/SDI website.

Specialty Instructor Courses

We can help you become a specialty instructor either during your Instructor Development Course or once you’ve become an instructor.

Become a Scuba Instructor

To become an Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor (OWSDI), you’ll need to complete the instructor development course and an instructor evaluation. The prices listed are for classes conducted locally. We are willing to travel to conduct IDCs and IEs, but charge travel and per diem. Please call us for details.

Course prerequisites:

  • 18 years old
  • 6 months as a certified diver
  • Proof of 100 logged dives
  • Certified as a Divemaster,  Assistant Instructor, or equivalent
  • Current CPR, first aid, and oxygen provider certifications or obtain those during the course

What you can expect to learn:

Expect to learn a lot about how to teach. Specific techniques, tips, tricks and procedures to help you become an excellent instructor from day one of your teaching career.

  • Methods of instruction (Classroom and in-water)
    • Teaching theory, methods, and oral communications
    • Lesson preparation
    • Use of training aids
    • Use of the home study program/eLearning
  • Instructor ethics
  • Physics and physiology of diving
  • Instructor ethics
  • Products and procedures
    • How to place an order
    • Registration procedures
  • Liability,  insurance, risk management, waivers and releases
  • Accident reporting
  • Successfully selling scuba
    • Budgeting
    • Recruiting
    • Organizing and scheduling courses
    • Retail sales

required skills:

  • Present a minimum of
    • Two classroom presentations
    • Two lessons in confined water
    • Two skills in open water
  • Show preparation, planning, and control in
    • Dive management
    • Diving activities
  • Perform, to demonstration quality, one complete rescue scenario
  • Perform a 10-minute survival-float, without the use of swimming aids
  • Complete a 400-meter swim on the surface, non-stop, any stroke, without the use of swimming aids
  • Complete an 800-meter swim with mask, snorkel, and fins non-stop without the use of arms in less than 17 minutes
  • Bring a diver, simulating unconsciousness, up from a depth not greater than 6 meters / 20 feet; at the surface swim them 100 meters in less than 4 minutes
  • Candidates must perform, to demonstration quality, all skills listed in the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Course
  • Pool/confined water and open water problem solving

During the Instructor Evaluation, you will:

  • Present a minimum of
    • One classroom presentation, minimum time 15 minutes in duration
    • One full lesson in confined water
    • One full lesson in open water

What’s in it for you?

Upon successful completion of this course, graduates may:

  • Teach the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver, Advanced Adventure Diver Specialty, Computer Diver, Rescue Diver,  and Divemaster courses

minimum requirements:

  • Complete the written examination
  • Complete the IDC and the IEC
  • Demonstrate mature and sound judgment

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