THE SSI INSTRUCTOR TRAINING COURSE PROVIDES CANDIDATES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING NECESSARY TO ORGANIZE AND CONDUCT ENTRY-LEVEL SCUBA TRAINING COURSES. IT IS ALSO INTENDED TO PREPARE CANDIDATES TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AN INSTRUCTOR EVALUATION.

CANDIDATE PREREQUISITES:

• MINIMUM AGE: 18 YEARS OLD.

• HAVE LOGGED AT LEAST 75 OPEN WATER DIVES TOTALING 50 HOURS OR MORE.

HAVE THE FOLLOWING SSI CERTIFICATIONS OR EQUIVALENT FROM A RECOGNIZED TRAINING AGENCY:

• ENRICHED AIR NITROX 40

HAVE THE FOLLOWING ACTIVE STATUS SSI CERTIFICATIONS OR AN EQUIVALENT FROM A RECOGNIZED TRAINING AGENCY:

• DIVEMASTER

DURATION

• RECOMMENDED HOURS FOR COMPLETION: 72-85.

• THE NUMBER OF CLASSES, HOURS AND SESSIONS PER DAY ARE SET BY THE INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTOR, BASED ON THE CANDIDATE’S NEEDS, ABILITY, AND LOCAL WATER CONDITIONS.

• UPON COMPLETION OF THE INSTRUCTOR TRAINING COURSE, CANDIDATES MAY PARTICIPATE IN AN INSTRUCTOR EVALUATION.

• THE INSTRUCTOR EVALUATION MUST BE CONDUCTED WITHIN SIX (6) MONTHS OF THE COMPLETION OF THE INSTRUCTOR TRAINING COURSE.

REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION:

• LOG AT LEAST 100 OPEN WATER DIVES TOTALING 65 HOURS OR MORE.

• READ AND COMPLETE ALL SECTIONS, INCLUDING REVIEWS AND ASSESSMENTS, FROM THE INSTRUCTOR TRAINING COURSE DIGITAL LEARNING.

• COMPLETE ALL ACADEMIC SESSIONS AS OUTLINED IN THE INSTRUCTOR MANUAL FOR THE INSTRUCTOR TRAINING COURSE.

• COMPLETE THE CANDIDATE WATER FITNESS EVALUATION AS OUTLINED IN THE SSI TRAINING STANDARDS IF IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN SIX MONTHS SINCE THE CANDIDATE HAS BEEN EVALUATED.

• PASS ALL REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATIONS AS OUTLINED IN THE INSTRUCTOR MANUAL FOR THE INSTRUCTOR TRAINING COURSE.

CERTIFICATION:

• UPON COMPLETION OF THE INSTRUCTOR TRAINING COURSE, CANDIDATES MAY PARTICIPATE IN AN INSTRUCTOR EVALUATION. THE INSTRUCTOR EVALUATION MUST BE CONDUCTED WITHIN SIX (6) MONTHS OF THE COMPLETION OF THE INSTRUCTOR TRAINING COURSE.