Professional
Open Water Instructor
SSI Instructor · Certify new divers · Build your career
Share your passion — certify new divers
The SSI Open Water Instructor certification allows you to teach and certify recreational divers from complete beginner through to the Open Water Diver level and beyond. It is the core teaching qualification in the SSI professional system.
The Instructor Development Course (IDC) is an intensive program that prepares you to deliver safe, effective and inspiring diving education. You will learn how to plan and conduct academic sessions, confined-water training and open-water dives as an SSI instructor.
After completing the IDC you will sit the SSI Instructor Examination (IE), conducted by an SSI Training Director.
What will you learn?
- SSI standards, policies and the MySSI digital training system
- Planning and delivering SSI academic sessions
- Conducting confined-water (pool) training sessions
- Leading and evaluating open-water training dives
- Student assessment and certification procedures
- Teaching diving theory: physics, physiology and decompression
- Risk management and emergency protocols for instructors
What's included?
Included
- SSI IDC digital training materials
- All pool and open-water training sessions
- Full equipment use during training
- Instructor Examination (IE) preparation
- SSI Open Water Instructor digital certification (upon IE pass)
- SSI membership registration
Not included
- Personal dive equipment
- Accommodation and meals
- National Park entry fees
- IE fee (if separate)