Expand Your Diving Expertise – Take an SSI Specialty Instructor Course!
Continuing education is key to creating safe, skilled, and active SSI divers. It’s also essential for your long-term success as an instructor. Expanding your diving expertise through an SSI Specialty Instructor Course benefits both your students and your professional growth.
Why Become an SSI Specialty Instructor?
Earning your Specialty Instructor rating allows you to teach advanced courses, increase employment opportunities, and boost your earning potential. You’ll gain expertise in everything from Deep Diving to Gas Blending—or even become an SSI Sidemount Instructor.
How to Qualify
- Enroll in a Specialty Instructor Seminar for each course you want to teach.
- Start immediately after completing your Open Water Instructor program to maximize opportunities.
- Co-teach with experienced SSI Specialty Instructors through an internship for hands-on experience, boosting your confidence and skills.
Advance to Advanced Open Water Instructor
- To qualify, you must:
- Earn four Specialty Instructor certifications (including Diver Stress & Rescue).
- Issue at least 15 specialty and/or Advanced Adventurer certifications.
Course Overview
What You’ll Learn
Study SSI Training Standards
Complete digital learning materials
Review the instructor manual, PEGs & cue cards
Go through the final exam
Prepare an academic teaching session
Conduct an in-water teaching session with all required skills
Course Cost
- $150 per Specialty
- 5 Specialty Instructor Courses for $499
What’s Included?
- Online eLearning, academic sessions & in-water training
- Dive cylinders & weights during training
- E-Card & SSI professional registration fee
- Light refreshments during your course
- Dive club membership
- Pro discounts on new equipment
- CV preparation & job placement assistance
- Ongoing career support
Prerequisites
- SSI Specialty Instructor
- 18 years or older
- Assistant Instructor (or equivalent from another organization)
- Medically fit to dive
Ecology Specialty Instructor
- 18 years or older
- Divemaster rating (or equivalent from another organization)
Choose from These Exciting Specialties:
- Advanced Wreck Diving
- Boat Diving
- Computer Diving
- Deep Diving
- Enriched Air Nitrox (Levels 1 & 2)
- Full Face Mask Diving
- Independent Diving
- Marine Ecology
- Marine Mammals Ecology
- Marine Invertebrates Ecology
- Manta and Ray Ecology
- Navigation
- Night & Limited Visibility
- Perfect Buoyancy
- Photo and Video
- React Right with Oxygen Provider
- Recreational Sidemount
- Scooter/DPV Diving
- Science of Diving
- Sea Turtle Ecology
- Search & Recovery
- Shark Ecology
- Stress & Rescue
- Wreck Diving
- Waves, Tides and Currents
Take the next step in your diving career today! Contact us to start your journey as a Specialty Instructor.