Achieve the Highest SSI Instructor Level

Becoming an Instructor Trainer is the ultimate accomplishment. Meet other dive instructors worldwide at the Instructor Trainer Seminar (ITS) and broaden your international network.

During training, you’ll have the opportunity to enhance your personal development, undergo specialized sales training, refine your teaching abilities, master new skills, cultivate leadership qualities within your industry, and simultaneously advance your career prospects.

SSI Instructor Trainers are qualified to teach the entire range of scuba courses, conduct the Instructor Training Course (ITC), and also Instructor Crossovers. Instructor Trainers can also teach Specialty Instructor Seminars for all Specialties they are qualified for and conduct the Assistant Instructor Trainer program to shape the next generation of Instructor Trainers.

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Qualify for higher ratings and extend your skills

Take the last step to reach the peak - become an Instructor Trainer! But remember, learning never stops! Continue your career by qualifying further in more Specialty Instructor ratings so you can provide your trained instructors with more income options or even go further and beyond into other training categories like Extended Range and/or Freediving.

Additional qualifications will provide you with more diversity and flexibility, whilst opening up new income options.

Facts and Training Standards

Amount of Academic Sessions

 

12

Amount of Pool/Confined Water Sessions

 

6

Amount of Open Water Sessions

 

2

Maximum Training Depth

 

40 m / 130 ft

Suggested duration (h)

 

70-80

Certification Prerequisites

 

Master Instructor (or equivalent), Assisted in 1 Instructor Training Course and 1 Professional Crossover

SSI Standards

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