Assistant Instructor Course

If you love working with people, have a passion for diving, and want to live a very special life, become an SSI Instructor or Assistant Instructor. By teaching diving, you get the chance to share your love for the water world with others while doing what you enjoy so much – in and near the water, and underwater. SSI Open Water Scuba Instructors and SSI Assistant Instructors are the most in-demand dive professionals in the world because they have completed a training program that is the standard for the training of dive professionals worldwide.

SSI’s instructor training course, or Instructor Training Course (ITC), consists of two parts – the Assistant Instructor (AI) course and the Open Water Instructor (OWI) program. We can organize the first part of this for you internally at Porto Mari.

You will then work with your mentor, an Assistant Instructor Trainer or Master Instructor, and will assist him/her with courses and introductory dives. Through skill circuits and workshops, we prepare you for work as an instructor and you are well prepared for a full ITC if you eventually want to become an instructor.

As an assistant instructor (AI) you can, in addition to what you can already do as a divemaster,

independently:

Giving introductory dives in sheltered open water;
Provide the SSI Explorer program;
give certain specialty courses.

and under the indirect supervision of an instructor:

give theory lessons of the Open Water course;
teach the confined water dives of the Open Water course.

You can read more about the differences between an AI and a DM here.

What do you need?

At least 18 years old
Certification as a divemaster
Minimum of 60 logged dives
Have completed a React Right or First Aid course (primary and secondary care) within the last 2 years.
Be fit enough to dive and a medical certificate has been signed by a doctor.

Price: USD 899 / ANG 1500

Time: +/- 4 weeks (internship)