Professional Dive Instructor

NZQA Qualification:	Certificate in Professional Dive Instruction
SSI Ratings:	SSI Open Water Instructor , SSI Specialty Instructor x 6, SSI Diver Stress and Rescue Instructor
Prerequisites:	SSI Dive Control Specialist (or equivalent), you must be at least 18 years of age, and have a current Fitness to Dive Medical issued by a physician
Course Duration:	20 weeks Full-Time or 34 weeks Part-Time
Next Intake:	You may start anytime
Locations:	Contact HQ for details

Is This Programme For You?

• Do you want the knowledge and skills to instruct Open Water and Speciality Dive courses?
• Do you want specialist skills and knowledge to plan dive activities?
• Do you want the skills to maintain client safety?
• Do you want international recognition of your new skills and knowledge through SSI certifications?
• Do you want to be qualified to teach scuba diving and 7 SSI specialties anywhere in the world?
• Do you want to gain a wealth of high-level dive and leadership skills to enhance your future career prospects?
• Do you want to obtain the ultimate qualification for employment as a full-time or part-time dive instructor in New Zealand and overseas?
• When you complete this course, do you want to be able to:
  • Enter employment to teach diving as a qualified Professional Dive Instructor, here in New Zealand or at exotic locations around the world?
  • Continue to higher education in adventure tourism, marine studies, marine construction, or sport and recreation?
• Do you want to develop customer service and selling skills so you can operate a successful dive business?

If so, the Professional Dive Instructor Programme is for you.

5 Quick Facts about the Professional Dive Instructor Programme:

1. The programme includes 25 logged Dives
2. This course is NZQA approved as a Quality Assured Level 6 Qualification
3. The duration of the course is either 24 Weeks Full-Time or 34 Weeks Part-Time
• Part-time = max of 20 hours contact time per week, plus home study time
• Full-time = minimum of 3 days per week, minimum of 20 hours contact time per week, plus home study time
4. If you choose the Part-Time option you are not eligible to apply for Student Allowances through StudyLink
5. If you choose the Full-Time option you are eligible to apply for Student Allowances through StudyLink

What You Will Learn:

• Instruct clients on specialist dive courses
• Instruct recreational divers in open water
• Instruct clients on rescue diving
• Instruct recreational divers in underwater navigation
• Instruct clients in computer aided diving
• Instruct clients in night dives
• Instruct clients in search and recovery diving
• Instruct clients in wreck diving
• Instruct clients on deep diving
• Instruct clients on marine species identification
• Instruct clients about diving off boats
• Instruct clients in diving off the shore
• Answer customer enquiries on the telephone in a wide range of contexts
• Answer customer enquiries by mail, facsimile, email in a wide range of contexts
• Instruct clients in snorkel diving
  

Awards and Qualifications:

• Adventure Education Certificate in Recreational Dive Instruction
• SSI Open Water Instructor
• SSI Specialty Instructor x 6
• SSI Diver Stress and Rescue Instructor

Training Facilities in New Zealand That Offer This Course:

Contact HQ for details