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INSTRUCTOR COURSES:
SDI instructor Course
The SDI Instructor Training Course (IDC) is designed to help you develop the knowledge you need to act confidently as an independent instructor.
Thanks to the Instructor Course you will be able to become an SDI instructor (Scuba Diving International, a member agency of the RSTC) and be a member of the most innovative international teaching agency. The Agency was founded by Technical Diving International (TDI), which is the most important and reference organization for technical diving in the world.
THIS PROGRAM IS DIVIDED INTO TWO (2) SECTIONS:
- an Instructor Development Course (IDC = InstructorDevelopment Course)
- an Instructor Evaluation Course (IEC = InstructorEvaluation Course)
Upon obtaining the certification, the instructor will be able to conduct all course levels from Open Water Scuba Diver to Assistant Instructor.
COURSE ACCESS PREREQUISITES
Students must:
- Be at least eighteen (18) years old.
- Present a medical certificate for diving.
- Have a minimum of one hundred (100) logged dives, in various environments and depths.
- Be certified as SDI Divemaster or Assistant Instructor or equivalent.
- Have a CPR qualification. First aid and oxygen administration achieved or renewed no more than 2 years ago.
MATERIAL USED
Material used by candidates during the course:
- SDI Standards and Procedures Manual
- Instructor’s Guide for the Open Water Course.
- Powerpoint slides for the Open Water Diver course
- Powerpoint slides for the Advanced Adventures course
- Powerpoint slides for the Rescue Diver course
- Open Water Diver Student Manual*
- Advanced Student Handbook*
- Rescue Diver Student Manual*
- SDI slates for teaching in confined waters and open waters of the Open course*
- SDI board for evaluating techniques*11. SDI slates for teaching the Rescue Diver course*
IEC EXAM
During the exam candidates are required to:
Teaching and obtaining a passing score:
A. One (1) theoretical presentation in class.
B. One (1) complete lesson in Confined Waters.
C. One (1) complete lesson in Open Water.
Subsequently pass the written exam for SDI Instructors.
The Instructor Trainer Evaluator will have to verify all the requesting subjects and the techniques demonstrated. To complete this Course, candidates will:
- Satisfactorily complete the SDI Instructor written exam.
- Complete all techniques in the water.
- Demonstrate maturity and judgment in the planning and execution of theoretical lessons.
BEYOND THE INSTRUCTOR COURSE
As an instructor you can improve your work potential by offering specialty courses. SDI offers many specialty courses including:
- Trim
- Altitude
- Boat
- Computer
- Deep
- Scooter
- Drift Diving
- Drysuit
- Equipment specialist
- Ice
- Awareness of the marine environment
- Night and limited visibility
- Underwater researcher
- Search and recovery
- Shore/beach diving
- Underwater navigation
- Underwater photography
- Underwater videos
- Wreck diving
- Full-face masks
- Diving only
TDI INSTRUCTOR COURSE
- Nitrox
- Advanced Nitrox
- Decompression Procedures
- Advanced Wreck
- Extended Range
- Trimix
- Advanced Trimix
- Gas Blender
- Advanced Gas Blender
- Oxygen Service Technician
- Caverns
- Intro To Cave
- Full Cave
- CCR Rebreather Air Diluent
- CCR Rebreather Air Diluent Decompression
- CCR Mixed Gas
- CCR Advanced Mixed Gas
IDC COURSES are constantly being planned both in Sharm El Sheikh at GOAT DIVING and in Italy at DIVE LIFE, always under the careful supervision of Andrea Bertozzi.
it didn’t end there
After becoming an instructor with us, you will have the opportunity to be followed in your first steps into the world of diving work, alongside real professionals in the sector, by doing a work placement at Goat Diving in Sharm El Sheikh.