Course overview

Step up from guiding to teaching with the SSI Instructor Training programme on Fujairah's east coast, the closest open-water dive base to Dubai. Working from the calm, shore-accessible reefs around Dibba Rock and Snoopy Island, candidates rehearse academic, pool and open-water teaching presentations in forgiving conditions before the independent SSI Instructor Evaluation. You emerge certified to teach SSI programmes and issue digital certifications worldwide.

What you’ll learn

• Present SSI academic, pool and open-water teaching sessions
• Apply the SSI Total Diving System and training standards
• Demonstrate and evaluate student diving skills to professional standard
• Plan and manage risk across confined- and open-water training
• Use the SSI digital platform to track and certify students
• Prepare for the independent SSI Instructor Evaluation

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 18
• SSI Dive Guide or equivalent leadership rating from a recognised agency
• Certified diver for at least 6 months
• Logged dive experience meeting SSI professional requirements (typically 75+ dives)
• Valid first-aid and CPR certification
• Diver medical clearance signed by a physician

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Teaching foundations

   Orientation to the SSI Total Diving System and your first academic teaching presentations.
2. Day2
   Pool teaching workshops

   Demonstrate and teach core skills in the calm shallows off Snoopy Island and the sheltered bays.
3. Day3
   Open-water teaching

   Deliver open-water teaching circuits at Dibba Rock under trainer evaluation.
4. Day4
   Standards & risk management

   Work through SSI standards, risk management and the business of running courses.
5. Day5
   Theory & rescue assessment

   Sit dive-theory exams and complete the rescue assessment to instructor standard.
6. Day6
   Evaluation preparation

   Mock evaluations, presentation polishing and a full briefing for the SSI Instructor Evaluation.

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