Course overview

Cross into the professional ranks with an SSI Open Water Instructor program in Pondicherry, using the Bay of Bengal's steady visibility and the Aravind Wall as proving grounds for your teaching dives. You build instructor-level competence on the same reefs where you'll one day certify your own students.

What you’ll learn

• Deliver the SSI training system in water and classroom
• Run performance-based skill demonstrations
• Manage student safety and rescue scenarios
• Present academic sessions confidently
• Meet Instructor Training Course evaluation standards

Prerequisites

• 18 years or older
• SSI Divemaster or equivalent leadership rating
• Logged dive experience per SSI standards
• Current first-aid/CPR certification
• Diving experience over at least 6 months

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
   Standards and orientation

   Review SSI training standards and the performance-based teaching philosophy.
2. Day2
   Pool teaching practice

   Demonstrate and evaluate confined-water skill teaching.
3. Day3
   Open-water teaching

   Run student-style training dives on Pondicherry reef sites.
4. Day4
   Evaluations

   Complete academic presentations and teaching-status assessments.

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