SSI Instructor Crossover
3, 4 August 2010 - Bucharest
SSI Crossover - gain more skills and increase your employability
SSI (Scuba Schools International) is one of the oldest dive organizations in the world and still growing each day. The SSI Instructor Crossover program is designed to orient Instructors who were trained by other certification agencies to the teaching and business philosophy of SSI. At the end you will be allowed to teach and certify divers through SSI. Since you already have done your instructor training with another agency, you already know how to teach divers. Therefore our main goal during the course will be to make you knowledgeable and comfortable with SSI Programs, products and services, so that you may confidently teach SSI courses.
But doing you SSI Crossover means more: Our aim is to make sure that by the end of the course you will feel comfortable to teach SSI courses. Meanwhile, we reserve a lot of time for open discussions and questions to be asked, since every instructor has his own style and every training agency has his own philosophy.
The course takes two days. On the first day you will learn about the SSI system, the Training Standards, teaching philosophy and SSI's Online Divers Network. We also go over the several courses within the SSI system and look at their materials and Course Standards. On the second day we do a confined session where we practice some SSI skills. We go over the Specialty programs, the Quality Assurance process and there is a final exam.
SSI Leadership levels
These are the main leadership levels within the SSI system:
- Dive Master: can work as a dive guide
- Dive Control Specialist: Divemaster & Assistant Instructor in one
- Open Water Instructor: Can teach all levels up to Open Water Diver, the Advanced Adventurer course
- Stress and Rescue Instructor: Can also teach Stress & Rescue Specialty
- Specialty Instructor: Can also teach one or more Specialties
- Advanced Open Water Instructor: Instructor with at least 4 specialty ratings
- Dive Control Specialist Instructor: Can also teach Dive Control Specialists (comparable to PADI Staff Instructor)
- Master Instructor: Instructor with extensive diving and teaching experience
- Instructor Trainer: Can conduct SSI Instructor Training Courses
Before the crossover program starts, we will sit down and look at your current experience and decide on which level we will be able to cross you over for SSI. Remember we need written proof of your experience and rating, like a list of your professional credentials and course breakdowns. Any specialties that you already hold with another organization will be automatically crossed over as well.
Prerequisites & administration
- Be an active Open Water Instructor or higher with another scuba training organization and have had no ethics action taken or currently pending with any other scuba training organization.
- Have a current medical exam for diving, signed by a licensed medical practitioner. The clearance must be current within the last 12 months.
- Submit proof of CPR & First Aid training within the last 24 months.
What's included in the price?
Course materials and SSI application fees are all included in the price. So there are no extra costs to start teaching SSI courses. Also, you can apply directly for any specialties that you currently hold with another diving organization or in areas in which you can prove you have significant experience. These specialties are also included in the price.
Accommodation and use of dive equipment is not included in the price.
Any other questions you may have regarding the crossover, feel free to contact Mr. Robert Angelescu - Mobile: +4 0723 01 64 67