Technical Wreck Diving Instructor
Dreaming of decompression wreck penetration dives? Want to share your technical diving passion with dive students? Become a Technical Wreck Diving Instructor! If you want to explore the inner history of the world’s best wrecks and teach others about wreck diving, this is the best way to do it!
Start your SSI Technical Wreck Diving Instructor certification now!
What Will You Learn?
Share the exhilaration of technical wreck diving! This is the best wreck dive course for scuba diving instructors with a passion for wrecks. Discover unlimited decompression wreck penetration to 60 meters and learn how to teach the SSI Technical Wreck Diving course worldwide.
Immerse in the excitement of technical wreck diving! There’s a world of students waiting for you!
The SSI Technical Wreck Diving Instructor Course consists of three main phases:
- Four Academic Sessions (Independent study or in a classroom)
- One Pool / Confined Water Session
- Two Open Water Dives- Where its time to use the knowledge and skills you acquired, in the open ocean to complete the SSI Technical Wreck Diving Instructor Course.
Maximum Training Depth : 80 meters / 265 feet
What Will You Do?
Attend a three-day seminar and successfully complete:
- A review of all SSI General Training Standards, and the standards related to the XR programs the candidate is earning a certification for.
- A review of the program-specific student and instructor materials.
- The applicable final exams.
- An academic presentation on a topic applicable to the program and training level.
- A dive planning session for orientation to the XR Dive Planning Sheets.
- An equipment configuration session for the appropriate Total Diving System.
- The XR Candidate Water Fitness Evaluation as outlined in the SSI Training Standards if it has been more than six months since the candidate has been evaluated.
- A dry land skills session that includes the presentation and evaluation of all required program skills. All skills must be done with demonstration quality.
- A pool/confined water session that includes the presentation and evaluation of all required program skills. All skills must be done with demonstration quality.
- An in-water teaching presentation on a topic applicable to the program and training level.
- While acting as an instructor, plan and conduct at least two (2) technical wreck penetration dives from the Technical Wreck Diving program.
- Demonstrate the ability to rescue an unconscious diver by traveling horizontally for 50 meters, then bringing the diver to the surface from a depth of between 5 and 10 meters.
Notes
- During the planned dives, the candidate will supervise an assistant or another candidate acting as the student.
Course Schedule
Recommended hours for completion: 20. The number of classes, hours and sessions per day are set by the individual instructor, based on student needs, student ability and water conditions.
Course Price
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Student Learning Materials Price
INR 5,850
Course Prerequisites
- Own and use a Total Diving System in the appropriate equipment configuration as outlined in the SSI General Training Standards.
- Complete the XR Instructor Assessment Form and provide proof of the required teaching and diving experience.
- Have logged at least 50 technical wreck penetration dives.
Have the following SSI certifications or an equivalent from a recognized training agency:
- Technical Wreck Diving
Have the following active status SSI certifications or an equivalent from a recognized training agency:
- Extended Range Wreck Diving Instructor
- Technical Extended Range Instructor
Have issued at least:
- 10 Extended Range Wreck certifications
Have at least the applicable certification to teach this program in an alternate equipment configuration (in addition to the above):
- Extended Range Sidemount Instructor
- CCR Extended Range Instructor
- SCR Extended Range Instructor
Equipment Requirements
*Equipment will be provided by your Dive Centre. We recommend that you should get your own gear once you become a certified diver.
Students participating in this program must use at least one of the following equipment configurations:
- A complete Single-Cylinder Total Diving System as outlined in the XR General Training Standards.
- A complete Twinset Total Diving System.
- A complete Sidemount Total Diving System.
- A complete CCR Total Diving System.
- A complete SCR Total Diving System.
And
- Primary and back-up lights.
- One (1) reel or spool with a minimum of 45 meters of line.
- One (1) primary line reel per dive team (team reels may be provided by the instructor).
- A minimum of two (2) line arrows or referencing exit markers (REM).