Once you become an Instructor and reinforce your diving credentials, Pro Dive Central Coast has two Full-time Instructor Trainers on staff available to assist you with a comprehensive selection of instructor-level continuing education programs.
You will also have access to career counselling, along with worldwide job placement services, via Pro Dive International and the SSI network.
Designed specifically for people who are short on time and have the prerequisite certifications and number of dives, to qualify for professional-level training.
You will complete the following courses;
Adventure diver
Stress and Rescue diver
Science of Diving
Dive Guide
Assistant Instructor
Instructor training course
Candidate Prerequisites
Must be 18 years old to work as an active status, Dive Guide.
Must have logged at least seventy open water dives or more.
Have completed the following specialty programs or provide proof of experience by showing, a minimum of five logged experience dives, in each of the following areas: Navigation, Night/Limited Visibility, Enriched Air and Deep Diving.
Be certified as Enriched Air/ Nitrox diver
Proof of CPR training within two years
Proof of First Aid training within two years
Proof of Oxygen Provider training within one year
Will have completed 100 logged dives, by completion of this program, to certify as an Open Water Dive Instructor
Candidate Water Fitness Evaluation to continue onto professional level training
The purpose of this evaluation is to ensure that PRO DIVE Professional candidates have an adequate level of fitness and comfort in the water, prior to conducting any SSI training.
Tread water for 15 minutes, without using any aids or floatation of any kind.
Using a mask, fins and a snorkel- Swim 700 metres without stopping, within 20 minutes
Swim 375 metres without stopping and without the use of a mask, fins, snorkel or other swim aids
Swim underwater for 25 metres using a mask, fins and snorkel.
Perform a full, unconscious-diver-on-the-surface rescue, a total distance of 100 metres, within eight minutes. (Both parties must use a Total Diving System).
Specialty dive and First Aid bundle courses, are available for candidates, to fulfil requirements at special bundled prices.
Required dives are the candidate's responsibility and must be completed, prior to the commencement of professional-level training.
Exclusions:
Dive Guide Registration
Dive Master registration
Dive Control Specialist registration
Instructor fees
Instructor Examination
Insurance
Personal Total Dive System
All First Aid certificates must be valid through to the time of Instructor's course conclusion.
