SDI Course Director

SDI Course Director

The SDI Course Director Course is the first module of SDI’s Instructor Trainer (IT) Development Program. This program trains candidates to conduct the SDI Instructor Development Course (IDC) independently. In addition, SDI Course Directors are qualified to conduct the SDI Non-Diving Specialty Instructor Course and specialty ratings for SDI Instructors and Assistant Instructors.

Who this course is for

This course is designed for individuals that wish to teach others “How to Teach” scuba. It also prepares candidates for the second module of the SDI Training program, the complete Instructor Trainer Workshop (ITW)

Course prerequisites:

  • Minimum age 21
  • Provide proof of 200 logged dives
  • Active SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor or equivalent, for a minimum of 2 years with no quality assurance issues for the past 12 months
  • Have issued a minimum of 150 SDI (or equivalent) diver certifications* at various levels (Suggested levels as defined below): 100 open water scuba diver, 25 rescue diver, 20 specialty diver, 5 Divemaster or Assistant Instructor

What you can expect to learn

In addition to topics taken from other SDI Leadership courses at the discretion of the conducting Instructor Trainer, the following topics, in line with information detailed in the current IT manual, are required to be covered and the candidate’s comprehension and ability to convey them are required to be evaluated:

  • How to use the SDI IT Manual
  • Being a professional instructor trainer
  • Instructor evaluation process
  • SDI Instructor training process everview
  • Scheduling options
  • Teaching the SDI Instructor courses
  • How to teach diving physics. How to teach diving physiology
  • Courses an SDI Instructor can teach
  • Teaching the rescue instructor course
  • Teaching the Divemaster and Assistant Instructor courses
  • Teaching specialty instructor courses
  • Conducting instructor in-water sessions
  • How to teach skills in pool/confined water
  • Preparation, planning, presentation
  • Conducting the SDI Instructor crossover program

Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate include:

  • Perform, to demonstration quality, one complete rescue scenario
  • Perform a 10 minute survival-float, without the use of swimming aids. Complete a 400 metre swim on the surface, non-stop, any stroke, without the use of swimming aids, in less than 10 minutes; swim goggles permitted. Complete a 800 metre swim with mask, snorkel, and fins non-stop without the use of arms in less than 17 minutes.
  • Candidates must perform, to demonstration quality, all skills listed in the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Course
  • Candidates must perform, to demonstration quality, all skills listed in the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Course
  • Present, at an instructor trainer quality, a minimum of: two diver level academic presentations, three instructor level academic presentations, two diver level confined water presentations, two diver level open water presentation.
  • Evaluate a minimum of: two diver level academic presentations, three instructor level academic presentations, two instructor level confined water presentations, two instructor level open water presentations

What’s in it for you

Upon successful completion of this course, graduates may:

  • Conduct the IDC SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor Course
  • Conduct the SDI Non-Diving Specialty Instructor Course
  • Certify SDI Instructors
  • Attend an SDI Instructor Trainer Workshop (ITW)

SDI Course Director minimum requirements:

  • Successfully complete the Course Director pre-course study package which includes: Written Standards and Procedures Exam, OWSDI Course, Presentation evaluations
  • Successfully pass the SDI Course Director written exam with a minimum score of 80 percent and a 100 percent remediation by the conducting

How to take this course

Book the course with Instructor Trainer Gennady Misan divecentre BaikalTek. The course can be conducted both individually and in a seminar mode. You can start the Online Course.

The cost of the courses SDI Course Director is 40000 rubles.