Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor

Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor

Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor

Diving center "Baikaltek", Lake Baikal, Irkutsk is a center for the training of recreational and technical instructors TDI, SDI, CMAS, IANTD. We train diving professionals, we train diving instructors, we train technical and cave instructors.

The SDI instructor course is conducted by the Course Director Tatyana Oparina and the Instructor-Trainer Gennady Misan.

The SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor (OWSDI) course is designed to teach current Divemasters or Assistant Instructors as an open water scuba diver instructor. This program is divided into two sections, an instructor development course (IDC) and an instructor evaluation course (IEC).

Who this course is for:

Who this course is for: Individuals that wish to share their love for the underwater world with others

Course prerequisites:

  • Minimum age 18
  • Certified diver for a minimum of 6 months
  • Proof of 100 logged dives completed in a number of different environments with varying depths
  • Be certified as a SDI Divemaster, SDI Assistant Instructor, or equivalent

IDC - instructor development course

The SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more:

  • SDI Standards and Procedures
  • Products and procedures: how to place an order, registration procedures, Yearly renewals
  • Liability and insurance: risk management, waivers and releases, filling out an accident report
  • Methods of instruction: teaching theory, methods and oral communications, lesson preparation, use of training aids, SDI home study program, use of knowledge quest
  • Successfully selling scuba:  budgeting courses, recruiting students, organizing and scheduling a course, retail sales, Instructor ethics

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

  • Present a minimum: two classroom presentations, two lessons in confined water, two lessons in open water
  • Show preparation, planning and control in dive management and diving activities
  • 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.
  • Pool/confined water: Candidates must perform, to demonstration quality, all skills listed in the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Course
  • Open Water: In open water candidates must perform, to demonstration quality, all skills listed in the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Course

IEC - instructor examination course

  • Present a minimum of one classroom presentation, minimum time 15 minutes in duration
  • One full lesson in confined water
  • One full lesson in open water

The evaluating instructor trainer must verify all required subjects were covered and skills were performed.

What’s in it for you

Upon successful completion of this course, graduates may teach the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver, Advanced Adventure Diver, Rescue Diver, Divemaster and Assistant Instructor course

SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor minimum requirements:

  • Satisfactorily complete the SDI Instructor written exam or online equivalent
  • Successfully complete the IDC and the IEC

How to take this course

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

The cost of the courses SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor is 70000 rubles.