Dive Leader Training

Dive Control Specialist (DCS). Divemaster + Dive Control Specialist equals Assistant Instructor. As a DCS you can teach lecture and pool classes with indirect supervision. By assisting an active SSI Instructor with open water training the DCS can collect valuable training experience which is the best possible preparation for an Instructor Training Course (ITC).

As a certified SSI Dive Control Specialist (DCS) you can:

• Lead and guide certified divers
• Assist SSI Instructors in the classroom, pool and open water
• Teach skills in the classroom and pool under indirect supervision of an SSI Instructor (except emergency skills)
• Teach the SSI Scuba Skills Update, Snorkeling and Try Scuba (pool only) programs

Open Water Instructor (OWI). DCS + the instructor training course. This program will teach you how to develop confident and comfortable divers who will commit to the sport.

Your training includes learning:

• How various industry stakeholders interact – manufacturers, media, agencies, retail, and travel
• How successful dive retailers and resorts operate
• The SSI Education System and Education Philosophy
• Techniques for teaching home study academics, pool and open water
• The legal aspects of teaching
• The basics of educational selling using SSI’s Customer Loyalty Cycle