Specialty Instructor

The PADI Specialty Instructor Course

Dive more, have more fun and teach about your favorite subjects.

Specialty instructor courses provide valuable teaching tips for meeting the requirements of the course.
You can choose from any of the 27 standard specialty courses that PADI offers along with distinctive specialty courses your Course Director may offer. Having five specialty instructor ratings is a prerequisite for the Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT) rating.

The Fun Part

Whether it’s Deep, Photography, Enriched Air Nitrox or one of your own, PADI Specialty Instructors are out there scuba diving and training. Join the fun.

• As a PADI Specialty Instructor, challenge your students to become Master Scuba Divers 
• Increase your marketability as a PADI Professional

What You Learn

You're on your way to becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer with only five PADI Specialty Instructor ratings

You have three ways to become a PADI Specialty Instructor:

1.With a PADI Course Director
2.Use your experience to apply directly to PADI
3.Write your own outline

Doing Specialty Instructor with a PADI Course Director	Apply for Specialty Instructor Rating directly to PADI
10 experience dives in each particular specialty Minimum number of certification not required Receive Special Prices on Specialty Instructor Applications	20 experience dives in each particular specialty Have certified at least 25 divers before applying

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specialty Instructor Training course attendance is highly recommended. These courses provide valuable hands-on training, technique demonstrations, course marketing information, current PADI Standards information and, when applicable, instructor-level open water training.

 

 

 

What You Can Teach

Teach the PADI Specialties that you like most - whether it be Deep Diver, Wreck Diver, Underwater Photography or even Dry Suit Diver.  You can become qualified to teach almost any type of recreational diving

 

The Scuba Gear You Use

• You use all the basic scuba equipment and some scuba accessories such as a dive slate, dive knife, compass, dive watch, markers, dive lines, etc.
• It is highly recommended that you own all of your own scuba equipment, as familiarity with personal gear improves general scuba diving skills.

You can find this equipment at Aquatic Adventures Scuba Academy.

Learning Materials You Need

PADI’s Specialty Instructor Manual includes the specialty instructor guides for all of PADI’s standardized specialties. The outlines are also available digitally on the Specialty Instructor Manual CD-ROM. Once registered, the digital specialty manual can be updated for a discounted price.

The PADI Instructor Development Course is taught at Aquatic Adventures Scuba Academy.

Prerequisites

You must be a

• Renewed PADI Assistant Instructor, PADI Instructor or have completed an IDC or Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI)  program within the past 12 month.