Equip yourself with all the tools needed to become a successful dive instructor anywhere around the world by completing your SSI Dive Instructor Course with us here on Koh Tao.
Over the period of 2 weeks you will learn everything needed to advance from Divemaster level through to the coveted position of SSI Diving Instructor.
What is the Instructor Course?
The SSI Instructor Course allows you to develop on what was learnt during the Divemaster Course and progress into being able to individually teach people how to dive.
What are the Requirements?
All knowledge development sessions will be conducted in our beach front location, unless otherwise requested.
What's included in the Instructor program?
Stingray Package
THB
67,000
INCLUDES REACT RIGHT INSTRUCTOR
Digital Instructor Materials
Instructor Examination Fee
Professional Slates
9 Days ITC
2 Days Mock IE
Personal Coaching as needed
Max Group size of 4
Free Diving Insurance
Free Tshirt x3
Free Lunch x11
Nitrox Instructor
Marine Ecology Instructor
Perfect Buoyancy Instructor
Scuba Rangers Instructor
React Right Instructor
Stress & Rescue Instructor
Guaranteed Pass
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Barracuda Package
THB
85,000
INCLUDES REACT RIGHT INSTRUCTOR
Digital Instructor Materials
Instructor Examination Fee
Professional Slates
9 Days ITC
2 Days Mock IE
Personal Coaching as needed
Max Group size of 4
Free Diving Insurance
Free Tshirt x3
Free Lunch x11
Nitrox Instructor
Marine Ecology Instructor
Perfect Buoyancy Instructor
Scuba Rangers Instructor
React Right Instructor
Stress & Rescue Instructor
Guaranteed Pass
3 Day Specialty Instructor Workshop
Deep Instructor
Wreck Instructor
Science of Diving Instructor
Night Diving Instructor
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Whaleshark Package
THB
99,900
INCLUDES REACT RIGHT INSTRUCTOR
Digital Instructor Materials
Instructor Examination Fee
Professional Slates
9 Days ITC
2 Days Mock IE
Personal Coaching as needed
Max Group size of 4
Free Diving Insurance
Free Tshirt x3
Free Lunch x11
Nitrox Instructor
Marine Ecology Instructor
Perfect Buoyancy Instructor
Scuba Rangers Instructor
React Right Instructor
Stress & Rescue Instructor
Guaranteed Pass
3 Day Specialty Instructor Workshop
Deep Instructor
Wreck Instructor
Science of Diving Instructor
Night Diving Instructor
Navigation Instructor
1 Month Instructor Internship
Minimum 5 x OW certifications
Minimum 15 x Con-ed certifications
Advanced Instructor Certification
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What's the Schedule?
We offer 3 different routes to complete your SSI Instructor Training Course by taking full advantage of the SSI System of Education.
- The First: Full Time Instructor Training Course - 9 day Training course (the more traditional route) but only offered TWICE per month by us!
- The Second: Part Time Instructor Training Course - flexible dates
- The Third: Online Theory Sessions and 1 week intensive dive training
Each of these options has a bit of a different schedule to them, although there are 3 main parts;
9 Day Instructor Training Course + 2 Day Mock Instructor Examination + 2 Day Instructor Evaluation (completed with SSI Examiners)
Full Time Training
The Traditional Dive Instructor Course
This is the more traditional route, offered by most of the SSI Dive Shops around the world - 9 Days of consecutive training followed by 2 days of Mock Examinations, which then lead to the 2 days of SSI Dive Instructor Evaluations.
9 Days Consecutive Training + [ 2 Days Mock IE + SSI Instructor Training ]
That said, we like to do things differently, again with your best interests at heart - we are the only shop we know that runs this twice a month. Every other shop completes this on a fixed time frame.
We also provide you with the course materials as soon as the deposit is paid so that you can start working through the materials straight away.
The only thing we cannot change is the date of the Mock IE and the following Instructor Evaluations.
SSI set the dates of the Instructor Evaluations (unless there's more than 4 of you), and we feel it's best practice to do the Mock Examinations just before you do this to make sure all is on form.
The only flexible SSI Instructor Training Course we know of!
The Online Dive Instructor Course OptionDive Theory Development
Do you remember your first Dive Instructor? It seemed like they knew a lot, right?
During the Science of Diving Course, usually take as part of the Divemaster Course, you develop your all-round scuba diving theory and knowledge, so we cover some of this such as "Who's Law is whose", How to work a Dive Table, and much more.
Once we review this info, we then develop this awareness further by bringing in information about the SSI System of Education itself.
This will lead to a number of classroom presentations during which you will develop broader knowledge about the Business of Diving, the SSI Diving Programs, SSI Course standards and much more.
All of these areas are combined in 2 areas – the various presentations you deliver yourself, and during the SSI Instructor Evaluations.
The classroom sections of courses are often the most overlooked. Delivering great classroom presentations makes the rest of any course so much easier. The students understand what you are trying to teach, they have more confidence in you, you gain greater trust, and this is then all reflected in the in-water practical sessions.
Most dive courses focus on developing your diving ability. This ability to dive is learnt from being in the water – makes sense right!When?
As mentioned, we run ITCs Twice per month, so the first step is to choose the Instructor Evaluation Date you want to complete on, then any of the ITC dates that precede this;
Accommodation
However, we support all our customers whenever we can.
Daily accommodation can be found in Dorms from 250 THB per night, private bungalows with fan for 500 THB per night, and AC Rooms from 800 THB per night.
Otherwise, depending how long you are planning to stay, it often works out more effective to choose a monthly accommodation option, which can be found from around 7,500 THB per month for a fan room with en suite bathroom and includes all bills and Wi-Fi.
Generally, we recommend booking the first few nights somewhere and then we can show you around, so you can decide where you want to live.
You can find some of these Koh Tao accommodation options at the bottom of the page!
How to proceed?
There's 2 simple options - the first, follow the book now links and all will be straightforward. You will be taken to Paypal to place a deposit of 15,000 THB, after which you will receive an email confirmation of your booking, usually within 10 hours, followed by the course materials for you to start going through.
We understand planning holidays is hard, and if you're like us, the last thing you want to do is spend hours trying to arrange every single detail. For this reason, we can postpone any training to a more suited date if given 7 days' notice from the start date.
Alternatively, send us an email and see what we can do to help. We can set you up directly with our SSI Instructor Trainer and he can assist you in any way possible.
We've all been here a long time, so don't worry about what the question is - simply tell us what's on your mind and we will do whatever we can!
What's Next?
The SSI Dive Instructor Course on Koh Tao is your tool to making your diving profession a more lucrative one, with a lot more interesting locations around the world.
Introducing people to the underwater world and developing their passion and ability is extremely rewarding, and many instructors find themselves very content and comfortable.
After the Instructor Course, you can proceed with various specialties of your choosing. However, we recommend discussing this with us in person since not all specialties are equal - some are extremely popular, as listed in our packages above, while some aren't. Likewise some of the specialties aren't of a lot of use on Koh Tao, whilst can be very useful elsewhere.
So all that's left is to click one of the two buttons below, and either book with us now, or contact us!
