How to Become a Diving Instructor

April 29, 2011 - PRLog -- How to become a Diving Instructor (http://www.djldiving.com/internship/Become-A-Diving-Instructor.html) with one of the recognised organisations is a challenging and rewarding task.  There are a few routes to take in order to gain all of the qualifications needed, and the one you take depends on several factors like time, personal preference, and to some extent, weather conditions and this article will look at the direct route to becoming a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor or OWSI.

'Open Water Diver'.  This is the first step on the way of how to become a Diving Instructor  (http://www.djldiving.com/internship/Become-A-Diving-Instructor.html)and it teaches you the necessary skills and methods for you to become a competent diver. The course will start with academic sessions in which you will learn the basic information required to understand what happens to your body when you dive and how to plan your dives safely. This is followed by the confined water sessions in a swimming pool or other controlled environment where you will be introduced to the skills you must complete in order to progress. You will then complete four open water dives and complete many of the skills that will form the basis of your continued development through to instructor level.

After completing your 'open water diver' course, you will progress onto the PADI advanced open water course. This course consists of five open water specialty dives; deep diver, navigation, and three dives of your choice.  The dives you choose will be down to your personal preference but guidance will be given by your instructor.  

After completing your five advanced dives, it's time to move on to the rescue diver course, where, as the name suggests, you will learn to be of assistance to instructors and dive masters in an emergency situation. The course begins with a first aid standalone course called Emergency First Responders course, or EFR.  You will learn basic first aid, useful in everyday life and also how to deal with dive related injuries such as decompression sickness. The course will then move to the pool where, once again, you will learn the skills to enable you to aid other divers that may be in trouble. The course then culminates with open water dives, in which situations will occur and you will be expected to use the skills that you have learned over the course to rescue the diver or divers in trouble.

At this point, you will be a competent and experienced diver, able to deal with many situations that may occur in day-to-day diving life and well on your way to be learning how to become a diving instructor.  The next major milestone on your progression of how to become a diving instructor is the dive master course. This is a structured course in which you will learn new skills and methods, how to run a dive boat and lead dive trips, as well as assisting instructors with their courses and providing support for students on their open water, advanced or rescue diver courses.  You will sit exams and gain further knowledge in the science of diving, such as physics and biology.  You will also cover the basics of teaching skills such as with a scuba review for those that have had a gap in between diving.  The course will enable you to dive as much as you want, which is beneficial as you will need at least sixty dives in order to be signed off as a PADI Divemaster.

It would be a good idea here to mention that in order to progress onto the next phase, you must have logged at least one hundred dives.  With this in mind the best way to do this is to work as a dive master for a couple of months, while you gain the experience necessary to move on.

The final milestone on the road to how to become a dive instructor is the Instructor Development Course or IDC.  This final course takes about three weeks and consists of the PADI Assistant Instructors course, the Instructors Development course or IDC, mock exams and final practical exams.  Once you have completed and passed this final course you are now an Open Water Scuba Instructor or OWSI.  And that’s it on how to become a diving instructor! For more info please Contact DJL Diving at http://www.djldiving.com for a full package.

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