Cave Diving Instructor
Leave the daylight behind! Explore further, push your boundaries and create a career from teaching Technical divers. Become an SSI Cave Diving Instructor and teach the things you love. Start this SSI course now!
What Will You Learn?
Share the thrill of the daylight zone, explore the world’s best underwater caves and train the next generation of cave divers! You can do it all as an SSI Cave Diving Instructor! With our range of SSI Instructor certifications, you can choose cave diving training that meets your needs and ambitions.
Become an SSI Extended Range Cavern Diving Instructor and you can certify both SSI Recreational Cavern/Cenote diving and Extended Range Cavern Diving courses. Leave the daylight behind and explore further! Become an SSI Cave Diving Instructor. You will learn how to safely penetrate caves on a single line, undertake basic navigation, and deal with problems in this extreme environment. Once certified, you can conduct the SSI Cave Diving program.
Ready to join the ranks of elite dive instructors? Become an SSI Full Cave Diving Instructor and dive the most challenging environments there are. This is the ultimate in overhead environment training.
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The SSI Cave Diving Instructor Course consists of three main phases:
- Four Academic Sessions (Independent study or in a classroom)
- One Pool / Confined Water Session
- Two Open Water Dives- Where its time to use the knowledge and skills you acquired, in the open ocean to complete the SSI Cave Diving Instructor Course.
Maximum Training Depth : 40 meters / 130 feet
What Will You Do?
Attend a four-day seminar and successfully complete:
- A review of all SSI General Training Standards, and the standards related to the XR programs the candidate is earning a certification for.
- A review of the program-specific student and instructor materials.
- The applicable final exams.
- An academic presentation on a topic applicable to the program and training level.
- An equipment configuration session for the appropriate Total Diving System.
- The XR Candidate Water Fitness Evaluation as outlined in the SSI Training Standards if it has been more than six months since the candidate has been evaluated.
- A dry land skills session that includes the presentation and evaluation of all required program skills. All skills must be done with demonstration quality.
- A pool/confined water session that includes the presentation and evaluation of all required program skills. All skills must be done with demonstration quality.
- An in-water teaching presentation on a topic applicable to the program and training level.
While acting as an instructor, plan and conduct at least two (2) dives from the Cave Diving program. - Demonstrate the ability to rescue an unconscious diver by traveling horizontally for 10 meters, then bringing the diver to the surface from a depth of between 5 and 10 meters.
Notes
- During the planned dives, the candidate will supervise an assistant or another candidate acting as the student.
Course Schedule
Recommended hours for completion: 20. The number of classes, hours and sessions per day are set by the individual instructor, based on student needs, student ability and water conditions.
Course Price
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Student Learning Materials Price
INR 5,850
Course Prerequisites
- Own and use a Total Diving System in the appropriate equipment configuration as outlined in the SSI General Training Standards.
- Complete the XR Instructor Assessment Form and provide proof of the required teaching and diving experience.
Have logged at least:
- 75 cave dives
Have the following SSI certifications or an equivalent from a recognized training agency:
- Cave Diving
Have the following active status SSI certifications or an equivalent from a recognized training agency:
- Extended Range Cavern Diving Instructor
Have issued at least:
- 5 Extended Range Cavern Diving certifications
Have at least the applicable certification to teach this program in an alternate equipment configuration (in addition to the above):
- Extended Range Instructor
- Extended Range Foundations Instructor ( Twinset)
- Recreational Sidemount Diving Specialty Instructor
- CCR Diving Instructor
- SCR Diving Instructor
Equipment Requirements
*Equipment will be provided by your Dive Centre. We recommend that you should get your own gear once you become a certified diver.
Students participating in this program must use at least one of the following equipment configurations:
- A complete Single-Cylinder Total Diving System as outlined in the XR General Training Standards.
- A complete Twinset Total Diving System.
- A complete Sidemount Total Diving System.
- A complete CCR Total Diving System.
- A complete SCR Total Diving System.
And
- Primary and back-up lights.
- One (1) reel or spool with a minimum of 45 meters of line.
- One (1) primary line reel per dive team (team reels may be provided by the instructor).
- A minimum of two (2) line arrows or referencing exit markers (REM).