SSI DIVE GUIDE COURSE

SSI DIVE GUIDE from $1800

Over a minimum of 5 full days you’ll gain your Dive Guide certification.

Expand your dive knowledge and become a confident dive leader.

Do you want to become more confident in the water when you are with your scuba diving friends and family? Do you want to be able to assess a dive site to see if it is suitable for your divers and their level of skill and confidence?

The Dive Guide program is the first step on an exciting path that can take you on an epic journey with your certified diving friends and family.

Learn to safely lead certified divers in various environments and conditions. Be confident giving dive briefings, performing dive site evaluations, and leading dives.

You will become a confident Dive Guide in no time

What the course involves:

Digital Learning: SSI developed this program using modern Educational Management System (EMS) technology. It is designed to provide you with the knowledge required to become a Dive Guide in an easy-to-understand, logical sequence. You’ll be able to complete the e-learning at home at your own pace before attending the course.

Academic Sessions: These include lectures, instructor-led workshops, and other interactive activities. They are designed to apply the knowledge gained from the Digital Learning in a practical, real- world environment. By completing these sessions, you will gain an understanding of what it takes to become a Dive Guide.

Practical Application Sessions: This is the final component of your training, where you will further develop the skills and experience required to act as a Dive Guide.

You will learn to evaluate dive sites, conduct Pre- and Post-Dive Briefings, and lead groups of qualified divers in a variety of environments.

You will spend time in our pool completing some water fitness skills and hone your scuba skills including your rescue skills.

Dive Guiding training dives are conducted in the ocean, from both shore and from our charter boat with real divers in a variety of environments, depths and conditions whilst under the supervision of our experienced instructors.

The Dive Guide program is conducted over a minimum of five full days. It can be adapted into a multiple-weekend format or several evening sessions.

PLUS, we can help you with any diving equipment you need with our dive Retail Store where you can get leading class dive equipment. Our Charter Boat heads out to the Poor Knights Islands, so you’ll get real hands-on experience at fantastic remote locations.

Go Pro and become a Dive Master

If you want to take this certification to the next level so that you can work in the dive industry and get paid to dive, then you need to complete the Science of Diving specialty, pay the SSI Professional membership fee and earn the SSI Dive Master certification.

So begin your diving career working as a Dive Master, guiding certified divers for a dive charter or continue on to become an assistant instructor or instructor and start teaching others to scuba dive.

To help you succeed in this industry we can also train you as an Air Filler, Gas Blender, sales assistant, tank tester, independent diver and give you real world experience (additional costs apply).

Gain more time and experience assisting on our dive charter or kitting out divers in store or help out on our dive courses with our instructors.

There are many skills that are needed to run a successful dive operation, which will give you more experience than most when applying for a job.

We can also help you in starting your career in diving. We can guide you through the New Zealand Worksafe COC process. We have a lot of contacts in the industry, who are often looking for staff.

And if you want to take your training further and become an Assistant Instructor or Instructor, so that you can teach refreshers, try dives and teach new divers, we can do that all here too!

Prerequisites:

If you need help in achieving some of the pre-requisites, whilst we can’t make you any older or heal any medical conditions, we can help you gain your Advanced Adventurer, Stress and Rescue or any Specialty courses if you need.

Be 15 years or older (you must be 18 years old to be certified as a Professional Dive Master).
SSI Advanced Adventurer (or qualifying certification from another training organisation).
SSI Stress and Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organisation).
SSI Deep Diver, Navigation and Low Visibility/Night Diver certifications . If you need help achieving your specialties then we can help with that too.
A current Primary and Secondary Care (or qualifying first aid and CPR training course completion within the past 24 months.
Have at least 40 dives to begin the course and a minimum of 60 for certification.
You will need to obtain a Dive medical completed within the previous 12 months. Click here to download a medical statement form to take to your GP.

Course Inclusions:

All online e-learning materials
Academic sessions and in-water training
Final Exam
Digital e-card
SSI Dive Guide Pack
Tanks and air fills for all of your training dives
Shore diving
We recommend that you have your own equipment to train in but we can provide this for the duration of the course
Student discount on any gear you get from us during your course

Not included

Dive Equipment
Charter Fees
SSI Fees
Other courses

We also have a dive Retail Store and Charter Boat so you’ll get real hands on experience. We can also train you as an Air Filler (additional costs apply) and give you real life experience (on the Charter and in-store) which will give you more experience than most when applying for a job. We can also help you in starting your career in diving. We have a lot of contacts in the industry, are often looking for staff ourselves and know what employers are looking for when hiring Dive Guide staff.