The PADI Specialty Instructor Course
Dive more, have more fun and teach about your favorite subjects.
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.
You have three ways to become a PADI Specialty Instructor:
1.With a 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
* 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.
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.
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