Don’t burn yourself out just teaching Open Water Courses. Teach your favourite subjects and activities and you will enjoy your teaching more whilst doing more diving.

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

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.

Course Director run Specialty Instructor Courses:

• One day theory only
• Pre-requisite AI or OWSI

• Cost £100 +  materials & PADI application fee

Enriched Air (Nitrox) Instructor

• One day theory only
• Pre-requisite OWSI & Enriched Air Specialty Course

• Cost £100 +  materials & PADI application fee

Dry Suit Instructor

• One day theory & 1 dive
• Pre-requisite  OWSI

• Cost £125 +  materials & PADI application fee 

 

• Two days theory & 1 dive
• Pre-requisite DM, AI or OWSI

• Cost £250 +  materials & PADI application fee

Search & Recovery Instructor

• One day theory & 2 dives
• Pre-requisite OWSI

• Cost £150 +  materials & PADI application fee

Wreck Diving Instructor

• One day theory & 2 dives
• Pre-requisite  OWSI

• Cost £200 +  materials & PADI application fee

 

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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