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SSI Instructor Training Course - Costa Rica
Provincia de Guanacaste, Catalina, Costa Rica
Duration: 12 days
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$2,710
Deposit: $1,355

About your trip

Transform your passion for diving into a professional career with the SSI Instructor Training Course (ITC) in Playas del Coco -Costa Rica.

This course prepares you to teach all recreational levels of scuba diving programs and leads to an internationally recognized Instructor certification.

Train with experienced SSI Instructor Trainers in a supportive environment in Playas del Coco. With small groups, personalized feedback, and real-world training scenarios, you’ll gain the confidence and skills needed to succeed as a dive professional.

Prerequisites

To enroll our ITC candidates must:

 

·      Minimum age: 18 years old

·      SSI Divemaster rating or an equivalent rating from a recognized agency in active status

·      SSI Enriched Air Nitrox 40 Certification or equivalent

·      Logged at least 100 open water dives

·      RSTC Medical Statement signed by a physician within one (1) year

·      Proof of CPR/First Aid & Oxygen First Aid training within two (2) years

·      Be an Open Water Diver or higher for at least six (6) months prior to starting the Instructor Evaluation

Equipment

As a future Dive Professional it is mandatory to own your own set of personal equipment and you cannot start the ITC without them !

You need: Mask, fins, snorkel, BCD, regulator, long/short wetsuit 3 or 5 mm, dive computer, DSMB, compass, knife / divers’ tool, sound device (whistle). ​

We do sell all items with a discount for our PRO participants, if you cannot bring them from your home country. Contact us in advance for prices and details.


What's included

Assistant Instructor

Course

Instructor Training

Course

14 days accomodation

during the ITC

Academic Sessions

Workshop

Training Dives

Pool / Open Water

Digital Materials

Available in the MySSI app / platform

Instructor Crewpak

+ SSI goodies

Professional Wetnotes

SSI Professional Wetnotes booklet

RCD ITC T-shirt

FREE

DIVE FOR LIFE

FREE membership

20% discount

on shop retail (cash discount only)

What's not included

SSI Pro membership fee

Active status dive professional status required before participating in the ITC

Travel, Food

and personal expenses

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1. Provincia de Guanacaste, Catalina, Costa Rica

Provincia de Guanacaste, Catalina, Costa Rica

About your organizer

We are a Dive Center in Playas del Coco, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.  We offer Costa Rica's best Scuba divingSnorkeling toursDiving courses, Tours & Accommodation packages.

 

Looking for a career in Scuba Diving? 

We are Costa Rica's first and oldest Career Center and we teach the full range of (Professional) Training CoursesDivemaster Internships and Instructor Courses.


Are you looking for Dive or Snorkel Gear? We are authorized distributor and dealer for CressiMares and ScubaPro.

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