Become an Extended Range Professional

Teach Extended Range diving and become an ambassador for this exciting sport. SSI has a broad range of professional SSI courses, meaning you can follow your passion and meet your personal goals. Depending on your experience and training, you can become an instructor in overhead, rebreather, or open-circuit courses. You will teach divers how to plan and conduct dives in new environments, with new equipment, and beyond the decompression limit. As you lead certified technical divers and run different levels of Extended Range courses, you can explore the world’s best technical dives and truly immerse yourself in SSI scuba diving.

Ask your training center about upcoming Extended Range courses and start your SSI dive courses today!

Explore SSI’s range of professional open-circuit courses

With the range of professional SSI dive courses, there is no limit to your technical diving ambitions! The first step is to become an SSI Extended Range Trimix Instructor and teach others the thrill of diving up to a maximum depth of 45 meters. When you are ready, get certified as an SSI Technical Extended Range Trimix Instructor and teach decompression dives to a maximum depth of 60 meters. Take the ultimate step as an open-circuit instructor and teach to a maximum depth of 100 meters as an SSI Hypoxic Trimix Instructor.

Extended Range Nitrox Diving Instructor

Go deeper for longer and learn the skills all technical courses are based on. The SSI Extended Range Nitrox Diving Instructor certification is the first step in your technical instructor journey. Start this essential nitrox diving course now!

Extended Range Trimix Instructor

Go deeper, explore further, and develop your SSI Professional dive career. Become an SSI Extended Range Trimix Instructor and teach others the thrill of Extended Range. Start this technical dive training online today!

Extended Range Foundations Instructor

Take your SSI Pro dive career to the next level as an SSI Extended Range Foundations Instructor. Teach divers in a workshop environment the ultimate mastery of technical scuba diving skills. Start this essential tec diving course online today!

Extended Range Wreck Diving Instructor

Share the thrill of wreck diving and enhance your career. Become an SSI Extended Range Wreck Diving Instructor. If you want to teach wreck divers at dream locations worldwide, this is the best way to do it. Start this SSI wreck diving course today!

Extended Range Sidemount Instructor

Do you love sidemount diving? Do you want to develop your diving career and enjoy global job opportunities? Become an SSI Extended Range Sidemount Instructor and share the exhilaration of sidemount diving. Start this sidemount diver course online today!

Technical Extended Range Trimix Instructor

Hone your technical diver skills and grow your professional diver career. Become an SSI Technical Extended Range Trimix Instructor and teach two gas switch decompression dives up to a maximum depth of 60 meters. Start this SSI dive certification now!

Technical Wreck Diving Instructor

Earn the ultimate wreck diving certification. Share your tec diver passion and explore the deepest wrecks. Become an SSI Technical Wreck Diving Instructor and teach divers to conduct complex wreck penetration dives out of the light zone. Start now!

Hypoxic Trimix Instructor

Discover unlimited depth and hone your trimix scuba skills. Become an SSI Hypoxic Trimix Instructor and teach multiple-gas switch, multiple-stop, decompression dives up to a maximum depth of 100 meters. Start this scuba diving instructor course now!

Extended Range Cavern Diving Instructor

Grow your SSI career and share the thrill of diving cenotes and caverns. Become an SSI Extended Range Cavern Diving Instructor and get certified to teach all SSI cavern diving and cenote dive courses. Start this dive instructor course online today!

Cave Diving Instructor

Leave the daylight behind, push your limits, and join the best scuba instructors. There is no limit to your ambitions with this SSI course. Become an SSI Cave Diving Instructor and teach tec divers. Start this cave diving certification today!

Full Cave Diving Instructor

Join the ranks of elite dive instructors with this ultimate SSI cave diving training. Experience extreme cave dives, teach worldwide and further your career. Become an SSI Full Cave Diving Instructor. Start this cave diver course online today!

Extended Range Instructor Trainer

Inspire the next generation of dive professionals. Become an SSI Extended Range Instructor Trainer for open circuit, rebreather, and overhead environment diving. Start this ultimate SSI scuba certification and hone your diving trainer skills today!

SCR Diving Instructor

Dive deeper into the world of semi-closed rebreathers (SCR). Take your SCR diving to the next level and enjoy the best scuba jobs for rebreather divers. Become an SSI SCR Diving Instructor. Start this rebreather course online now!

CCR Diving Instructor

Are you passionate about closed circuit rebreather (CCR) diving? Do you want to share this pioneering sport with others? Become a CCR Diving Instructor and teach CCR diving at SSI centers around the world. Start this CCR diver training online now!

CCR Extended Range Trimix Instructor

Enhance your closed circuit diving career and share the thrill of bubble-free diving. Become an SSI CCR Extended Range Trimix Instructor and teach decompression dives to a maximum depth of 45 meters. Start this trimix dive course online today!

CCR Technical Extended Range Instructor

Explore the deep ocean and share your closed-circuit rebreather (CCR) diving passion. Become an SSI CCR Technical Extended Range Instructor and teach unlimited decompression dives up to a maximum depth of 60 meters. Start this CCR training today!

CCR Hypoxic Trimix Instructor

Go deeper than ever before. Become an SSI CCR Hypoxic Trimix Instructor and train divers to conduct decompression dives up to a maximum depth of 100 meters. Achieve the ultimate CCR diving instructor rating. Start online today!

Extend your skills to further your career

Learning never stops! If you are ready for more adventure immerse in the ultimate sport of Freediving, become an Instructor Trainer or a Lifeguard. Additional qualifications will provide you with more diversity and flexibility and create new income options.

Instructor Trainer

Are you ready for the final step in SSI´s Instructor Career Pathway? Join the most elite dive instructors in the industry. Become an SSI Instructor Trainer and start teaching the entire range of SSI recreational diving courses today!

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Open Water Sessions

Basic Freediving Instructor

With the Basic Freediving Instructor course, active SSI scuba professionals can easily expand their diving career into the freediving market. Help water enthusiasts learn to freedive by teaching them basic freediving skills in this entry-level program.

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Freediving Assistant Instructor

Become an SSI Freediving Professional. If you are an experienced SSI Freediver and have completed the Training Techniques specialty, you can take the first step toward your professional freediving career by becoming a Freediving Assistant Instructor.

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Explore career opportunities for dive professionals worldwide

Stop waiting, start exploring the world and turn your passion into a career! MyDiveGuide is a unique dive site database with over 10,000 dive sites, thrilling specialist dives, and featured destinations. These are the places where instructors have great careers! Ready to live your ultimate dream? Check out MyDiveGuide and find your dream scuba diving jobs today with SSI!

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Scotland

in the summer months, you can can expect to see sharks in Scotland

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Mexico

Diving in Mexico is a breathtaking, world-class experience. This country offers many adventures and a landscape full of natural wonders.

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Florida

The Sunshine State Florida offers many great and divers dive sites from the tropical Florida Keys to deep shipwrecks and crystal clear freshwater springs.

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Italy

Italy is a peninsula in southern Europe, famously shaped like a boot that is surrounded by three parts of Mediterranean - offering various dive sites.

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Philippines

The Philippines is an archipelago composed of over 7,000 islands in three main regions: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has a warm and tropical climate and is home to an amazing range of land animals and marine life which makes up to a great dive destination.