Become an Extended Range Sidemount Instructor with SSI!

The SSI Extended Range Sidemount Instructor training provides all the skills and knowledge you need to conduct the SSI Extended Range Sidemount course. Once certified you can teach the Recreational Sidemount and Extended Range Sidemount courses.

Share the benefits of sidemount diving with other divers and teach them how to use multiple stage cylinders effectively. Start this sidemount diver course online today!

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Whether you’re on the move or planning ahead, we’ve got you covered. Never miss out on exciting training opportunities and register with ease.

Start teaching to further your career

Teach the full range of Extended Range courses to collect valuable teaching experience and generate more income as an SSI Professional!

Additional Extended Range instructor qualifications will provide you with more diversity and flexibility, whilst opening up new income options. Becoming a technical instructor is just the beginning of your exciting new career. Get started with SSI today!

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!

16
Suggested duration (h)
2
Open Water Sessions

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!

16
Suggested duration (h)

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!

20
Suggested duration (h)
2
Open Water Sessions

Facts and Training Standards

Amount of Academic Sessions

 

4

Amount of Pool/Confined Water Sessions

 

1

Amount of Open Water Sessions

 

1

Maximum Training Depth

 

40 m / 130 ft

Suggested duration (h)

 

16

SSI Standards

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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.

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