Grow Your Ultimate Dive Career: SSI Professional Recognition Ratings
August 12, 2024
Becoming an SSI Open Water Instructor is a huge accomplishment and a fantastic starting point for an exciting dive career and a lifetime of adventure. But did you know you can take your dive career much further? In addition to earning over 30 Specialty Instructor certifications in recreational diving, you can work towards several Professional Recognition Ratings that will unlock different levels of instruction you can offer as a professional diver.
Every SSI Professional Recognition Rating you earn opens up new ways for you to create income while doing what you love – diving!
Whether you are a newly certified SSI Open Water Instructor or a seasoned pro, there is no better time than now to familiarize yourself with the various SSI Professional Recognition Ratings and start developing your dream career.
By achieving any of these pro ratings, you automatically make yourself more marketable as a successful dive pro, thereby increasing your professional appeal to prospective customers and potential future employers.
So what are you waiting for? Read through the SSI Professional Recognition Rating levels below and work towards the rating you are closest to this year!
Grow your dive career with these Professional Recognition Ratings:
1. SSI DIVEMASTER INSTRUCTOR
The SSI Divemaster Instructor rating recognizes instructors for their efforts to develop their professional career and their achievements in promoting continuing education programs.
Candidate Prerequisites:
You must have the following active-status SSI certifications (no equivalency permitted):
- Open Water Instructor.
- Deep Diving Instructor.
- Dive Guide Instructor.
- Diver Stress & Rescue Instructor.
- Navigation Instructor.
- Night & Limited Visibility Instructor.
You must also have issued:
- At least 25 certifications from any recreational program.
Once the prerequisites are updated in your MySSI profile, a free Divemaster Instructor digital recognition card is automatically issued at no charge.
Divemaster Instructor Benefits:
In addition to the duties performed by an active status Advanced Open Water Instructor, active status Divemaster Instructors may:
2.SSI MASTER INSTRUCTOR
Candidate Prerequisites:
You must have the following:
- Logged at least 250 dives.
- Train primarily SSI programs at all dive professional levels.
- Certifications from other recognized agencies will apply to the certification requirements.
You must have the following SSI certifications (no equivalency permitted):
- Assistant Instructor Trainer.
You must also have issued at least 150 certifications including:
You may count completed Try Scuba, Basic Diver, Referral Diver, and Scuba Diver programs toward the minimum requirements for Open Water Diver certifications. The following conversion ratios apply:
- 12 Try Scuba recognitions are equivalent to 1 Open Water Diver certification.
- 6 Basic Diver certifications are equivalent to 1 Open Water Diver certification.
- 2 Referral Diver certifications are equivalent to 1 Open Water Diver certification.
- 2 Scuba Diver certifications are equivalent to 1 Open Water Diver certification.
Once the prerequisites are met and updated in your MySSI profile, a free Master Instructor digital recognition card is automatically issued at no charge.
Master Instructor Benefits:
In addition to the duties performed by an active-status Assistant Instructor Trainer, active-status Master Instructors may:
Are you ready to take your dive career to the next level?
Click the link below to find out more about SSI’s Professional Recognition Ratings.