Professional

Dive Professional Programs

Dive Professionals are the backbone of our industry. Without our Dive Professionals, scuba as a past-time, sport, and career, would cease to exist entirely. As such, we must train Dive Professionals constantly to replace the ranks as the experienced Pros bow out of the industry for their various reasons. SSI Offers many GREAT opportunities to become a Dive Professional! Check out the options available.

Dive Guide

The SSI Dive Guide Program provides candidates with the knowledge and training necessary to supervise and guide certified divers on recreational scuba dives. There are 2 flavors of this certification:

Dive Guide Non-Professional
Dive Guide Professional

The noticeable difference between these two statuses is that Non-Professional Dive Guides can guide all recreational divers in unpaid activities, such as a destination dive vacation like to Cozumel, Cancun, or Bali. These Dive Guides can earn this certification and guide family and friends non-professionally, beginning at age fifteen (15). A Professional Dive Guide can guide ALL divers for profit starting at the age of eighteen (18). To be eligible for professional the candidate must also have paid the annual fee (renews every January), obtained the Diver Stress and Rescue certification AND logged at least 40 dives and 25 hours or more.

Divemaster

The SSI Divemaster rating recognizes candidates that have the knowledge and training necessary to perform the duties of a certified assistant. These duties include assisting SSI Instructors with conducting entry-level and continuing education scuba training programs. The SSI Divemaster rating is an integral and coveted rating amongst non-instructor professionals.

To be eligible for the SSI Divemaster Recognition Rating, you must:
Be eighteen (18) years of age or older.
Have logged at least 60 open water dives totaling 40 hours or more.
Have received the SSI Science of Diving certification.
Be an active status SSI Professional Dive Guide*

*There is no equivalency permitted for this requirement.