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Take the final step to becoming a PADI Specialty Dive Instructor. Set yourself up for a great career in the dive industry.
NZQA Approved programme for Student Loans and Allowances
Your own library of Instructor Materials and slates
We can help guide you into your dream dive career or help find you employment
Perfect if you are already studying or working our part-time course is run over a year
Go Pro over summer in our 12 week intensive option
National Certificate in Diving Instruction
Prerequisites
National Certificate in Diving Leadership (Divemaster) or Equivalent
RSTC Medical
Duration
1 year | Part-Time
16 Weeks | Full-Time
Exit Dive Qualification
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor with 5 Specialty Ratings.
The Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) programme is one of two distinct components of PADI’s Instructor Development Course (IDC)—the core of PADI Instructor training. The first portion is the Assistant Instructor course followed by the Open Water Scuba Instructor programme. It introduces you to the entire PADI System of diver education and concentrates on further developing your abilities as a professional dive educator.
After becoming an Open Water Scuba Instructor, you will be able to conduct the entire range of PADI programmes from Discover Scuba Diving up to Divemaster. You will then go on to completing a PADI Specialty Instructor Course with a PADI Course Director. You can obtain work in more than 180 Countries and Territories worldwide.
Full-Time
12 Weeks
Monday to Thursday
Part-Time
1 Year
Scheduled on weekends
Summer School
12 Weeks Full-Time
Start in November ( break over Xmas and NY )
Monday to Thursday
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Get the answers to specific questions about the Diploma in Professional Scuba Instruction and other diving career courses.
We will help you to find work in the dive industry or go on to further training. We can put you in touch with our network of graduates all over the world, here is what a few of them are up to.
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Dive Otago LTD is a delivery site for the Academy of Diving Trust.
The Academy of Diving Trust is registered and accredited as a multi-site Private Training Establishment by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) pursuant to the Education Amendment Act 1990.
