Open Water Instructor – First Step to Independence
This program prepares you to become an active member of the scuba industry, a sucessful educator, and a valuable dive business employee.
Your training includes learning:
- How various industry stakeholders interact – manufacturers, media, agencies, retail, and travel
- How successful dive retailers and resorts operate
- The SSI Education System and Education Philosophy
- Techniques for teaching home study academics, pool and open water
- The legal aspects of teaching
- The basics of educational selling using SSI’s Customer Loyalty Cycle
As an Open Water Instructor – OWI you can teach:
Scuba Diver, Open Water Diver, Advanced Adventurer, Diver Stress & Rescue, Scuba Skills Update, Try Scuba and the Universal Referral Program

