Advance Your Professional Freediving Instructor Career

Do you like sharing your freediving technique, knowledge, and experience? Are you ready to help freedivers increase their average breath-hold time and learn the basics of competitive freediving? Then becoming an SSI Advanced Freediving Instructor is for you! Advance your professional freediving career and become the best instructor you can be. Upon course completion, you can conduct a range of freediving courses, including SSI Advanced Freediver.

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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

Qualify for various Specialty Instructor ratings in combination with your Freediving Instructor Training Course! Teaching the specialties which interest you most is great fun and the perfect opportunity to generate more income as an SSI Instructor.

But that is not all. By pushing SSI training on all levels, you automatically qualify for SSI Professional Recognition ratings and you collect valuable Pro Rewards for each certification issued. These Pro Rewards are worth real money and can be used to further your career!

Performance Freediving Instructor

Help your students set freediving records by teaching them the highest level of freediving skills as a Performance Freediving Instructor. Increase your students’ breath-hold time in this challenging yet rewarding freediving course, and enjoy a variety of employment opportunities around the world.

24-32
Suggested duration (h)
2
Open Water Sessions

Freediving Assistant Instructor Trainer

Join one of the most elite groups in SSI training as a Freediving Assistant Instructor Trainer. Spark passion in new freediving instructors as you help conduct some of the highest-level SSI courses. Enjoy global career opportunities - start your Freediving Assistant Instructor Trainer course today!

50-64
Suggested duration (h)
3
Open Water Sessions

Freediving Instructor Trainer

Spark passion in every new SSI freediver by achieving the highest level in breath-hold training – an SSI Freediving Instructor Trainer. Join an elite group of exceptional freedivers and enjoy global job opportunities. Start your SSI Freediving Instructor Training course today!

70-80
Suggested duration (h)
3
Open Water Sessions

Facts and Training Standards

Amount of Academic Sessions

 

9

Amount of Pool/Confined Water Sessions

 

5

Amount of Open Water Sessions

 

4

Maximum Training Depth

 

40 m / 120 ft

Suggested duration (h)

 

85-100

Certification Prerequisites

 

Complete Candidate Water Fitness Evaluation, Performance Freediver (or equivalent), Freediving Instructor

SSI Standards

Languages

english
English

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