Become a confident Swimmer

Swimming is an essential and fun life skill you do not want to miss on! Young or old, everyone loves jumping into the water on a hot summer day and splashing around.

But to fully enjoy the water, learn how to swim with one of the SSI swimming programs.

Become a Swim Teacher

If you learn to swim the right way, you will not only be safe, you will have fun and enjoy the water for a lifetime.

Learning to swim opens up a multitude of water-related experiences like snorkeling, mermaiding or scuba diving and in some of the most exotic locations in the world. You can also take up swimming as an individual or team sport, in a swimming pool or even open water.

The only limit to your water-based adventures is your imagination!

Swim Teacher Adult

Do you want to inspire lifetime swimmers? Make a career out of swimming? Become a professional swimming teacher with SSI! Learn to teach babies, children or adults to swim, plus beginners up to competitive swimmers. Make a difference! Start today!

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Swim Teacher Instructor

Are you an experienced SSI Swim Teacher? Looking for a new challenge? Step into an exciting career as a swimming teacher instructor. Learn how to become an SSI Swim Teacher Instructor and build your ideal swim teacher staff! Start now!

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Extend your Skills to further your career

Learning never stops! Continue your career by qualifying further in other training categories like Lifeguard, Snorkeling and/or Freediving. Additional qualifications will provide you with more diversity and flexibility as well as at the same time opening up new income options.

Becoming a Swim Teacher is just the beginning of an exciting career pathway.

Basic Freediving Instructor

With the Basic Freediving Instructor course, active SSI scuba professionals can easily expand their diving career into the freediving market. Help water enthusiasts learn to freedive by teaching them basic freediving skills in this entry-level program.

8-12

Suggested duration (h)

Freediving Instructor

Become an SSI Freediving Instructor and take the first step toward a career in training freedivers. Create lifelong water enthusiasts and introduce them to the world of breath-hold training in a fun, safe environment with the SSI educational system.

Suggested duration (h)

Open Water Sessions

Lifeguard Instructor

Take the next exciting step in your Lifeguard career and learn how to be a lifeguard trainer! Train professional lifeguards. Become an SSI Lifeguard Instructor now with this internationally recognized course. Start making a difference today!

40-56

Suggested duration (h)

Discover the wonders of the deep with SSI's blog

Join us on an exciting journey of discovery and learn more about exhilarating diving adventures, dedicated conservation initiatives, and innovative educational opportunities that will help you illuminate the extraordinary beauty of the underwater world. Let's explore the underwater world together and delve into the hidden wonders beneath the gentle waves.

Explore career opportunities for swim professionals worldwide

Turn your passion for swimming into a career and live your dream! MyDiveGuide is a unique database with featured destinations where SSI Swim Teachers and Swim Teacher Instructors have great job opportunities! This is where your exciting career begins!

What are you waiting for? Check out MyDiveGuide, get inspired and start making a difference with SSI today!

California

California, the third largest state in the United States of America, boasts some of the best cold-water diving in the country.

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Kenya

Thanks to the crystal clear, warm waters of the Indian Ocean, and warm air temperatures year-round, scuba diving in Kenya offers the ultimate diving experience.

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