PADI INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT CENTRE - TENERIFE

PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) Specialty Instructor (1 day).

The use of Enriched Air for recreational diving is becoming increasingly popular.More and more divers are Diving with Nitrox recognizing the benefits which diving on enriched air provides. In many resorts, enriched air diving is very common and several of the major live-aboard operators now have enriched air available on all their boats. Becoming certified as an Enriched Air Specialty Instructor will put you at the forefront of today's trends in diving.

PADI Specialty Instructor (3 days).

Specialty courses are not only fun and exciting for divers to take, they are enjoyable and easy for the Instructor to teach. Specialty Diver courses are very popular today, especially in resort locations where divers enjoy taking short courses on holiday. As a Specialty Instructor working at a resort your ability to teach these courses will be in great demand. If you work at a mainland dive centre and take your customers to resort locations, Specialty courses can easy be combined with holiday travel. To attain the next level of Master Scuba Diver Trainer all the diving specialities count towards this goal.

The Specialty Instructor Programme will thoroughly prepare you to conduct and market Specialty Diver courses. You will have the opportunity to practice teaching both in the classroom and in the open water. The Specialty Courses which can be covered include Deep Diver, Wreck Diver, Underwater Navigation, Night Diver and Search and Recovery Diver, Digital Underwater Photography, Videographer.

As an Open Water Scuba Instructor who can teach five specialties, once you have issued 25 diver certifications at any level, you will be able to apply for the rating of PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT). PADI Instructors who hold the MSDT rating enjoy greater employment opportunities in the dive industry.