PADI Specialty Instructor Course

PADI Specialty Instructor Course: Teach What You Love!

Ready to share your passion for specific types of diving? Becoming a PADI Specialty Instructor allows you to teach the courses divers often find most exciting, from Deep Diver to Underwater Photographer! Taking a Specialty Instructor course with one of Dive Right In Scuba's Platinum PADI Course Directors is the best way to learn effective teaching techniques and gain hands-on experience specific to each specialty.

These courses provide valuable teaching tips you can implement immediately, making your specialty courses engaging and fun for your students. And it's not just for Open Water Scuba Instructors! PADI Assistant Instructors and even PADI Divemasters may be eligible to enroll in certain Specialty Instructor courses (prerequisites vary significantly by specialty – please inquire for details on the specific course you're interested in).

Dive Right In Scuba Can Train You In (Almost) Any PADI Specialty!

We offer instructor training for a vast array of PADI Standard and Distinctive Specialties. Simply let us know which specialty instructor course you'd like to take in your order comments.

PADI Standard Specialty Courses:

• 1 Dive (or Classroom Only):
  
  • Enriched Air (Nitrox)
  • Dry Suit Diver
  • Underwater Navigation
  • Night Diver
  • Equipment Specialist
  • Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV)
  • Drift Diver
  • Boat Diver
  • Underwater Videographer
  • Altitude Diver
  • Emergency Oxygen Provider
  • Project AWARE Specialist
  • Adaptive Support Diver
  • AWARE Shark Conservation
  • Dive Against Debris Specialty
  • Underwater Naturalist
  • Delayed Surface Marker Buoy (DSMB) Diver
  • Full Face Mask Diver
  • Fish Identification
  • Coral Reef Conservation
  • Sidemount Diver
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy
• 2 Dives:
  
  • Deep Diver
  • Wreck Diver
  • Search and Recovery Diver
  • Ice Diver
  • Self-Reliant Diver
  • Cavern Diver

PADI Distinctive Specialties (Examples):

• 1 Dive (or Classroom Only):
  
  • U/W Pumpkin Carving
  • Historian Diver
  • Orientation to Historical Diver
  • Multiple Strobe U/W Photo
  • Neurological Assessment Provider
  • The World of Scuba Diving
  • Aware Sea Turtle Awareness
  • Whale Shark Awareness
  • Intro to U/W Archaeology
  • Gourmet Diver
  • Marine Life Injuries
  • AED for Divers
  • Kayak Diver
  • Discover Aquanauts
  • SCUBA Fitness
  • Aquatic Steward
  • Dive Medicine for Divers
  • Invasive Lionfish Tracker
  • Computer Diver
  • U/W Modeling
  • Macro U/W Photography
  • Wide Angle U/W Photography
  • Orient to Recompression Chamber
  • Cold Water Diver
• 2 Dives:
  
  • Mine Diver
  • Cenote Diver
  • Advanced Navigation
  • Advanced Search & Recovery

Expand your teaching portfolio and share your favorite types of diving! Choose your specialty and enroll online today!

Key Topics

• Learn specific teaching techniques for a chosen PADI Specialty
• Review specialty course standards and procedures
• Practice conducting knowledge development, confined water (if applicable), and open water teaching presentations for the specialty
• Gain hands-on experience related to the specialty
• Prerequisites:
  • Vary by specialty (Typically PADI Instructor, but some open to AI/DM - Must confirm for specific specialty)
  • Meet specialty diver-level requirements.
• Outcome: PADI Specialty Instructor certification for the specific specialty completed, allowing independent teaching of that PADI Specialty Diver course.