PADI Underwater Navigator
Specialty Instructor Course
Overview
Dive more, have more fun and teach your favorite subjects. PADI Specialty Instructor courses provide valuable teaching tips for meeting the requirements of the specialty course. Having five Specialty Instructor ratings is a prerequisite for the PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT) rating.
PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty Instructor training covers how to organize, promote and conduct the PADI Underwater Navigator specialty course and emphasizes the value of specialty training to divers.
Course Prerequisites
• PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI)
Note: IDC/OWSI candidates may participate in PADI Specialty Instructor training courses, but may only apply for Specialty Instructor certification after passing an IE.
• Minimum 10 underwater navigation (SMB) dives
Note: This is a course exit requirement, dives may be completed following the instructor training course.
What You Will Learn
The PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty Instructor course covers:
• PADI Underwater Navigator course purpose & goals
• PADI Underwater Navigator course standards & procedures, including instructor & student prerequisites, supervision & ratios, site depths & hours
• PADI Underwater Navigator open water training considerations
• PADI Underwater Navigator instructor & student equipment requirements
• How to conduct the PADI Underwater Navigator specialty course so that student divers can meet all performance requirements
• Successful marketing & promotional techniques
• Costs involved in pricing PADI specialty diver courses
Performance Requirements
PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty Instructor course training is typically conducted with a short classroom session, followed by one open water training dive. To achieve PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty Instructor certification, you will need to:
• Demonstrate mastery of all knowledge development and water skill performance requirements for the PADI Underwater Navigator course.
• Present a knowledge development presentation from the PADI Underwater Navigator course outline.
• Conduct an open water teaching assignment and demonstrate all open water performance requirements for the PADI Underwater Navigator course.
Course Schedule & Cost
PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty Instructor courses are conducted through the dive stores that I work with, including VIP Diving. Please contact me to arrange your PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty Instructor training to fit your schedule.
If you are pursuing the PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer rating, we can coordinate training for the five Specialty Instructor ratings that you will need to achieve the PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT) rating.
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