SSI was created in the United States in 1970 by a small group of dive store owners.  Their goal was to offer more comprehensive training solutions for dive stores.   The result today is that SSI not only leads the industry in the quality of training material, but it supports SSI stores and their dive professionals with flexible training, paperless systems and financial incentives.

• Annual memberships fees are significantly lower than other training agencies.
• Professional financial incentives. With every course completed, the instructor receives SSI points.  These points tally up at the end of the year and act as credit against your renewal fees. So the more you teach, the less you have to pay at renewal time.
• SSI flexibility rule.  Instructors have the freedom to adjust the skill order and course pacing to suit individual learning needs.  Of course, the skills still needs to be in order of complexity i.e you cannot teach a mask removal before teaching a partial flood followed by a full flooded mask. 

If you are an active scuba instructor or divemaster certified by a training agency like RAID, PADI or SDI, you can onboard/crossover to SSI to teach their programs.

How to Start: Download the MySSI App to register a free account and access the digital onboarding tool.

Local In-Person Training: To complete your in-water evaluations and academic cross-overs, visit your local authorized SSI Pro Training Center, such as us Dive Now Whangārei.

SSI professional onboarding Requirements:

• Must have held an equivalent certification from a recognized training agency.
• Must meet the minimum certification requirements for the certification being crossed over.
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• Be at least 18 years old
• Hold a dive medical from the past 12 months,
• Maintain a current React Right/First Aid certification.
• If a dive professional has been inactive with another agency for greater than five (5) years, they must follow the Returning to Active Status standards.