PADI Specialty Instructor Program

PADI Specialty Instructor Program

The PADI Specialty Instructor Program is an important professional development step for scuba instructors, allowing them to teach and certify divers in various PADI specialty courses while expanding their instructional experience and career opportunities.

The program is designed to develop instructors’ teaching skills for organizing and conducting specialty courses according to PADI international standards, with a strong focus on safety, educational quality, and modern instructional techniques.

The program includes:

Theoretical Training:
Academic development covering:

Specialty course organization and structure

PADI standards and procedures for each specialty

Training dive planning

Risk management and training safety

Presentation and evaluation skills

Selecting proper equipment for each specialty

Practical Training:
Includes applied training on how to:

Conduct specialty course presentations

Organize specialty training dives

Evaluate student performance

Manage practical open water training

Apply PADI specialty standards and procedures

Instructors may enroll in one or multiple specialties within the program. Popular PADI specialties include:

Deep Diver

Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox)

Night Diver

Wreck Diver

Underwater Navigator

Peak Performance Buoyancy

Search and Recovery

Sidemount Diver

Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV)
and many other PADI specialty programs.

Program Requirements & Prerequisites:

Participants must hold:

PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) certification (or equivalent)

The program is conducted under the direct supervision of highly experienced PADI Course Directors and according to the highest international training and safety standards.

The Specialty Instructor Program helps instructors expand their professional teaching opportunities and increase their expertise in advanced and specialty diving education.