TDI Non-Diving Specialty Instructor
The TDI Non-Diving Specialty Instructor Course is designed to teach members of the scuba diving industry such as: store owners, service technicians, etc. the knowledge to safely function as an independent instructor of the non-diving specialties listed below:
- Visual Inspection Procedures
- Other non-diving specialties, i.e. unique specialties, offered by TDI (subject to headquarter’s approval)
In order to become an instructor for one of the above courses; a candidate must be certified by a qualified instructor trainer; experience based upgrades are not available. Instructors who hold equivalent certifications with a recognized agency and wish to cross over as a non-diving specialty instructor may do so by applying via current instructor crossover procedures.
What you can expect to learn
The TDI Non-Diving Instructor course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more:
- TDI standards and procedures
- History of TDI
- Products and procedures
- How to place an order
- Registration procedures
- Yearly renewals
- Liability and insurance
- Risk management
- Waivers and releases
- Filling out an accident/incident report
- Methods of instruction
- Teaching theory, methods and oral communications
- Lesson preparation
- Use of training aids
- Home study program, use of knowledge quest
- Successfully selling courses
- Budgeting courses
- Recruiting students
- Organizing and scheduling a course
- Retail sales
- Instructor ethics
- All course content for the specialty the candidate will be teaching after graduation
Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate include:
- Present minimum of 3 academic presentations, minimum time 15 minutes , on subjects from the TDI Specialty they will be teaching after graduation
- Present minimum of 2 practical presentations, minimum time 15 minutes, on subjects from the TDI Specialty they will be teaching after graduation
- Satisfactorily complete all skill performance and graduation requirements for the TDI Specialty they will be teaching
- Demonstrate the ability to correctly remediate exam questions with a student
Course Equipment Requirements
- Any equipment required by the current standard(s) appropriate to the specialty being taught by the Candidate, after graduation
Course Prerequisites
- Minimum age 21
- Affiliated with an TDI Facility
- Minimum of 1 year experience at the provider level for the specialty which will be taught after graduation
- Meet all prerequisites for the corresponding instructor level specialty they will teach after graduation; except any assistant instructor or instructor requirements
- Provide proof of current CPR and first aid certification
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