Boat Handler Instructor
Take the helm and start teaching the Boat Handler Specialty
1 day
PADI Certified
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Unit 4, Bellman Court, Great Knollys Street, Reading, RG1 7HD
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Course overview
What to expect
Boat Handler Instructor
If you want your dive centre to run like a well-oiled operation, it starts with confident boat handling, and this one-day instructor course puts you in a position to teach exactly that, with practical techniques you can use with your very next class. Open to working PADI professionals with an instructor rating or newly through their IDC or OWSI, it broadens what you offer and moves you nearer to Master Scuba Diver Trainer status.
In detail
About This Course
Confident boat handling is one of those skills that separates a good dive operation from a great one, and this instructor course qualifies you to pass that competence on. The Boat Handler Instructor rating prepares PADI professionals to teach the Boat Handler Specialty, covering everything from planning and briefing the course to running it safely and credibly with your own students.
Over the course of a single day, you will work through how to structure the Boat Handler Specialty for divers at your own centre, drawing on practical instructional techniques you can put into use immediately. The focus is on giving you the confidence and course material to teach boat handling as a genuinely useful, marketable specialty rather than a box-ticking add-on.
This course is built for working PADI professionals who want to broaden what they can offer. You will need to already hold a PADI Instructor rating, or be currently enrolled in or have recently completed your IDC or OWSI within the last twelve months.
Boat handling skills are in genuine demand among divers who want to progress toward dive leadership roles, skippering their own trips, or simply feel more capable around a dive boat. Adding this specialty to your teaching portfolio gives you another practical, popular course to offer, and moves you a step closer to Master Scuba Diver Trainer status.
The process
How The Course Works
Step 1
Boat Handling Standards & Practice
You spend the day learning how to brief and coach the practical side of boat handling - manoeuvring, docking and safe diver drop-off and pick-up - so you can pass those same habits on to your own students with confidence.
Course curriculum
What You'll Learn
Learning Outcomes
- Teach the PADI Boat Handler Specialty course
- applying General Standards and Procedures
Getting ready
Before You Start & What's Next
Prerequisites
- Must hold a PADI Instructor rating, or currently enrolled/completed IDC/OWSI within 12 months
Next Steps
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Quick facts
Duration
1 day of structured training
Location
Unit 4, Bellman Court, Great Knollys Street, Reading, RG1 7HD
Certification
Recognised PADI qualification on completion
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