Instructor

The EFR Instructor course is where your diving career becomes something bigger than diving. Emergency First Response is the PADI system's dedicated first aid and CPR training arm, and once you're certified to teach it, you'll be equipped to pass on genuinely life-saving skills to divers, colleagues, family and friends - skills that matter just as much on dry land as they do at the water's edge.

Across the course you'll work through both halves of the EFR syllabus: Primary Care, which covers CPR and how to manage life-threatening emergencies in the first moments after they happen, and Secondary Care, which deals with the first aid skills needed once a casualty is stable. You'll learn not just the techniques themselves but how to teach them clearly and confidently to students who may never have taken a first aid course before.

Sessions run from our centre in Reading, making it straightforward to fit around work and existing dive commitments.

There's no formal certification prerequisite to get started - genuinely, all you need is a desire to help others. That makes this one of the most accessible instructor-level courses in the PADI system, and a natural stepping stone for anyone who wants to build toward the EFR Instructor Trainer course further down the line.