Underwater Pumpkin Carving Instructor

Not every PADI specialty is about technical skill development - some exist purely to bring fun, creativity, and a sense of occasion to diving, and the Underwater Pumpkin Carving Specialty is exactly that kind of course. This instructor training qualifies experienced PADI professionals to organise, promote, and run their own Underwater Pumpkin Carving Specialty Diver courses, giving divers a memorable and social reason to get in the water together.

To take this instructor course you will need to already hold a PADI Instructor or PADI Freediving Instructor rating and have certified a minimum of 25 divers, reflecting the fact that this specialty, while lighthearted in spirit, is built on genuine teaching experience. Because the Underwater Pumpkin Carving Specialty is a distinctive specialty programme, part of the process involves writing and submitting your own specialty course outline along with a Specialty Instructor Application to PADI's Customer Relations Department for approval.

Once your outline is approved, you are able to issue certifications in the specialty to your own students, giving you a unique, ready-made event to run each year - a great way to bring existing divers back to the centre, introduce a bit of light-hearted competition underwater, and build community around the sport.

For instructors who already have a solid teaching background and want to add something genuinely different to their specialty line-up, this course is a fun, low-pressure way to do it.