Have you ever had to do the same thing over and over again, day in and day out? It gets boring quickly unless you find a way to break up the monotony. Well the same thing goes for teaching SCUBA. Teaching DSD’s and Open Water courses back to back to back can get exhausting, tiring, and down right boring for some, but what can they do to fix that?
Teaching specialties is the best way to break up the monotony! Being able to go and teach someone better ways to take pictures, how to dive with a full face mask, or even showing them that kicking is for CHUMPS and introducing them to DPVs can add that much needed break from teaching Open Water courses.
Our MSDT Prep Course will teach you to teach 6 different PADI specialties. You pick 5 and we include Boat Diver with the MSDT Prep Package. You can pick specialties from the following ever-growing list.
SPECIALTY INSTRUCTOR COURSES
- The role and characteristics of the PADI Divemaster
- Supervising dive activities and assisting with student divers
- Diver safety and risk management
- Divemaster conducted programs and specialized skills
- Business of diving and your career
- Awareness of the dive environment
- Dive setup and management
- Mapping an open water site
- Conducting dive briefings
- Organizing a search and recovery project and a deep dive
- Conducting a scuba review and skin diver course
- Assisting with Discover Scuba Diving and leading Discover Local Diving programs
- Age Requirement
- 18 years or older
- Course Prerequisites
- PADI Open Water Scuba Diver
- Medical clearance to dive
As a dive professional, you’ll want to have all your basic scuba equipment, including a dive computer, a dive knife, and at least two surface signaling devices. During practical skills exercises, like underwater mapping and search and recovery, you’ll use a compass, floats, marker buoys, lift bags and slates.
You will also need any specialty equipment needed to complete the course. Before selection of each course, we will review the required equipment and associated costs. Not all course will require specialty equipment.
| Underwater Videographer | Underwater Naturalist | Fish ID | Equipment Specialist | DSMB Diver |
| Coral Watch Coral Health Chart | Whale Shark AWARENESS | Sea Turtle AWARENESS | Drysuit | AWARE Shark Conservation |
| Invasive Lionfish Tracker | Search and Recovery | Navigation | Self-Reliant (Self Reliant Student Level Certification Required) | Sidemount (Sidemount Student Level Certification Required) |
| Digital Underwater Photographer | Full Face | Drift | Night | DPV |
| Emergency O2 Provider | Wreck Diver | Deep Diver | Enriched Air Diver (EANX Student Level Certification Required) | Dive Against Debris |
MSDT Prep Tuition: $895
MSDT PADI Fees: $425
TOTAL PRICE: $1320
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