Professional
Contact us for listings of Dive Control
Specialist and Instructor classes.
East Coast Divers a 2 store chain in MA with over 26 years of continuous
service is currently looking to fill instructor and sales positions
at its Framingham and Brookline locations. For more information contact
Paul Adler at 800-649-3483, employ@ecdivers.com,
or 508-620-0123
Two-part Dive Control Specialist Program
The new East Coast Divers Dive Control Specialist Program is broken
down into two parts.
The first part consists of classroom training which covers:
- The dive control specialist and their roll in diving
- Diving Physics
- Diving Physiology
- Decompression theory
- Computer theory
- Equipment
- The Aquatic Environment.
The second portion of the course encompasses all the waterman ship
and co-teaching skills including:
- Group Management
- Leading dives
- Assisting in classes and open water dives
- Teaching snorkeling
- Teaching refreshers
- Learning about Scuba Rangers
If you are interested in learning theory for personal knowledge (without
working with students) you may take part one of the program only. It
will not give you a certification, but knowledge is it's own reward.
If you complete both parts 1 and 2, you will become certified as a Dive
Control Specialist. Once certified you may:
- Teach the Scuba Skills Update Program
- Teach snorkel diving and issue Snorkel Diver certifications
- Give underwater tours to certified divers
- Assist certified SSI instructors in classroom, pool, and open water
training
- Teach classroom and pool under direct supervision
- Act as a dive master for certified divers
- Take students on underwater tours
- Assist students into and out of the water
Prerequisites to start part one:
- Be a certified diver with 40 logged open water dives
- Be at least 18 years of age
Prerequisites to start part two:
- Be at least 18 years of age
- Have at least 40 open water dives logged
- Provide your own equipment of leadership quality
- Have a current medical exam for diving
- Be certified at least at the Advanced Open Water level
- Have logged experience in Navigation, Night Diving, and deep diving
Requirements that may be met during the program:
- Have current certification in CPR and First Aid
- Serve apprenticeship time and do practice teaching
- Complete a Diver Stress and Rescue course
- Have at least a total of 60 logged open water dives
