CLASSES: Professional Courses - PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor

Scuba Instructor currently active with other diver training organizations can become PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors (OWSI) through the PADI OWSI Crossover.   The OWSI rating is the first PADI Instructor level attained by PADI dive professionals. During their training instructor candidates review PADI Standards, procedures, philosophies and teaching methods as well as hone their practical teaching ability, watermanship, and diving knowledge. After successfully completing a PADI Instructor Examination (IE), OWSIs take responsibility for introducing people to scuba diving through various PADI programs and courses. Teaching status PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors may conduct the entire range of PADI programs from Discover Scuba Diving up to Divemaster (except for specialties which require specific Specialty Instructor ratings).

Prerequisites
To enroll in an OWSI Program, you must:

• Be certified as a PADI Assistant Instructor or as a current instructor member in good standing with another recreational diver training organization for at least six months.
• Be at least 18 years of age.
• Submit medical clearance for diving signed by a physician, attesting to fitness to dive. The medical clearance must be current within the previous 12 months. The physician signing the medical clearance cannot be the applicant.
• Have been a certified diver for at least six months and have completed and logged at least 60 dives showing experience in night diving, deep diving and underwater navigation.

Note: To attend an IE, the instructor candidate must have at least 100 logged dives.

• Submit proof of CPR and first aid training within the last 24 months.
• Submit documentation of any qualifying certifications for entry level, advanced, rescue and leadership level issued by another recreational diver training organization. (PADI Members who have these records on file at PADI do not need to resubmit.)

Course Costs
The PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor course offered at Wet N Rugged Sports includes:

• 55+ hours of classroom lecture, Open water training and practical application experience.
• Pool experience and practice including tanks and weights.
• PADI Instructor Candidate Workbook, PADI Instructors Manual (paper version) and Instructor Development Crew Pack. 
• Textbooks for PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Adventures in Diving, PADI Rescue Diver, PADI Divemaster and the PADI Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving CD-ROM and the Knowledge Workbook CD-ROM.
• Credit can be obtained if the OWSI Candidate does not need all of the the above course materials

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