Take the next step in your diving career with the SSI Instructor Training Course on Koh Tao!

SSI Instructor

Imagine an office where the ocean is your workspace. Trade the nine-to-five for mornings on a dive boat and underwater meetings. Why save for dive trips when diving could be your career? If that sounds right, join our SSI Instructor Training course!

Level

Pro

Course

Duration

2

Weeks

Cost

฿79,000

Thai Baht

The Learning Experience

Kickstart your professional scuba diving career in Koh Tao, one of the world's top diving destinations, with the SSI Assistant Instructor and Instructor Training Course (ITC) combination. This training program emphasizes real-world teaching skills and prepares you to excel in the SSI Instructor Evaluation (IE). You'll master advanced diving knowledge, refine your skills, and learn effective coaching techniques to deliver courses like Open Water Diver, Enriched Air Nitrox, Diver Stress & Rescue, and Dive Guide.

Our renowned Instructor Trainer, Tim Morrish, has trained hundreds of dive professionals at the highest standard to allow them to change their lives and follow their dreams. This program combines expert guidance with digital and practical learning. You’ll also gain insights into the business of diving, including economic, social, cultural, legal, governmental and environmental concerns, along with marketing and customer service. Our team will support you every step of the way, whether you plan to work locally on Koh Tao or pursue job opportunities globally through our extensive professional network.

Choose between completing the full two-week course or taking a more flexible approach by progressing through the Assistant Instructor, ITC, and IE programs at your own pace. Whichever path you take, this course will elevate your dive skills, expand your career opportunities, and empower you to share your passion for the underwater world as a certified SSI Open Water Instructor.

Ready to start your adventure?

What’s included

What to bring

Prerequisites

Itinerary

Through a perfect blend of Classroom academics, independent digital Academics, Confined and Open water teaching you will learn everything you need to head into your Instructor Evaluation confidently.

You’ll master advanced diving knowledge, refine your skills, and learn effective coaching techniques to deliver courses like Open Water Diver, Enriched Air Nitrox, Diver Stress & Rescue, and Dive Guide.

You’ll also gain insights into the business of diving, including economic, social, cultural, legal, governmental and environmental concerns, along with marketing and customer service.

Instructor Examinations
Certification and CELEBRATE!

SSI Instructor

All activities start the day after arrival on the island.

฿79,000

Why choose Goodtime for Scuba Diving in Koh Tao?

Smaller Groups

Max 4 students per instructor for a more personalised experience.

Later Starts

Enjoy the freedom to sleep in; we start later than most dive schools on the island.

Uncrowded dive sites

We carefully plan our dive trips to avoid the crowds.

Fully Equipped Classroom

Our beach front classroom equipped with Air-Con and WiFi is the perfect environment to learn to dive on Koh Tao.

Highly experienced instructors

Our professional SSI instructors are passionate divers with extensive local knowledge.

Speed boat

We have our very own speedboat that allows us to travel to further dive sites in the quickest time possible.

Reviews

Harvey Middleton
16 April 2025

Oliver was a great diving instructor and really helped me feel safe and confident in our 2 dives.

Leon Fischer
15 April 2025

We had an excellent diving instructor, Oliver. It was a lot of fun and very professional. The photographer Mike was also very professional and friendly

Daniel Ghassemi
12 April 2025

Very personable and flexible! After worrying about whether we would even be able to dive on Koh Tao before taking the 4:30am ferry, we luckily found this diving club. The team was very flexible and accommodating and rescheduled the dive trip for us the next day so that we could make it to the ferry in time after the dive. The team with Charlie, Leah, Sita, Lukas, Angie and Max are as professional and friendly as they are international. Thank you for making it happen! 🤿😊 Cheers!

Nick K.
12 April 2025

Perfect diving school! We went diving as a group of four in the japanese gardens. Our instructors Leah, Sita and Charlie and also the rest of the team as Lukas, Angie and Max were super nice. They gave us a good overview about all the things we should know when diving and one did feel safe around them. I can only recommend doing it as the price is also super fair.

Der Emil
12 April 2025

Me and my friends went diving with Max, Sita, Charlie, Lukas, Angie, Leah. Sita was supervising two of us while learning the basics, enjoying the corals and observing the wildlife. Would recommend everybody to experience it with this professional team Also heard Felix is a great guy for supervising dives.

Anthony Demelo
11 April 2025

Best first scuba diving experience, shout out to drew, oliver, and angie

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