Assistant Instructor

The SSI Assistant Instructor course at Orca Diving is the top of the professional track offered at the centre, priced at 900€. It trains qualified Divemasters to take on a teaching role under the supervision of a full instructor — running confined water sessions, assisting with open water training dives, and supporting the full course delivery process.

The Club Nàutic de l'Escala setting provides the infrastructure: a fully equipped classroom for academic and presentation skills development, the Janity for open water sessions, and the centre's three operating zones covering the Medes, Cap de Creus and the Costa de l'Escala. Candidates work in the same environment where the centre runs its everyday course programme, which means the transition to working as an Assistant Instructor in real conditions is direct.

Oscar Diving's affiliation with SSI, FEDAS and FFESSM means the qualification carries recognition across those frameworks. The centre runs the full professional pathway — Dive Guide at 700€, Divemaster at 800€, Assistant Instructor at 900€ — which allows candidates to progress through each step without changing base.

The instructors at the centre hold the accreditations needed to supervise and certify at this level. The small-group teaching model that runs throughout the centre's recreational courses applies here too — the candidate receives direct mentorship rather than being absorbed into a large professional training cohort.