If you’re an avid freediver, you likely spend a lot of time thinking about freediving, talking about freediving and sharing the details your latest freediving adventures. Becoming a PADI Freediver Instructor lets you take your passion for freediving to the next level and allows you to do what you enjoy as a profession. You must earn the PADI Freediver Instructor rating, but you gain a job that lets you share incredible underwater achievements with others – transforming their lives for the better while enriching yours.

There are two paths to earning the PADI Freediver Instructor rating. The first is for experienced freedivers who gain instructional skills by attending a PADI Freediver Instructor Training Course. The second path is for freediver instructors who want to join the PADI organization by attending a PADI Freediver Instructor Orientation.

To enroll in a PADI Freediver Instructor Training Course, you must be at least 18 years old, have a PADI Master Freediver certification (or have a qualifying certification), be a current EFR (Emergency first responder, or qualifying CPR/first) and present a medical statement signed by a physician within 12 months.

Note that PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors (or higher rating) who have a PADI Advanced Freediver certification and are current Emergency First Response (or qualifying CPR/first aid) and present a medical statement signed by a physician within 12 months may enroll in a PADI Freediver Instructor Training Course.

In the PADI Freediver Instructor Training Course, over a minimum of four days, during both classroom and inwater sessions, you cover these key topics:

• PADI Freediver course standards and procedures
• Learning and Instruction
• Teaching Skills and Supervising Freedivers
• Safety and Risk Management
• Freediving Physiology and Psychology
• Organizing and Marketing Freediving

In the PADI Freediver Instructor Orientation, which may be conducted in person or as a webinar over a few hours, you cover these key topics:

• PADI Freediver course standards and procedures
• Organizing and Marketing Freediving

For both program, there is also a Care for the Environment topic and a written final exam.

EQUIPMENT

You need to have a freediving mask, snorkel, bifins, wetsuit and weight belt. Your instructor may allow you to use monofins. You’ll also need a surface signaling device and a freediving computer (or depth gauge and timer).

Price does not include, all equipment, course materials and pool fees. Entrance fees to dive site are charged separately if applicable.

Email steve@freedivers.co.uk for more information.