Continuing Education & Specialty Diving Program
Continuing Education with MidCoast Scuba Center - Omaha, Nebraska
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The answer to "why specialty training?" is quite simple. An entry-level course provides you with the motor skills, equipment knowledge, and minimum open water experience needed to be considered a competent diver. However, an Open Water Diver course does not a specialist make.
Specialty training has two primary objectives: to prepare
you for new diving situations, and to improve your level of skill. The specialty Diver Program provides an excellent introduction to a variety of different diving subjects such as Deep Diving, Boat Diving, Night Diving/Limited Visibility and many others.
These courses are designed to enhance the enjoyment of each new situation. Specialty training also develops your current level of skill to a much higher level. For example, you may have always wanted to explore underwater wrecks, we can teach you how.
A specialty course takes you clearly beyond what you learned on your Open Water Diver Course. Each specialty generates its own excitement and opens its own doors. Not every specialty is appropriate to every diver or diving level. Some specialties may not pertain to your area, but can be enjoyed when traveling.
Every specialty, however, can open new vistas for the diver who wishes to explore all the adventures scuba diving can provide!
The MidCoast Scuba Center Specialty Diver Program offers the opportunity, through continuing education, to accelerate the learning process that otherwise could only be gained through significant, time-consuming experience. You can quickly prepare yourself to be comfortable in whatever diving situations apply to you personally. Here is a simple, inexpensive way to gain knowledge, experience, confidence and recognition, in classes tailored to your specific interests!
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Scuba Center Continuing Education Ratings
Taking a specific number of SSI Specialty Courses and continuing your pursuit of dives allows you to earn higher levels of diver ratings. SSI's rating are the only rating s in the industry that combine training and experience requirements, proving that SSI ratings are truly earned.
SSI's intermediate diver rating is higher than any other agency's advanced course. To earn the certification for Specialty Diver, you must complete 2 specialty courses and have logged a total of 12 dives. The prestige of training for this rating with MidCoast Scuba Center becomes evident in that this entry level specialty rating is higher than any other agency's advanced open water diver certification. Choose from any of the specialty courses listed below that interest you.
MidCoast Scuba Center Specialty Diver Courses
- Advanced Buoyancy
- Boat Diving
- Dive Computer Specialist
- Full Computer Diver
- Enriched Air Nitrox Computer Diver
- Advanced Computer Diver
- Digital Underwater Photography
- Deep Diving
- Dry Suit Diving
- Equipment Techniques
- Night / Limited Visibility Diving
- Search and Recovery Diving
- Stress and Rescue Diver
- Underwater Photography
- Underwater Navigation
- Waves, Tides and Currents
- Wreck Diving
SSI's Advanced Diver rating stands alone in the industry with the highest combination of diving knowledge and experience. No other agency's advanced diver level compares. To earn the certification for Advanced Open Water Diver, you must complete 4 specialty courses and have logged a total of 24 dives. Choose from any of the specialty courses listed above that interest you.
SSI's Master Diver rating is one of the most elite ratings in diving today. Divers who have completed this level have combined the knowledge, skills and experience to truly call themselves a Master Diver. To earn the certification for Maser Diver, you must complete 5 specialty courses and have done a total of 50 dives.
This is SSI's initial dive leadership level. You receive both dive master and assistant instructor training. SSI Dive Control Specialist is SSI's initial dive leadership level and is considered by many as the "fun" leadership rating. That's because you can do more than any other entry-level dive leader. You can do more because you receive both dive master and assistant instructor training in the SSI Dive Control Specialist course. With other agencies, these courses are separate.
As a Dive Control Specialist you can:
- Work on Dive Boats, at Resorts and Retail Stores, and Take People Diving
- Lead Dive Trips and Tours
- Assist SSI Instructors in Confined and Open Water
- Teach skills in the pool under the direct supervision of an SSI Instructor
- Teach the SSI Scuba Skills Update Program
- Teach the SSI Snorkeling Program
- Teach selected SSI Specialty Courses
- Teach selected First Aid and CPR Programs
- Teach Scuba Rangers (after completing the Scuba Rangers Instructor training)
You will study advanced physics, physiology and decompression theory. You'll practice advanced rescue techniques, fine-tune your diving skills and learn the basics of teaching. Plus, there's a high demand for SSI Dive Control Specialists at retail shops and exotic resorts. To learn more about the SSI DiveCon Program click here.
The SSI Instructor Training Course (ITC) prepares you to become an active member of the scuba industry, a successful educator, and a valuable dive business employee.
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