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Sidemount Instructor
Earn the rating to teach sidemount diving to TDI standards.
Overview
The Sidemount Instructor qualifies you to teach sidemount diving as a certified TDI instructor. You will develop lesson planning, demonstration-quality skills and student-management ability, then prove them through mentored teaching and evaluation to agency standards.
What you'll learn
- Teaching academics, briefings and dive planning for this level
- Demonstration-quality skills and in-water control
- Managing, coaching and assessing students safely
- Standards, risk management, paperwork and certification procedures
What's included
- All academic and teaching-practice sessions
- Agency instructor materials and registration
- Mentored teaching experience with real students
- Evaluation and standards preparation
Prerequisites
Active instructor rating and TDI Sidemount certification, with sidemount experience.
Kit for this course
Recommended gear
The configuration we'd dive for this course, tap any card to drill into products, or shop it as a ready-made bundle. Not sure what suits you? Take the gear guide →
Base configuration
Sidemount
- Dedicated sidemount harness + wing
- Two independent cylinders, regulators and SPGs
- Streamlined hose routing
- Cutting tool and SMB
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Add-onTeaching / leadership kit
- Demonstration-quality regulator and mask, plus spare and loaner gear for students
- Slates, wet-notes and lesson / dive-planning tools
- Primary and backup SMBs and spools
- Surface signalling, first-aid and oxygen (O2) kit
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Add-onCold-water (dry suit)
- Dry suit + appropriate undergarment
- Dry or wet gloves
- Dedicated dry-suit inflation hose
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