Sidemount Diver course material saves time for instructors and retailers. Customers and students are not required to know why eLearning was not available for this course.
Sidemount Divers are available to anyone who is at least 18 years of age and has logged at least 30 dives. You should also hold a PADI Enriched A Diver certification.
We have some additional information to offer you, potential students, about becoming a cave diving or technical diving instructor. It is not an easy job. Both of us decided to undergo the hard work of becoming technical and cave diving instructor.
Sidemount Pros will provide your sidemount harness for the course along with the hardware required to set up your sidemount cylinders. As the equipment is personally configured for you during your course, it will be available for purchase should you wish to take advantage of this.
Our belief is that scuba diving training should go beyond just knowing what to do if something goes wrong. This is a vital part of the training. We make sure that you have the ability to perform all the tasks in the water, and not just on your bottom. This is true for all our courses, Open Water to Technical. We teach you how and when to dive. You won't always be able to reach your knees if there is a problem. Any issues that arise in mid-water must be addressed. This is how we train you.
Sidemount Diver's new course materials are time-saving for instructors and retailers. They don't have to search through multiple sources to put together the course materials, nor do they have to spend the time to create their own exams, quizzes and other teaching tools. They don't have to explain to customers and students why eLearning isn't available for this course.
Open water training for our Courses is done in a conducive environment. The lake provides a more stable and predictable teaching environment which is not affected by the weather problems we might face if using an ocean location.
Don't grab animals, don't hold them for photo ops, don't go for rides on dolphins or turtles, and don't force puffer fish to inflate (it can be fatal to them).