Part 8: SSI Training Standards-Dive Program Standards 2024/2025 graded A+ by experts

Part 8: SSI Training Standards-Dive
Program Standards

Before getting a Referral Diver certification card, a student must:

A) Complete all academic sessions and assessments
B) All answers are correct
C) Complete all pool/confined water sessions and skill evaluations from the Open Water Diver
Instructor manual
D) Complete an Open Water Diver final exam - ANSB) All answers are correct

The first mandatory training dive for all SSI Specialty programs must be:

A) All training dives must be directly supervised
B) Indirectly supervised
C) Indirectly supervised if a certified assistant is used
D) Directly supervised - ANSD) Directly supervised

Which of the following is NOT found in the Open Water Specialty programs in the Dive Program
Standards?

A) Wreck Diving
B) Deep Diving
C) Dry Suit Diving
D) Navigation - ANSC) Dry suit diving

The maximum student-to-instructor ratio for open water dives in a Basic Diver program is:

A) 2:1
B) 6:1
C) 4:1
D) 8:1 - ANSC) 4:1

If one or more students in a Scuba Diver program are under the age of 15, the maximum
student-to-instructor ratio in the Open Water is: - ANSC) All answers are correct

During the Open Water Diver program, Open Water Training Dives 3 and 4 may only be
conducted:

A) After all academic and pool/confined water requirements are complete