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“SSI ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR 2025 “ NEWEST UPDATED EXAM 2025 – 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% GRADED A+ (LATEST VERSION) WELL
REVISED AND HIGHLY RECOMMENDALE| ALREADY PASSED!!
SSI Assistant Instructor
The first mandatory training dive for all SSI Specialty programs must be:
Indirectly supervised
Indirectly supervised if a certified assistant is used
Directly supervised
All training dives must be directly supervised
Directly supervised
A water fitness evaluation must be completed before entry-level students:
Start their academic training
Do any open water training
Are issued their certification card
Do any in-water training
Do any open water training
During open water training dives, the Open Water Instructor may:
Indirectly supervise the dive if a certified assistant is present
Indirectly supervise emergency ascent skills
Indirectly supervise navigation skills during Open Water Training Dive #4
Indirectly supervise students during underwater skill evaluations
Indirectly supervise navigation skills during Open Water Training Dive #4
An Indoor Diver may upgrade to Open Water Diver after completing all skill
evaluations and:
One (1) open water training dive
No open water training is required
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Two (2) open water training dives
Four (4) open water training dives
Two (2) open water training dives
An uncertified Open Water Diver student may participate in a Scuba Skills
Update.
False, only certified divers may participate in the Scuba Skills Update program
True, if they have completed all of the pool/confined water training dives from
the Open Water Diver Instructor Manual
True, if they have completed all of the pool/confined water training dives from the
Open Water Diver Instructor Manual
Before getting a Referral Diver certification card, a student must:
Complete all academic sessions and assessments
Complete an Open Water Diver final exam
All answers are correct
Complete all pool/confined water sessions and skill evaluations from the Open
Water Diver Instructor manual.
All answers are correct
Which of the following is NOT found in the Open Water Specialty programs in
the Dive Program Standards?
Wreck Diving
Dry Suit Diving
Deep Diving
Navigation
Dry Suit Diving
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:
6:2 with a certified assistant
4:1
All answers are correct
8:3 with two certified assistants
All answers are correct
Students participating in Equipment Technique program must be at least:
A Referral Diver
12 years old
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A Scuba Diver
An Open Water Diver
A Referral Diver
The Try Scuba program may be conducted by an active status:
Anyone can teach a Try Scuba program
Assistant Instructor or higher
Divemaster or higher
Dive Guide or higher
Assistant Instructor or higher
The Experienced Diver Test:
All answers are correct
Requires proof of open water diving experience
Requires an academic and pool/confined water evaluation
Is for divers that have lost proof of certification or have non-traditional diving
histories
All answers are correct
How can a SSI Divemaster earn an Ecology Specialty Instructor certification?
Complete a Specialty Seminar, or co-teach the program
Complete the Verification application, or co-teach the program
Complete a Specialty Seminar or the Verification Application
Only co-teaching is an option for Training Specialists
Complete a Specialty Seminar, or co-teach the program
Assistant Instructors may teach, supervise and issue certifications/recognition
cards for the following programs:
Scuba Rangers, Try Scuba, and all SSI Specialty programs
Scuba Rangers, Basic Diver, Scuba Skills Update and Open Water Diver
Scuba Rangers, Try Scuba, Scuba Skills Update and Deep Diving
Scuba Rangers, Try Scuba, Scuba Skills Update, and Perfect Buoyancy
Scuba Rangers, Try Scuba, Scuba Skills Update, and Perfect Buoyancy
Which of the following statements is NOT a requirement for a Divemaster
Instructor?
Be a Science of Diving Instructor
Have issued a minimum of 30 SSI certifications
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Be an Assistant Instructor Trainer
Be an Advanced Open Water Instructor
Be an Assistant Instructor Trainer
Candidates for the Snorkeling Instructor program must be:
Active status SSI Dive Professionals
Open Water Instructors or higher
15 years old
18 years old
18 years old
In addition to the Divemaster Instructor Rating, an Assistant Instructor Trainer
candidate must have issued at least:
10 Scuba Diver and/or Open Water certifications
20 Scuba Diver and/or Open Water certifications
30 Scuba Diver and/or Open Water certifications
40 Scuba Diver and/or Open Water certifications
30 Scuba Diver and/or Open Water certifications
After successful completion of the Instructor Evaluation an Open Water
Instructor is qualfied to teach, supervise and issue certifications for:
Dive Guide
Advanced Adventurer
All answers are correct
Enriched Air Nitrox
All answers are correct
Which of the following statements is NOT a requirement for the SSI Divemaster
rating?
Be an active status Professional Dive Guide
Minimum age: 21 years old
Have logged at least 60 open water dives
Have the Science of Diving certification
Minimum age: 21 years old
Which of the following is not required to complete the Assistant Instructor
program?
Complete and pass all requirements from the Open Water Diver Instructor
Manual
“SSI ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR 2025 “ NEWEST UPDATED EXAM 2025 – 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% GRADED A+ (LATEST VERSION) WELL
REVISED AND HIGHLY RECOMMENDALE| ALREADY PASSED!!
SSI Assistant Instructor
The first mandatory training dive for all SSI Specialty programs must be:
Indirectly supervised
Indirectly supervised if a certified assistant is used
Directly supervised
All training dives must be directly supervised
Directly supervised
A water fitness evaluation must be completed before entry-level students:
Start their academic training
Do any open water training
Are issued their certification card
Do any in-water training
Do any open water training
During open water training dives, the Open Water Instructor may:
Indirectly supervise the dive if a certified assistant is present
Indirectly supervise emergency ascent skills
Indirectly supervise navigation skills during Open Water Training Dive #4
Indirectly supervise students during underwater skill evaluations
Indirectly supervise navigation skills during Open Water Training Dive #4
An Indoor Diver may upgrade to Open Water Diver after completing all skill
evaluations and:
One (1) open water training dive
No open water training is required
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Two (2) open water training dives
Four (4) open water training dives
Two (2) open water training dives
An uncertified Open Water Diver student may participate in a Scuba Skills
Update.
False, only certified divers may participate in the Scuba Skills Update program
True, if they have completed all of the pool/confined water training dives from
the Open Water Diver Instructor Manual
True, if they have completed all of the pool/confined water training dives from the
Open Water Diver Instructor Manual
Before getting a Referral Diver certification card, a student must:
Complete all academic sessions and assessments
Complete an Open Water Diver final exam
All answers are correct
Complete all pool/confined water sessions and skill evaluations from the Open
Water Diver Instructor manual.
All answers are correct
Which of the following is NOT found in the Open Water Specialty programs in
the Dive Program Standards?
Wreck Diving
Dry Suit Diving
Deep Diving
Navigation
Dry Suit Diving
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:
6:2 with a certified assistant
4:1
All answers are correct
8:3 with two certified assistants
All answers are correct
Students participating in Equipment Technique program must be at least:
A Referral Diver
12 years old
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A Scuba Diver
An Open Water Diver
A Referral Diver
The Try Scuba program may be conducted by an active status:
Anyone can teach a Try Scuba program
Assistant Instructor or higher
Divemaster or higher
Dive Guide or higher
Assistant Instructor or higher
The Experienced Diver Test:
All answers are correct
Requires proof of open water diving experience
Requires an academic and pool/confined water evaluation
Is for divers that have lost proof of certification or have non-traditional diving
histories
All answers are correct
How can a SSI Divemaster earn an Ecology Specialty Instructor certification?
Complete a Specialty Seminar, or co-teach the program
Complete the Verification application, or co-teach the program
Complete a Specialty Seminar or the Verification Application
Only co-teaching is an option for Training Specialists
Complete a Specialty Seminar, or co-teach the program
Assistant Instructors may teach, supervise and issue certifications/recognition
cards for the following programs:
Scuba Rangers, Try Scuba, and all SSI Specialty programs
Scuba Rangers, Basic Diver, Scuba Skills Update and Open Water Diver
Scuba Rangers, Try Scuba, Scuba Skills Update and Deep Diving
Scuba Rangers, Try Scuba, Scuba Skills Update, and Perfect Buoyancy
Scuba Rangers, Try Scuba, Scuba Skills Update, and Perfect Buoyancy
Which of the following statements is NOT a requirement for a Divemaster
Instructor?
Be a Science of Diving Instructor
Have issued a minimum of 30 SSI certifications
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Be an Assistant Instructor Trainer
Be an Advanced Open Water Instructor
Be an Assistant Instructor Trainer
Candidates for the Snorkeling Instructor program must be:
Active status SSI Dive Professionals
Open Water Instructors or higher
15 years old
18 years old
18 years old
In addition to the Divemaster Instructor Rating, an Assistant Instructor Trainer
candidate must have issued at least:
10 Scuba Diver and/or Open Water certifications
20 Scuba Diver and/or Open Water certifications
30 Scuba Diver and/or Open Water certifications
40 Scuba Diver and/or Open Water certifications
30 Scuba Diver and/or Open Water certifications
After successful completion of the Instructor Evaluation an Open Water
Instructor is qualfied to teach, supervise and issue certifications for:
Dive Guide
Advanced Adventurer
All answers are correct
Enriched Air Nitrox
All answers are correct
Which of the following statements is NOT a requirement for the SSI Divemaster
rating?
Be an active status Professional Dive Guide
Minimum age: 21 years old
Have logged at least 60 open water dives
Have the Science of Diving certification
Minimum age: 21 years old
Which of the following is not required to complete the Assistant Instructor
program?
Complete and pass all requirements from the Open Water Diver Instructor
Manual
