Sidemount Instructor

The TDI sidemount instructor course in Gozo, Malta teaches candidates how to train sidemount divers. Many candidates combine it with our basic TDI instructor package to be able to train tech divers in both twinsets and sidemount.

If this is your first TDI instructor-level course, we will start by covering the history of TDI’s parent company International Training Inc. We will then review general training standards and TDI’s philosophy, including how best to teach sidemount divers. In addition, we discuss the business side of (technical) sidemount diving and risk management.

Once ready, candidates start giving their own academic presentations. Following on from that, we focus on the practical aspects of sidemount diving. Equipment configuration and setup workshops are two of those. The largest part of your TDI sidemount instructor course is spent in-water, including skill circuits and teaching presentations.

Course Details

  • 3 days / 3 dives MINIMUM
  • Dives will include skill circuits as well as in-water teaching presentations
  • Academic presentations and workshops
  • Online micro-class on Human Factors in Diving

Check out our price list and contact us directly to talk about a customised package for you.

You will also need to pay TDI registration fees.

  • TDI materials (choice of manual or eLearning if available)
  • tank hire and bottom gas as required for the dives EXCLUDING helium and deco gas
  • video analysis of dives
  • use of the O’Dive Doppler sensor for decompression optimization
  • Human Factors micro-class
  • To complete your TDI sidemount instructor training within 3 days, you need to arrive with demonstration level skills already dialled in. If you prefer to have additional time to work on any aspect of your sidemount diving simply add build-up days and contact us for a package tailored to your needs.
  • Sidemount instructor qualifications can also be added to the basic TDI instructor package.
  • 18 years old
  • Medical form signed by a physician
  • OWSI or higher certification
  • Sidemount Diver
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Tech Instructor course

Beyond Diving Skills

As a technical diving instructor you apply and teach more than diving skills and theory. 

Making decisions in stressful situations, working in a team and communicating effectively – in short, non-technical skills – are all part of the courses you teach and are crucial to your students’ success. 

Therefore, all of our instructor training courses include the micro-class offered by The Human Diver as mandatory pre-learning for your instructor level training.

If you’d like to start reading ahead of time, check out the related book, Under Pressure.

“This is currently the most important topic for modern sport diving.” 

Professor Simon Mitchell