Become THE Diving Instructor Every dive center wants to hire
Train with SSI Platinum Instructor Trainer Lee Rigby.
Lee is a Platinum-level trainer who certifies more SSI professionals than anyone else in the world, known for expert mentoring, real teaching practice, a 100% first-time pass rate, and a guaranteed job offer after certification.
#1
SSI Instructor Trainer in 2025
11
1 of 11 Platinum SSI Instructor Trainers
2000+
Professional Certifications issued
330+
Professionals trained since 2024
100%
First-time pass rate at the evaluation
12
Instructor Training courses per year
TWO GUARANTEES No other SSI Instructor Trainer offers.
Pass Guarantee
Pass Your Evaluation or Lee Covers Your Fees.
Lee prepares you to pass your Instructor Evaluation first time with focused coaching and real teaching practice. If you do not pass, he covers the re-evaluation fees.
Guarantee
Finish Your Training With a Real Job Offer.
When you complete your Instructor Course, Lee connects you with real employment opportunities through Bubbles Dive Centre and his global network of dive industry partners, so you leave with more than a certification.
Four Ways to train with Lee
From your first instructor rating to training future professionals, every path is led by SSI Instructor Trainer Lee Rigby and built around one outcome: instructors dive centers actually want to hire.
Become an SSI Instructor
Start your professional diving career with focused instructor training from Lee. Build the teaching skills, confidence, and real-world experience to pass your evaluation and begin working as a scuba instructor.
Progress to Assistant Instructor Trainer (AIT)
Take the next step as an SSI professional and learn how to mentor future instructors. Lee helps you develop the coaching, evaluation, and leadership skills needed to train instructor candidates.
Host an Instructor Training Course
Bring Lee to your dive center and run an SSI Instructor Training Course under his Platinum-level guidance. Build stronger instructor candidates and put your school on the SSI Pro map.
Instructor Placement
Hire the strongest SSI professionals in the industry. Connecting dive centers with trusted instructors.
What our pros say
I wholeheartedly believe Lee Rigby is the finest instructor that I have had the pleasure of teaching me. When I failed my ITC in Tenerife and I explained what happened to him, he told me what they did was not acceptable. He is patient with his students, his feedback is both constructive and encouraging, and I'm now an instructor because of his teaching.
I did my Divemaster and Instructor Training Course with Lee. The whole process was highly organised and goal oriented: passing the IE. Although he can be highly demanding, this ensures that you'll be ready for the examination day. As promised, everyone on my promotion got a job as a diving instructor either at Bubbles or at other local and abroad dive centers. I got the opportunity to keep working with Lee after my instructor examination to practice everything I learned. Can't wait to continue my professional career with him, see you soon for the AIT.
Around 3 months ago I finished my ITC with Bubbles. I highly recommend doing your course with Lee! It's been a great experience and I've grown and learned a lot from him. He sees the details and is an honest instructor. After that I went to Cyprus and I'm living my best life, he recommended this job and it's been amazing so far!
I was super picky about who to do my ITC with because it really shapes your development and career path, and I'm so glad I chose Lee. I spoke to several trainers beforehand, and he was the only one who truly impressed me. He's incredibly knowledgeable, supportive, and just a great mentor to learn from. He pushes you to be your best while also having a sense of humor with it. He also backs it up by guaranteeing to find work as an instructor after you pass.
SSI: THE WORLD’S FASTEST-GROWING DIVE CERTIFICATION AGENCY
Scuba Schools International is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing dive certification agencies, with 3,500+ training centers across 110 countries. SSI credentials are recognised by every major dive operation on the planet, and the Pro Career Center programme connects certified instructors directly to hiring dive schools.
Lee’s instructor training prepares dive professionals for that global standard, combining practical teaching skills, real-world mentoring, and the confidence to work in professional dive centers worldwide.
Two homes. One standard. Train year-round.
Malta, Gozo
Bubbles Dive Centre
Lee’s main training base is his own dive center Bubbles Dive Centre in Gozo, Malta. SSI instructor courses here combine dedicated classroom facilities, focused coaching, and structured in-water training in a professional dive center environment.
#1 Worldwide for Pro-level certifications
MURAKABAY MALDIVES
When Europe gets cold, Lee escapes to the Maldives. ITCs run in 28°C crystal-clear water off white-sand beaches, a once-in-a-career setting to earn your instructor rating.
Winter ITCs in tropical conditions
How to become a scuba instructor
Becoming a scuba instructor starts with the right training, the right mentor, and real teaching practice. Lee Rigby’s SSI instructor training is built to help you become confident, certified, and ready to work.
1
Meet the Requirements
You need a Divemaster certification and Enriched Air Nitrox from a recognised training agency to start, and 100 logged dives by the time you certify as an SSI Open Water Instructor. You can begin the course from 60 dives.
2
Train with Lee
Presentations, confined water skill circuits, open water training dives. You demonstrate, Lee tells you what didn't work, you do it again until the standard sticks.
3
Get Certified and Hired
Pass your SSI Instructor Evaluation and move toward real employment opportunities through Lee’s network. Work that means diving most days, living by the water, and getting paid to teach people how to dive.