faq

To become a scuba instructor, you need the right experience, professional training, and an Instructor Evaluation.

With Lee Rigby, you do not just complete the minimum path. You train with one of the most active SSI Instructor Trainers worldwide through a structured program designed to make you confident, employable, and ready for real dive center work.

Before starting your SSI instructor course, you need at least 100 logged dives, Divemaster certification, and Enriched Air Nitrox 40 from a recognised training agency.

If you are close but not quite ready, Lee can help you understand exactly what you need before joining the next course.

Lee Rigby is a Platinum SSI Instructor Trainer and one of the most experienced SSI Instructor Trainers in the world.

He runs regular Instructor Training Courses, has trained hundreds of SSI professionals, and prepares candidates for more than the exam — he prepares them to become the kind of instructors dive centers actually want to hire.

Lee’s training is longer, more practical, and more career-focused than a minimum-format instructor course.

His program combines real teaching practice, direct feedback, dive center standards, a 100% first-time pass rate, a Pass Guarantee, and a Work Guarantee, so candidates leave with certification, confidence, and a real route into the industry.

Lee’s SSI Instructor Training Course is a 14-day program: 12 days of focused instructor training followed by 2 days of Instructor Evaluation.

The longer format gives you more time to practise, improve, and build the confidence needed to teach professionally.

Lee’s candidates currently have a 100% first-time pass rate at SSI Instructor Evaluation.

His training is built to make sure you are ready before you enter the evaluation. If you do not pass, Lee’s Pass Guarantee means he continues supporting you and covers the re-evaluation fees, subject to terms.

Lee’s Pass Guarantee means you are not left alone if you do not pass your SSI Instructor Evaluation.

He continues your training at the next available Instructor Training Course and covers your re-evaluation fees, subject to terms and conditions.

Yes. Lee offers a Work Guarantee for candidates who successfully complete their SSI instructor course.

Through Bubbles Dive Centre and his international dive industry network, Lee helps connect new instructors with real employment opportunities in Gozo, Malta, the Maldives, Europe, and other dive destinations.

Lee runs SSI instructor courses in Gozo, Malta, and Murakabay, Maldives.

In Gozo, training is based at Bubbles Dive Centre. In the Maldives, candidates train in a tropical dive center environment with warm-water conditions and real international dive tourism experience.

The best SSI Instructor Trainer depends on what you want from your training: experience, results, course structure, career support, and real-world preparation.

Lee stands out because he is a Platinum SSI Instructor Trainer, runs up to 12 ITCs per year, has trained hundreds of SSI professionals, maintains a 100% first-time pass rate, and offers both a Pass Guarantee and a Work Guarantee.

SSI is a global dive certification agency used by dive centers around the world.

Lee’s SSI instructor training prepares candidates to teach, travel, and work internationally with practical skills, professional standards, and the confidence needed for real dive center life.

Yes. Dive centers can host an SSI Instructor Training Course with Lee Rigby at their own location.

This gives dive centers access to one of the most active SSI Instructor Trainers worldwide and helps them develop stronger instructors, raise training standards, and build their professional team.