MSDT training program for Diving Instructors

The MSDT Program has two components:
MSDT Prep – learn how to teach at least 5 PADI Specialty courses by participating in PADI
Instructor Specialty training.
MSDT Internship – team teach alongside experienced Instructors and gain your first PADI
certifications
Our MSDT Internship teaches you how to teach Specialty courses
Want to stand out to potential employers as a PADI Dive Instructor committed to teaching a
variety of diving courses and who understands the importance of continuing education?
Do you want to teach your student divers how to dive on Enriched air or how to penetrate a
ship wreck?
Our MSDT Program gives you the opportunity to gain the teaching experience and
certifications that employers look for.
Learn to teach Specialty courses on Koh Tao
Our program offers a flexible, structured and rewarding educational experience, providing you
ample opportunity to master the many parts of organizing and conducting specialty diving
courses.
You will also learn the importance of good time management, self discipline, gain valuable
hands-on teaching experience, pick up useful teaching tips and get to organize a wide choice
of PADI dive courses.
Take the next step as a Dive Instructor, become a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer and make
yourself highly employable on Koh Tao

Included in the Koh Tao Master Scuba Diver Trainer Program
● MSDT Prep course that includes 5 Instructor Specialty courses
● Team-teach 2 PADI courses alongside one of our course Instructors and gain your first
PADI Certifications
● Lots of real-life teaching experience
● Flexible schedule
● FREE use of Dive Computer
● Log book
** Additional team teaching cost – additional team teaching will be charged at 2000 THB per
course (not for the MSDT Prep dives)

To enroll on a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer Course you must:
● Be a renewed and in status PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
● Be medically fit to dive and cleared for diving by a physician within the last 12 months

Our PADI MSDT Prep program is conducted over a 5/6 days timeline.
Koh Tao PADI MSDT Course Candidate Information
Our MSDT program consists of two sections; the MSDT Prep course and the MSDT
team teaching Internship.

MSDT Prep
The MSDT Prep course is scheduled over 5/6 days and you choose 5 instructor specialty
ratings you would like to teach to your students.
Each PADI Specialty course has a knowledge development section and associated
Open Water training sessions.

MSDT – Knowledge Development
A series of discussions, presentations and workshops that cover the following
● Understand the purpose and goals for each specialty diver course
● Review the course standards and procedures from each PADI Specialty Course
Instructor Guide
● Demonstrate mastery of all knowledge development performance requirements for
each Specialty course
● Present a knowledge development presentation from each specialty diver course
● PADI Specialty diver training costing and marketing workshop
Each Instructor Specialty course includes 1-2 Open Water training dives and during each of
those dives there are a number of tasks and skills you must complete.

MSDT – Open Water training
● List student diver and instructor equipment requirements
● Explain the specialty diver course Open Water training considerations
● Describe how to conduct all course segments in a manner that enables divers to meet
course performance requirements
● Demonstrate mastery of all Open Water skill performance requirements for each
specialty diver course
● Conduct an Open Water teaching assignment for the specialty diver course

You can choose 5 PADI Instructor Specialty courses from the following list that we conduct at
Koh Tao Diving School
● Adaptive Techniques Instructor course
● Boat Diver Specialty Instructor course
● Deep Diver Specialty Instructor course
● Dive Against DebrisSpecialty Instructor course
● DPV Diver Specialty Instructor course
● Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty Instructor course
● Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor course
● Equipment Specialist Instructor course
● Fish Id Specialty Instructor course
● Night Diver Specialty Instructor course
● Search & Recovery Specialty Instructor course
● Self – Reliant Specialty Instructor course
● Sidemouth Specialty Instructor course
● Underwater Naturalist Specialty Instructor course
● Underwater Navigator Specialty Instructor course
● Wreck Specialty Instructor course

MSDT Internship Koh Tao
Our MSDT Internship is extensive and involves you team teaching alongside our team of
experienced PADI Master Instructors.
This will allow you to build up real teaching experience, confidence and the organizational
skills required when scheduling and conducting scuba diving courses.
The MSDT rating significantly adds to your resume with dive centre managers around the
world preferring to hire a PADI Instructor that has some experience.
Our MSDT program includes your first two team teaching courses. To reach 25 certifications
you will need to team teach more PADI courses that are subject to availability and are charged
at 2,000THB per course.

Teaching Popular Specialty Courses
It also means as a PADI Specialty Instructor you can teach the most popular specialty courses
in the world.
In busy resort areas, experience and the ability to organize and teach groups of student divers
is highly sought after, especially during high season periods.
Our MSDT program will slowly build and mould your ability, confidence and teaching style to
enable you to teach scuba diving courses effectively.

Your course Instructor will assign you specific modules to teach or review, specific skills to
demonstrate and specific training dives to conduct and in between this, they will conduct
portions of the course.
This allows you to watch the course Instructor, learn a variety of teaching techniques, observe
how an experienced Instructor reacts and solves problems and how they manage their time.
Team teaching with experienced Dive Instructors
You will also get the opportunity to pick up valuable teaching tips, apply these in real teaching
situations and receive constructive feedback.
As the Internship progresses you will become more confident and as your time management
skills develop, we will give you more responsibility.
The final goal of the Internship is that you teach your final team-teaching course in its entirety,
with the course Instructor supervising.

The courses and programs you will have an opportunity to team teach and gain PADI
certifications in include:
● Discover Scuba Diving
● PADI Open Water course
● PADI Advanced Open course
● EFR First Aid & CPR course
● PADI Rescue Diver course
● PADI Dive Master course
● PADI Specialty diver courses (that you are certified to teach)

The minimum number of PADI certifications you need to apply to become a PADI MSDT is 25
certifications. We include your first two team teaches and subject to availability, you can
complete further team teaches at 2,000THB per course.
However, our focus is on your individual development, performance and teaching ability rather
than number of certifications you issue.

Additional Black Turtle Dive MSDT Modules
Social Media & Online Marketing Workshop
Social media is one thing we like to get away from when we go diving, but it is also one of the
most important duties of a Dive Professional
During this workshop we discuss the importance of social media to the dive professional,
popular platforms we use to promote scuba diving on social media and the demographic we
are trying to reach out too.
We will also go through best practices, share some useful tips with you and discuss the
message we are trying to convey to the public.
Neutral Buoyancy for Dive Instructors Workshop
Buoyancy is the most important skill in scuba diving and we take it seriously at Black Turtle
Dive.

We add our Buoyancy LAB Fluid Mechanics workshops to a variety of our training courses
including the Open Water course.
This is to ensure our students possess the necessary buoyancy skills and confidence to get
the most out of their diving and to avoid damaging any of the marine environment.

MSDT Program: 25,000 baht **
**Additional Costs
* 2000 THB per team teach to gain additional experience and certifications (not for the MSDT
Prep dives)

PADI Instructor Specialty Application A$131 (per specialty x 5) A$144 *Australian resident
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer Application online: A$178 / A$195.80
Black Turtle Dive PADI MSDT Candidates

At Black Turtle Dive we take our customer promise very seriously and we want to ensure our
passion for providing the highest quality diver training and customer service, is passed onto
you.

By instilling our customer promise into each one of our professional candidates, we believe it
provides them with the best chance of success within the diving industry.
Our Dive Instructor Development team is possibly the most experienced within the dive
industry.

PADI MSDT teaching Internship on Koh Tao
We know what it takes to produce a successful Dive Instructor and MSDT and we know what
potential employers look for in a modern dive professional with the right attitude.
With our PADI MSDT program, it is our intention to train you to become a multi skilled PADI
Master Scuba Diver Trainer, who in the future, we would have no hesitation employing
ourselves.We will build up your skills, knowledge, confidence and ability to work as a dive leader and
dive educator.

MSDT Program: 25,000 baht **
**Additional Costs
* 2,000 THB per course for the Internship to gain the certifications (not for the MSDT Prep
dives)

PADI Instructor Specialty Application A$131 (per specialty x 5) A$144*
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer Application online: A$178 / A$195.80