RAID Instructor Specialty Rating
6,500 THB
Take your teaching career even further with the RAID Instructor Specialty Training Program at Thai Ocean Academy in Pattaya. Expand your knowledge, develop new teaching skills, and gain the qualifications to teach a wider range of specialty diving courses. Whether you’re interested in technical skills, conservation, wreck diving, or advanced recreational training, our experienced Instructor Trainers will prepare you to confidently deliver engaging, safe, and professional specialty courses. Grow your expertise, increase your career opportunities, and become the instructor divers choose to continue their underwater journey with. Come as a friend, leave as family.
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Course Overview
Our Instructor Specialty Training Program offers a wide range of certifications, including:
- Nitrox (Enriched Air) Instructor
- Deep 40 Instructor
- Navigation Instructor
- Dry Suit Instructor
- Night & Limited Visibility Instructor
- Search & Recovery Instructor
- Equipment Specialist Instructor
- Perfect Buoyancy Instructor
- Boat Diver Instructor
- Wreck Diver Instructor
- Sidemount Instructor
- Twinset Instructor
- Gas Blender Instructor
- Adaptive Diver Instructor*
- Marine Ecology & Conservation Instructor
*Some specialty instructor programs have additional prerequisites, experience requirements, or professional-level certifications before enrollment. Contact Thai Ocean Academy for the latest availability and entry requirements.
Logistics
Prior to day 1 students will have some online theory to complete
Day 1 – Knowledge review and Pool session
Day 2 & 3 – We go on our large diving boats to complete 2 dives each day repeating the skills we learned in the poolÂ
Course upgrades
2 specialties Save 2000 THB
3 specialties Save 4000 THB
Frequent Questions
Can I get my PADI with you?
At Thai Ocean Academy we focus on training the RAID way. We find that RAID is better aligned with our pace and high standards of diver training. The certifications issued are recognized world wide, and are accepted by all other major agencies
When Should I complete my Advanced Scuba Training?
We typically recommend to complete your Explorer 30 (Advanced) training soon after your Open Water training. This allows you to quickly reinforce all the basic skills you learned, while task loading with more advanced ideas.Â