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SDI/TDI Scuba Training Pathways in Melbourne
Training in Blackburn South, Melbourne
Scuba education from beginner Open Water certification to SDI professional and selected TDI technical, instructor and gas blender training.
Simple Dive is an SDI/TDI training facility in Blackburn South, Melbourne. We help divers build an appropriate training pathway based on their current certification, experience, goals and the latest agency standards.
Choose your scuba training pathway
These pathways show the training available through Simple Dive. They are a guide, not a promise that every course must be completed in one fixed order.
Develop as a dive professional
Assistant Instructor may be an optional stage. Entry to professional training depends on current certifications, logged dives and required safety qualifications.
Progress into technical diving
- TDI Intro to Tech and appropriate preparation
- TDI Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures Diver
- TDI Trimix Diver
Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures form a technical foundation and are commonly taught together. Trimix training requires the applicable prerequisite certifications and experience.
Teach technical diving or train in gas blending
Technical instructor training available by enquiry:
- TDI Nitrox Instructor
- TDI Advanced Nitrox Instructor
- TDI Decompression Procedures Instructor
Service training:
- TDI Nitrox Gas Blender
- TDI Advanced Gas Blender
Important: Course availability and entry requirements are subject to instructor availability, candidate prerequisites, logged experience, medical fitness where applicable, and current SDI/TDI standards. Gas Blender training is a service pathway and is not a diver-level progression.
Training pathway questions
Does Simple Dive train complete beginners?
Yes. Simple Dive provides entry-level SDI Open Water Scuba Diver training in Melbourne, including weekday, weekend and intensive course formats.
Can I progress from recreational diving into technical diving?
Yes. Simple Dive offers selected TDI open-circuit technical training, including Advanced Nitrox, Decompression Procedures and Trimix. Your starting point depends on your existing certifications, logged dives and assessed readiness.
Does Simple Dive offer professional and instructor-level training?
Yes. Available programs include SDI Divemaster, SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor, and selected TDI technical instructor courses such as Nitrox, Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures Instructor training.
Does Simple Dive offer gas blender training?
Yes. Simple Dive offers TDI Nitrox Gas Blender and TDI Advanced Gas Blender training. These are service courses and are presented separately from diver certification pathways.
Is every course shown a mandatory step?
No. The page is an overview of training available through Simple Dive. Exact prerequisites and suitable course sequencing are confirmed against current SDI/TDI standards before enrolment.
Plan your next certification
Tell us your current certification, number of logged dives and training goal. We will help identify the most appropriate next step and confirm current prerequisites before enrolment.
Agency references: official SDI course catalogue and official TDI training catalogue. Simple Dive course entry requirements are checked against current standards at the time of enrolment.