how can I become an instructor??

[thrillseek 0]

can anyone tell me what the latest requirements are for someone to be an instructor? Seems like they change almost daily!

[riggerrob 643]

In Canada, if you want to become an instructor, you need a B Certificate of Proficiency and have passed a Coach 1 Course.
Our Coach 1 Course is similar to USPA's Basic Instructor Course.
Having completed those preliminaries, then you attend an Instructor A Course, usually specializing in Instructor Assisted Deployment.
If you want to do tandems, you have to pass all the previous requirements and attend a Tandem Instructor Course run by a company that manufacturers tandem equipment.
If you want to teach Progressive Freefall, you need to be an Instructor A and Coach 2, plus pass the PFF Instructor's Course.
I know that this sounds like a lot of hoops to jump through, but it is actually easier than the old system because now you are taking a series of small blocks of instruction, as opposed to the old school where you were expected to grasp it all in one week.

[thrillseek 0]

good info....wish you were american.....or maybe i ought to go to canada....hmmmm :) Thanks for the reply

[Aviatrr 0]

Go to www.uspa.org and download the SIM(skydivers information manual).. There is a section in there that lists all the requirements.. There are different types of instructors(S/L, AFF, tandem), and each has different requirements..
Mike

[thrillseek 0]

thanks mike! is the manual likely to change soon again?? :)

[freeflir29 0]

I'm about to take the first step. (Scary ain't it!) Taking the USPA coaches course will be your first step if you don't hold any other ratings yet. The only requirement I know of before you can get this rating is having a C lic. Then you have to take the course which is pretty involved from what I know so far. I haven't looked into the other ratings too much because I only have 121 jumps which isn't enough for anything else.
"I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"
Clay

[thrillseek 0]

so, how many jumps do you need to be an instructor? I thought they changed the rules around....

[Aviatrr 0]

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I'm about to take the first step. (Scary ain't it!) Taking the USPA coaches course will be your first step if you don't hold any other ratings yet.

When/where are you gonna do it at? I need to do the Coach course too.....if they're gonna have one up there in Atlanta, let me know when and I'll try to make it..
Mike

[Aviatrr 0]

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is the manual likely to change soon again??

I doubt it....but if it does, you can download it again(free, of course) from the USPA website...or you can download the changes..
Mike

[freeflir29 0]

"When/where are you gonna do it at?"
SD Atl is putting one together. They don't have dates yet. I think Trey wanted to do one but is sort of fishing to see how much interest is out there. If you are interested email Trey. I think it's "trey@skydiveatlanta.com" or just go to "skydiveatlanta.com" and click on the contact us. He'll get that too...
"I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"
Clay

[Aviatrr 0]

Cool....I just dropped Trey an e-mail.. Thanks..
Mike

[markbaur 0]

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There is a section in [the SIM] that lists all the requirements.

The requirements were removed from the SIM when it was updated last year, and are now included in the yet-to-be-published Instructor Reference Manual (IRM). USPA has been referring folks to the 1998 SIM (not available in on-line form), which many of us threw out when we got the new one.
As others in this thread have written, the process begins with the coach rating, which is the one part of the IRM which actually has made it to the field. You can download the Coach Course manual and the Coach Course Proficiency Card from www.uspa.org.