You earn "instructor" certifications by successfully completing the course. This means you are fully certified at that instructor level at the end of the course. The Lifesaving Society offers the following instructor certifications:
"The Lifesaving Society advocates the mandatory wearing of functional lifejackets/PFDs by operators and passengers of all types of watercraft less than 5.5m without a cabin." (Lifesaving Society Position Statement, May 1996)