Instructor Course (AI & OWSI)

The DJL Instructor Course will take you from Divemaster to a Open Water Scuba Instructor and consists of two parts: The Assistant Instructor Course & The Open Water Scuba Instructor Course

Assistant Instructor Course (AI)

As an Assistant Instructor, you not only gain additional experience as a PADI Professional scuba diver, but you also start learning the PADI System of Education. You can assume restricted teaching responsibilities and perform as an instructional scuba assistant. It is a great way to gain valuable experience to become a scuba instructor!

The PADI Assistant Instructor course is the preliminary part of the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) and if pursed by the Open Water Scuba Instructor course (OWSI) and successful performance at the Instructor Examination (IE), leads to certification as a PADI Open Water Scuba Diving Instructor.

What you Learn

You build upon your abilities to organize and supervise scuba diving activities, while concentrating on developing teaching skills. You learn through: You get to increase your ability to supervise and organize scuba diving actions, while at the same time focusing on increasing your teaching skills. You learn all of this through:

Knowledge development through self-study, quizzes, lectures and presentations
Confined water skill review and assessment, workshops and presentations
Open water workshops, rescue assessment and candidate presentations

Module 1: Academic Training
· PADI Discover Scuba Diving and Snorkeling Programs
· Developing Knowledge Development Presentations
· Teaching Project AWARE and Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialties
· Teaching in Confined Water
· Conducting Open Water Training Presentations
Module 2: Independent Study
· Knowledge Development
Module 3: Practical Application
· Confined Water and Open Water Teaching Presentations
· Standards Exam
· Dive Rescue Skills Assessment

What you can Teach

As well as being able to teach all things in PADI Divemaster, as a PADI Assistant Instructor you can:

Teach academic presentations under the indirect supervision of a PADI Diving Instructor
During confined water dives, present initial skills training under the direct supervision of a PADI Diving Instructor
Evaluate Open Water Diver surface skills under the indirect supervision of a PADI Diving Instructor
Teach and certify PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Divers under the direction of a PADI Instructor
Teach Project AWARE Specialty courses
Teach the AWARE Coral Reef Conservation specialty course
Conduct PADI Discover Scuba Diving experiences in a pool or confined water
Conduct PADI Seal Team AquaMissions
Teach PADI Digital Underwater Photographer specialty courses under the direction of a PADI Instructor after earning the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Speciality Instructor rating.

Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI)

Looking for a job in exotic countries doing what you love and helping people change their lives? Then this is for you! The Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program is one of two separate sections of PADI’s Instructor Development Course (IDC)—the core of PADI Instructor training. The first portion is the Assistant Instructor course followed by the Open Water Scuba Instructor program. The OWSI program can be done in a minimum of four days. But we spread it out over more days to ensure you are OK with everything. The course introduces you to the entire PADI System of diver education and concentrates on additional development of your abilities as a professional scuba diving educator.

The whole IDC (AI + OWSI) in DJL is 15 days (instead of the usual 7 days). These more days mean more personal time with the Instructor to learn real life training tips and techniques. Also more time means we can go over any problems you guys may have until we are certain you are all right. Also more importantly it means more free-dives! This also includes 2 days prep course and 2 days Mock IE.

What you Learn

During the program you will learn how to apply the PADI System of Education by presenting at the minimum:

Two confined water teaching presentations
Two knowledge development presentations
One open water teaching presentations integrating two skills

You will also attend and contribute in the subsequent 18 curriculum presentations:

Course Orientation
Business of Diving
Marketing Diving
General Standards and Procedures
Learning, Instruction and the PADI System
Risk Management
PADI Scuba Diver and Open Water Diver Course
Business of Diving
Adventures in Diving Program
Specialty Diver Courses and Master Scuba Diver Program
Developing Knowledge Development Presentations
Teaching in Confined Water
Conducting Open Water Dives
Rescue Diver Course
Divemaster Course
Start Diving
Keep Diving
How to Teach the RDP (Instructors from recreational diver training organizations other than PADI must complete.)
You will demonstrate competence at:
- Performing all 20 dive skills listed on the Skill Evaluation.
- Performing a facedown, nonstop swim for 800 metres/yards using a mask, snorkel and fins. Throughout the course you will have to prove capability in Dive theory by passing a five-part theory exam scoring a minimum of 75% on each part.

What you can Teach

After becoming an Open Water Scuba Instructor, you will be capable of conducting the complete assortment of PADI programs from Discover Scuba Diving up to Divemaster. You can also if you choose obtain specialty instructor ratings in areas that interest you, such as Digital Underwater Photographer or Enriched Air Dive.

The Fun Part

You will begin networking with other professionals and begin to explore PADI Pro Diving Jobs worldwide. You will also have the chance to continue your professional education by take part in specialty instructor courses, which train you to teach specialties after the Diving instructor certification.

The tricky part of this course is your personal commitment to the training. The course requires you to complete all the self-study Knowledge Reviews before the course begins and to prepare daily assignments for teaching presentations daily. Organization and dedication is the key.

It’s about life transforming lives (including your own!). The enjoyable part of becoming a diving instructor is work together with course members while creating friendships that continue long after the course concludes. Plus obviously diving each day!