The PADI Assistant Instructor course

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 Are Taught

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

The PADI Assistant Instructor Course consists of these sections:

• 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.