PADI Assistant Instructor Course ( AI )

As a PADI Assistant Instructor, you not only gain additional experience as a PADI Professional diver, but you also start learning the PADI Systems of diver education. Unlike a Divemaster you can act as an instructional assistant and take on some teaching responsibilities. It’s a perfect way to gain experience in order to become a scuba instructor.
The PADI Assistant Instructor course represents the first portion of the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC), you build upon your abilities as a Divemaster to organise and supervise scuba diving activities, while concentrating on developing teaching skills.


You learn 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:

1. Academic Training
2. Independent Study
3. Practical Application workshops.
   
   

• Teach academic presentations under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor

• During confined water dives, present initial skills training under the direct supervision of a PADI Instructor

• Evaluate Open Water Diver surface skills under the indirect supervision of a PADI 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 Photography specialty courses under the direction of a PADI Instructor subject earning the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor rating.

• • Be a PADI Divemaster  or qualifying certification from another certification organisation.
• • Be at least 18 years old.
• • Have 60 logged dives, including night , deep, and navigation dives.
• • Have been a certified diver for at least 6 months
• • Have CPR and First Aid Training  within the last 24 months.
• • Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement (PDF)  signed by a physician within the last 12 months.