PADI Assistant Instructor

PADI Assistant Instructor

During the Assistant Instructor course you will take your Divemaster training to the next step, learning how to introduce new knowledge and skills independently or under limited supervision.

As an assistant instructor your responsibilities will be increased, enabling you to also teach a limited selection of courses including:

  • PADI Seal Team
  • Bubblemaker
  • Discover Scuba Diving
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy

This provides great experience to prepare you for progressing to an Open Water instructor.

The eLearning and classroom presentations will cover multiple aspects including:

  • Learning and Teaching
  • Discover Scuba Diving
  • Risk Management and Licensing
  • Knowledge Development Presentation
  • Skill Development
  • Confined Water Training
  • Open Water Training

In-water training will include:

  • Confined Water Teaching
  • Open Water Teaching
  • Demonstration of 24 dive skills
  • Rescue Assessment

A final standards (open book) exam completes the course.

Course Content
  • 13 eLearning (self-study) curriculum components
  • 10 classroom curriculum components
  • Diver Rescue assessment
  • 2 Knowledge development presentations
  • 2 Confined water teaching presentations
  • 1 Open water teaching presentations
  • 24 diving skills demonstrated
  • Standards exam
Course Prerequisites
  • PADI Divemaster
  • At least 18 years old
  • EFR Primary & Secondary Care
  • Medical clearance for diving
Course Price

In Consultation

Excludes
  • IDC eLearning (can be provided)
  • Dive equipment (can be provided)
  • Student level material (Open Water, RDP/eRDPML, Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver, Divemaster)
  • The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving