PADI Assistant Instructor (AI) Course

As a PADI Assistant Instructor, you not only gain additional experience as a PADI professional scuba diver, but you also start learning the PADI system of diver education. You can act as an instructional scuba assistant and assume limited teaching responsibilities. It?s a great way to gain experience to become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.

WHAT IS INVOLVED?

The PADI Assistant Instructor course is the first portion of the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC). If it is? followed by the PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor course (OWSI) and successful performance at the PADI Instructor Examination (IE), leads to certification as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI). You build upon your abilities to organize and supervise scuba diving activities while concentrating on developing teaching skills. You learn 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.

WHAT CAN I DO WITH MY CERTIFICATION?

In addition to the responsibilities and duties you already have as a PADI Divemaster, as a PADI Assistant Instructor you can:
– 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 PADI Specialty courses under the direction of a PADI Instructor

DURATION

4 days

REQUIREMENTS

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

PRICE INCLUDES

Instructor, tanks and weights, land transport to dive sites

EXCLUDES

Manuals, logbook, PADI fees for certification and other equipment

PADI Membership Fees

YOU MIGHT CONSIDER…

Take the combined AI and Open Water Scuba Instructor (AI) course at a significant discount!

LEARNING MATERIAL

PADI IDC Crew Pack (Not included in course price)

 

PADI IDC TIMETABLE

	Feb/March 24	April/May 24	Aug/Sept 24	Oct/Nov 24
IDC	21 Feb - 29 Feb	22 Apr - 30 Apr	28 Aug - 5 Sep	30 Oct - 7 Nov
IDC Staff	20 Feb - 29 Feb	21 Apr - 30 Apr	27 Aug - 5 Sep	29 Oct - 7 Nov
EFRI	25 Feb	28 Apr	1 Sep	3 Nov
OWSI	24 Feb - 29 Feb	24 Apr - 30 Apr	31 Aug - 5 Sep	2 Nov - 7 Nov
MSDT Prep	4 Mar - 5 Mar	1 May - 2 May	9 Sep - 10 Sep	11 Nov - 12 Nov
IE	1 Mar - 2 Mar	3 May - 4 May	6 Sep - 7 Sep Gozo	8 Nov - 9 Nov