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PADI Assistant Instructor 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 in
order to become a scuba instructor!

The PADI Assistant Instructor course is the first portion of the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC)
and when followed 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 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:
  
  • 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 You Can Teach
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 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 Specialty Instructor rating

The Scuba Gear You Use
You use all the basic scuba equipment and some scuba accessories such as a dive slate, dive knife, compass, dive watch, etc.
It is highly recommended that you own all of your own scuba equipment, as familiarity with personal gear improves general scuba diving skills. You can find most everything at IDC Scuba.

The Learning Materials You Need
The PADI IDC crewpak includes all the materials needed to prepare for a PADI Assistant Instructor or Open Water Scuba Instructor course. The 23-item pack includes:

Instructor Application, Brochures and other course documentation, Confined & Open Water Lesson Planning Slates, Confined & Open Water Cue Cards, Advanced Open Water Instructor Cue Cards, Rescue Diver Instructor Cue Cards, Law and Diving Professional Book w/CD containing Best of Undersea Journal, Children and Scuba Diving, Business of Diving (3 PDF Manuals), Open Water Diver Quizzes & Exams Booklet, Rescue Diver Final Exams Booklet, Divemaster Final Exams Booklet, PADIs Guide to Teaching Manual with Instructor Hologram, Positive Approach Selling DVD, Specialty Course Instructor Manual (Digital, Multilingual version - English, Dutch, French, Spanish), PADI Backpack.

This product must be purchase in addition to the course fees. The cost of the pack is $495.00. Please be aware that by buying this pack you will not only have all the required materials for the Assistant Instructor course, but also all the materials you require for progressing onto the Instructor Course.

Prerequisites
  • Be a PADI Divemaster or qualifying certification from another certification organization
  • 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

Schedule
Part One: Online completion of all theory components. Must be done before first day of course.
Part Two: Additional Theory Presentations and Practical Sessions (Two days)
Saturday: 8:00am to 7:00pm
Sunday: 8:00am to 6:00pm

Cost:  $695.00

Includes: Online Study Fees, Airfills, Instruction
Does Not Include: Instructor Crew Pack, Gear hire, Application Fee, Professional Insurance


EXCLUSIVE TO IDC SCUBA CANDIDATES
All candidates, on completion of their course, are given the opportunity to work in the capacity of an Assistant Instructor in our Company. We see it as a vital step towards gaining experience and preparing an Assistant Instructor for Instructor training at a later stage.