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PADI Assistant Instructor
The first teaching-level stage of the PADI Instructor Development Course, building on Divemaster leadership.
Assistant Instructor introduces the PADI system of diver education. It permits additional instructional duties within current standards, but does not provide the full independent teaching authority of an Open Water Scuba Instructor.
PADI Divemaster or qualifying leadership certification, certified diver status for at least 6 months, at least 60 logged dives to begin the IDC, current EFR, medical clearance and EFR Instructor qualification before the full pathway.
A teaching-level PADI rating and a path into the Open Water Scuba Instructor portion of the IDC and PADI Instructor Examination.
The shape of the course
What happens
- ✓Knowledge and teaching philosophy
- ✓Confined-water presentations
- ✓Open-water teaching assignments
- ✓Standards, evaluation and course administration
Under the surface
What you learn
- +PADI teaching philosophy
- +Knowledge-development presentations
- +Confined-water skill teaching
- +Open-water assignments
- +Risk management and professional conduct
Ready when you are