PADI Assistant Instructor Course

PADI Assistant Instructor Course

Already a PADI Divemaster?
Are you looking for the next step on the professional ladder?
Do you want / need to improve your employability?
Looking for some real teaching experience?

Then you need to be a PADI Assistant Instructor.

Why should you come to Dive and Sea Tenerife to complete your Assistant Instructor Course?

We have a dedicated PADI Master Instructor on hand for all your presentations and skill sessions allows you to grow as a professional with tips and hints gained from years of experience.

Becoming a PADI Assistant Instructor will help your employability, but also will help you to develop your PADI Professional skills.  It’s a great way to gain experience in order to become a scuba instructor.

Working closely with our PADI Master Instructor, Pete, you will go through the Assistant Instructor course and start to learn how to Teach as a PADI Professional.

In this program you not only gain additional experience as a PADI Professional scuba diver, but you also start learning the PADI System of diver education.

What You Learn

You build upon your abilities 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:
Module 1:
· Academic Training
· PADI Discover Scuba Diving and Snorkelling Programs
· Developing Knowledge Development Presentations
· Teaching Project AWARE and Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialties
· Teaching in Confined Water
· Conducting Open Water Training Presentations

Module 2:
· Independent Study
· Knowledge Development

Module 3:
· Practical Application
· Confined Water and Open Water Teaching Presentations
· Standards Exam
· Dive Rescue Skills Assessment

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
 Teach Emergency Oxygen Provider after earning the Emergency Oxygen Provider Speciality Instructor rating
 Teach the Emergency First Responder course after earning the EFR Instructor rating


The Learning Materials You Need

The PADI IDC Candidate kit includes all the materials needed to prepare for a PADI Assistant Instructor / PADI Instructor:

The kit includes the following items;

PADI Guide to Teaching
PADI's "Diving Knowledge Workbook”
Digital Specialty Course Instructor manual
Instructor cue cards for PADI’s core courses (Discover Scuba Diving, OW, AOW, Rescue, DM)
Presentation Slates
Lesson planning slates for confined and open water
Quiz and exam booklets for the core courses

You will also need;

PADI Instructor manual
PADI's "Encyclopaedia of Recreational Diving"
All PADI manuals up to and including PADI Divemaster
PADI's "How to use and Choose Dive Computers manual"
eRDPml
RDP tables


Prerequisites

To take this course, you must 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 physically fit to complete the Divemaster stamina tests
 Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months
 Want a fun and exciting career as a diving professional!

To find out more send an e-mail to Pete