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PADI Assistant Instructor Course

PADI Assistant  Instructors are dive educators who assist with, organize and supervise knowledge development, confined water and open water activities.  Assistant instructors work in partnership with PADI Instructors to provide student divers with quality knowledge and skill development during PADI programs. The teaching skills assistant instructors develop during their training allows them to independently conduct several PADI programs, and with further training they may also teach non-diving specialty courses, as well as Emergency First Response program.

To qualify for PADI Assistant Instructor training, you'll need to:
  • Be certified as a PADI Divemaster or leadership level with another recreational  diver training organization.
  • Be at  least 18 years old.
  • Submit a Medical Statement for a diving medical examination conducted within the past 12 months.  A licensed physician must sign the form and state that the candidate is fit for diving.  The physician signing the medical clearance cannot be the applicant.
  • Have been a certified diver for at least six months and have completed and logged at least 60 dives showing experience in night diving, deep diving and underwater navigation. (as documented in the individual's log book.)
  • Submit proof of CPR and first aid training within the last 24 months.
  • Submit documentation of any qualifying certifications for entry-level, advanced, rescue, and leadership-level issued by another recreational diver training organization.  (PADI Members who have these records on file at their PADI Office do not need to resubmit).)
  • If not a PADI Divemaster, successfully complete the PADI Divemaster course dive rescue assessment.
The PADI Assistant Instructor Course includes:  Formal  training in conducting PADI programs and experience programs, independent  study assignments, practical application sessions, and a written  examination.

A PADI Assistant Instructor is qualified to:
  • The responsibilities and duties they already have as PADI Divematers, renewed (and insured, where applicable)
  • Present the academic elaboration for any PADI Diver course under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor.  The PADI Instructor must personally assess student knowledge development (i.e. review Knowledge Reviews, administer and review Quizzes and Final Exams.)
  • During confined water dives, present initial skills training under the direct supervision of a PADI Instructor.
  • Conduct open water surface skill evaluations during Open Water Diver course training dives under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor.
  • Teach and certify PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Divers under the direction of a PADI Instructor.  A Teaching Status PADI Instructor must be available for consultation during the course, although not necessarily present during training sessions.  The instructor must cosign the student diver log books and Training Record sheets after verifying that all performance requirements are met.
  • Independently teach the PROJECT AWARE (nondiving) Specialty course.
  • Independently teach the  AWARE - Coral Reef Conservation (nondiving) Specialty course.
  • Independently conduct Discover Scuba Diving in a pool or confined water environment.
  • Independently conduct PADI Seal Team AquaMissions.
  • Teach and certify student divers in nondiving specialty after successful completion of a PADI Specialty Instructor Training course for that specialty (as long as all requirements are met for Specialty Instructor certification).
Upon successfully completing the PADI Assistant Instructor program, you receive a certification card and wall certificate denoting this rating.  You'll also become a member of PADI and receive benefits, including the ability to purchase professional liability insurance (which may be required to conduct some activities).

Required Materials:
  • PADI Instructor Manual
  • Instructor Candidate Workbook
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Instructor Outline
  • Diving Knowledge Workbook
  • Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving
  • Project AWARE Specialty Instructor Outline
  • AWARE - Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Instructor Outline
  • RDP - all three versions (Wheel, table and eRDP including associated Instructions for Use booklets)
  • PADI Open Water Diver Manual
  • Open Water Diver Quizzes & Exams booklet
  • PADI Adventures in Diving Manual
  • PADI Rescue Diver Manual
  • Rescue Diver Final Exams booklet
  • PADI Divemaster Manual
  • Divemaster Final Exams booklet
  • Aquatic Cue Cards - for Open Water Diver, Adventures in Diving, Rescue Diver, Divemaster and Discover Scuba Diving
  • Confined Water Lesson Preparation Slate
  • Open Water Training Dive Lesson Planning Slate
Recommended Materials:
  • All PADI professional videos
  • All PADI diver videos
  • PADI Specialty Diver Manuals
  • The Law and the Diving Professional
  • The Best of the Undersea Journal
  • The Business of Diving
  • Children and Scuba Diving: A Resource Guide for Instructors and Parents
  • Nav-Finder
  • Open Water Diver Course Lesson Guides (standard and prescriptive)
  • Rescue Diver Course Lesson Guides (standard and prescriptive)
  • Divemaster Course Lesson Guides
  • Discover Scuba Diving Flip Chart
  • Scuba Tune-Up guidebook
  • Skill Evaluation Slate
  • PADI Career Advancement Series materials
  • Adventure Log - Pro Modules
  • A.W.A.R.E. - Our World, Our Water Manual
  • Ten Ways a Diver Can Help to Protect the
  • Aquatic Realm brochure
  • Discover the Underwater World video and
  • The Snorkeler's Field Guide
  • PADI Adventure Log Book with Teaching / Supervising module
If you have any questions about the course, feel free to stop in or call.

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