The
PADI Assistant Instructor course is the first portion of the PADI
Instructor Development Course (IDC). You'll not only gain
additional experience as a PADI Professional but you'll also start
learning the PADI System of diver education.
What can PADI
Assistant Instructors do?
- Teach academic presentations under the indirect supervision of a
PADI Instructor
- Evaluate Open Water Diver surface skills under the indirect
supervision of a PADI Instructor
- Teach the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course
- Teach Project AWARE Specialty courses
- Conduct PADI Discover Scuba experiences
- Teach Emergency First Response after successful completion of an
Emergency First Response Instructor course
What will I need to start?
- PADI Divemaster rating or
qualifying certification from another certification organization
- 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
What will I do?
- 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
How
long will it take?
- The course can vary from as little as three days to more than
two weeks
What materials are needed?
- PADI Instructor Manual
- Instructor Candidate Workbook
- Open Water Lesson Planning Slate
- Confined Water Lesson Preparation Slate
- Open Water Aquatic Cue Cards
- Confined Water Aquatic Cue Cards
- The Law and the Diving Professional
- The Business of Diving
- The Best of The Undersea Journal
- Log Book
- Peak Performance Bouyancy Specialty Instructor Specialty
Instructor Outline
- Project AWARE Specialty Program Instructor Outline
- Aware Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Instructor Outline
- Open Water Diver Manual
- Recreational Dive Planner, The Wheel and table, and Instructions
for Use Booklets
- Open Water Diver Quizzes and Exam booklet
- Adventures in Diving Manual
- Rescue Diver Manual
- Rescue Diver Final Exams Booklet
- Divemaster Manual
- Divemaster Final Exams Booklet
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