PADI Assistant Instructor
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.
This course is ideal for crossover instructors from other agencies, and is free to all our Adventure Centre qualified Divemasters. See Professional benefits.
There are a vast array of books and materials that will help you with the Assistant Instructor Course. Many applicants will already have most of these, and the rest are necessary for the Instructor Course as well.
- 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 Buoyancy 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
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 organisation, be at least least 18 years old, have 60 logged dives, including night, deep, and navigation dives.
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. All this is usually scheduled over a number of weeks.
Looking for something special?
Take a look at our Adventure Holidays. This is a great opportunity to try something different under the guidance and supervision of our experienced instructors.
To book your PADI Course, call our telephone booking line: 0115 929 0707 or book on-line. We operate across various locations offering flexibility and choice. Combination courses, one to one tuition, mid-week and holiday courses are available.
Please contact the Dive Centre for further details. We are always adding to the schedules, if the dates are not convenient, just ask.
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