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Ok, you have by now
committed to the final stages of your own Personal Underwater
Journey, you have already made the transition to PADI Professional
and joined the elite, so now this is your chance to face your next
challenge. As a PADI Assistant Instructor you will now be
able to help out and display your knowledge and experience in the
classroom as well as in the water, you can even teach several
courses independently !
This next part of
your journey will be considerably shorter and most definitely more
intense than anything you have completed so far, taking only 4 days
from start to finish to complete. Now is your chance to
independently stand out from the crowd, and show your PADI Staff
Instructor how good you really are. Don't take this one lightly, at
this level a genuine 90% of divers need not apply, are you one of
the 10% that should?
  The
PADI Assistant Instructor Program is run on a full time basis
over a six day period, and on most days involves an early start and
a late finish. It will focus your attention to not only 'what'
should be taught, but also 'how' to teach it. You are now beginning
your own personal evolution to a fully fledged PADI Instructor.
Yes this
is, in simple terms, a grooming course before the next and final
stage of
  your
own Personal Underwater Journey to the pinnacle of all PADI
Training. It, of course, is also a very valid and useful stand alone
course, and should most certainly not be dismissed. Anyone that
simply wants to give more, and who classes themselves as a generous
and committed member of any training team can benefit massively by
completing the PADI Assistant Instructor course.
The specific dates of
your PADI Assistant Instructor course will be confirmed when
you apply, however to give you an idea of the format we have
included a sample schedule. This schedule is spread over a two week
period, and of course also incorporates an amount of self study work
and lecture preparation work.
With the PADI
Assistant Instructor program you really do need to display an
amazing level of both concentration and commitment. Here you are
moving away from any last remaining traces of recreational diver,
you are about to qualify at a level where you can conduct certain
PADI authorised programs yourself independently.
Ok, so you now know
what you next step along your personal underwater journey is, and
you also know how much is involved, so take some time and think it
through. To some the PADI Assistant Instructor Program is simply
more than they are capable of, but to you, we hope it is simply the
next great (yet enjoyable) challenger to overcome.
PADI Emergency First
Response (EFR) Instructor
As a PADI Assistant Instructor you are now eligible to pursue
further Instructor Level training, to qualify you to be able to
independently teach several PADI courses. The main course that
the majority of our PADI Assistant Instructors choose to take, if
they are not going to move straight onto the PADI Open Water Scuba
Instructor, is the PADI Emergency First Response (EFR) Instructor.
The PADI EFR
Instructor course is a single day course run at the end of every IDC,
where the full instructor candidates complete this course
automatically. On this course you will be taught and get to practice
the fundementals of how to teach both divers and non-divers the
skills and knowledge that are contained within the Emergency First
Response Course. |
