Assistant Instructor

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 four 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.

AI#1 – Introduction / Preparing Knowledge Development Presentations / Preparing Confined Water Teaching / Preparing Open Water Presentations ~ A#2 – Knowledge Development and Exams (Physics, PADI Standards, RDP, Environment etc) ~ A#3 – Open Water Skills and Rescue Assesment ~ A#4 – Presentation Assesments.

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 or under the supervision of a qualified PADI Instructor. Programmes you can deliver independantly include:- Project Aware Speciality; Peak Buoyancy Speciality; Seal Team and Coral Reef Speciality, and under supervision you can complete Present Academic Presentations; Demonstrate Initail Confined Water skills and Evaluate Open Water Surface skills.

In order to commence your PADI Assistant Instructor training programme you will need to have met all of the prerequisite requirements (PADI Divemaster, or equivilant; First Aid Qualified; HSE Medical Approved; 60 Logged Dives, inlcuding those in Deep, Night and Navigation; Initially Qualified for over 6 Months; and Fully Kitted for UK diving), prior to commencement. We would also recommend that you aquire your PADI IDC Crew Pack at least 1 month prior to commencing, in order that you can complete your pre-study in good time.

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.

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