PADI Assistant Instructor

The PADI Assistant Instructor program provides PADI Divemasters, and those certified to leadership levels with other diver training organizations with additional training as instructional assistants and dive educators.

If you meet the above criteria then this program will build upon the your abilities to organize and supervise dive activities, while concentrating on developing teaching skills. Through independent study, classroom sessions and practical application, candidates learn to construct effective teaching presentations and conduct PADI programs. To help you through the program, PADI has developed an array of learning tools such as the PADI Guide To Teaching.

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.
• Be in good physical condition for diving and submit a medical exam form signed by a physician.
• Be a certified diver for at least 6 months.
• Have completed and logged at least 60 open water dives with experience in night, deep and navigation.
• Have completed a course in CPR and First Aid in the last 24 months.

The PADI Assistant Instructor program consists of:

• Formal training in conducting PADI programs and experience programs.
• Independent study assignments.
• Practical application sessions.
• Written examination.