PADI Assistant Diving Instructor Course
So you are a diver but really you want to teach other people how to dive. The PADI Assistant Instructor course is designed for you.
The PADI Assistant Instructor course is the first part 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 can give you the ability to start a career and enjoy your job immensely at the same time.
Not only can diving bring you great pleasure but it could also pay the bills and there is always another diving instructor needed somewhere. If you would like to take the first steps to becoming a PADI approved diving instructor this is the course you should book yourself on first. Contact us now on 01279 815559 to book your place on this magnificent course that could change your life forever.
The roll of a PADI Assistant Instructor:
- 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
Prerequesites:
- 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
- Complete a medical statement attached to our booking form
Course make-up:
- 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
Course duration:
3 Days
Materials you will need:
Materials included within the IDC Crew Pack
- PADI Instructor Manual
- Instructor Candidate Workbook
- The Law and the Diving Professional
- The Business of Diving
- Children and Scuba Diving
- The Best of The Undersea Journal
- Open Water Lesson Planning Slate
- Confined Water Lesson Preparation Slate
- Open Water Aquatic Cue Cards
- Confined Water Aquatic Cue Cards
- Rescue Diver Aquatic Cue Cards
- Divemaster Aquatic Cue Cards
- Discover Scuba Diving Aquatic Cue Cards
- Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Instructor Specialty Instructor Outline
- Project AWARE Specialty Program Instructor Outline
- Aware Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Instructor Outlinedventures in Diving Aquatic Cue Cards
Materials not included within the IDC Crew Pack
- Open Water Diver Manual
- Open Water Diver Quizzes and Exam booklet
- RDP – all 3 versions (Wheel, table and eRDP) including associated instructions for use booklets.
- Rescue Diver Final Exams Booklet
- Divemaster Manual
- Divemaster Final Exams Booklet
- Adventures in Diving Manual
- Rescue Diver Manual
- Diving Knowledge Workbook
- Encylopaedia of Recreational Diving
Price Includes:
Air Fills from 2DiVE4
Price Excludes:
- All course materials (IDC Crew Pack above can be purchased from us at £275)
- PADI Assistant Instructor Application fee (Paid directly to PADI)
- Dive site entry fees
- Air fills from dive sites
- Kit hire & cylinders
2DiVE4 highly recommend you have your own equipment including pocket mask, dive knife, dive slate, compass, and underwater watch/dive computer at this stage in your diving education. Alternatively you may hire or purchase equipment from us at a discount price.
What you will need to bring
- Swim Suit
- Towel
- 2 passport-sized photographs
- Academic Materials
- Proof of your PADI Divemaster Certification