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The PADI Assistant Instructor programme 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 this criteria then this programme will build upon 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 programmes. To help you through the course, PADI has developed an array of learning tools such as the PADI Assistant Instructor Workbook.

What does a PADI AI do?
  • Teach knowledge development (classroom) 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 Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course
  • Teach the Project AWARE Specialty course
  • Conduct PADI Discover Scuba experiences
  • Teach Emergency First Response courses after successfully completing the Emergency First Response Instructor Course
What does it take to become a PADI AI?
  • Self-study – Knowledge reviews, quizzes, lectures and presentations
  • Confined water – Skills review and assessment, workshops and presentations
  • Open Water – Workshops, rescue assessment and candidate presentations
  • Written examination

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 doctor
  • Have completed and logged at least 60 open water dives with experience in night, deep and navigation

For more details on Instructor level courses, or to book a free career counselling session with one of Simply Diving's IDC Staff Instructors, call us on (0034) 600 506 526 or email us at gopro@simplydiving.com.