As a PADI Assistant Instructor, you not only gain additional experience as a PADI Professional scuba diver, but you also start learning the PADI System of diving education. You can act as an instructional scuba assistant and assume limited teaching responsibilities. It’s a great way to gain experience in order to becoming a scuba instructor!
You build upon your abilities to organize and supervise scuba diving activities, while concentrating on developing teaching skills. You learn through:
- 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.
The PADI Assistant Instructor Course consist of three sections:
Module # 1: ACADEMIC TRAINING:
- PADI Discover Scuba Diving and Snorkeling Programs.
- Developing Knowledge Development Presentations.
- Teaching Project AWARE and Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialties.
- Teaching in Confined Water.
- Conducting Open Water Training Presentations.
Module # 2: INDEPENDENT STUDY:
- Knowledge Development.
Module # 3: PRACTICAL APPLICATION:
- Confined Water and Open Water Teaching Presentations.
- Standard Examination.
- Dive Rescue Skills Assessment.
WHAT YOU CAN TEACH:
- Teach academic presentations under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor.
- During confined water dives, present initial skills training under the direct supervision of a PADI Instructor.
- Evaluate Open Water Diver surface skills under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor.
- Teach and certify PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Divers under the direction of a PADI Instructor.
- Teach Project AWARE Specialty Courses.
- Teach the AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Course.
- Conduct PADI Discover Scuba Diving experiences in a pool or confined water.
- Conduct PADI Seal Team Aqua Missions.
- Teach PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty courses under the direction of a PADI Instructor after earning the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor Rating.
PREREQUISITES:
- Be a PADI Dive Master or Qualifying Certification from another certification organization.
- Be 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.
- Have CPR and First Aid Training within the last 24 months.
- Teach the AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Course.
- Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months.
Contact Dive Centre for information on prices.
Notes:
– Students are required to use their own mask, snorkel, boots, & fins; we have equipment for sale at our dive centre.
– All cancellations made 72 hours prior to the start of a course/tour will receive a 100% refund.
– Advanced Open Water Divers, Rescue Divers, Master Divers and Diver Masters will be charged 30,000.00 Korean Won per-day for rental equipment if they don't have their own equipment during training and also on the tours.
– We will give a 50,000.00 Korean Won discount if the students and certified divers have their own equipment.