PADI Assistant Instructor
Price on request
- Duration
- 4 to 5 days of academic presentations, confined water training and open water teaching practice.
- Needs
- PADI Divemaster (or equivalent from another agency). At least 60 logged dives. Minimum age 18.
About the course
The PADI Assistant Instructor course is the first step into professional scuba instruction and the first part of the Instructor Development Course (IDC). It builds your confidence, your teaching and your dive theory, and prepares you to work closely with certified PADI Instructors, under their supervision.
At Lak Scuba, a 5-Star PADI Dive Resort, you train with experienced instructors and work directly with student divers, so you see what the job of a dive instructor is really like. Whether you plan to go on to the full IDC or just want to teach more, the course gives you the structure and support for the next step.
What you’ll learn
This course blends classroom sessions, confined water practice, and open water experience to help you:
- Present knowledge development elaboration, under an instructor’s indirect supervision
- Present initial skills training in confined water, under an instructor’s direct supervision
- Conduct open water surface skill evaluations, under indirect supervision
- Teach and certify the Peak Performance Buoyancy and AWARE Dive Against Debris specialties, under the direction of an instructor
- On your own, teach the AWARE and Coral Reef Conservation (non-diving) specialties, run Discover Scuba Diving in a pool or confined water for people not doing the optional open water dive, and run Bubblemaker and Seal Team AquaMissions
- Understand the PADI system of education, including its standards, structure, and methodology
- Improve your public speaking, demonstration, and student feedback skills
Course prerequisites
- Be a certified PADI Divemaster (or equivalent from another agency)
- Be at least 18 years old
- Have logged at least 60 dives (including night, deep, and navigation)
- Hold a current EFR certification (within the last 24 months)
- Have a medical clearance stating you’re fit to dive, dated within the last 12 months
Why take the Assistant Instructor course with Lak Scuba?
- A certification accepted worldwide
- Real teaching experience: you run training sessions, give presentations and assist on courses
- The first part of the PADI IDC, and the first step to becoming an instructor
- Learn and teach on the coral reefs of Lakshadweep
- A teaching qualification that helps you find work in the dive industry