PADI Assistant Instructor
The PADI Assistant Instructor course is the first portion 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.
What can PADI Assistant Instructors do?
- 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 PADI DIgital Underwater Photography Specialty after successful completion
of the Specialty Instructor course
- Teach Emergency First Response after successful completion of an Emergency First
Response Instructor course
What will I need to start?
- 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
What will I do?
- 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
How long will it take?
- The course can vary from as little as three days to more than two weeks
What materials are needed?
- PADI Instructor Manual
- Instructor Candidate Workbook
- Open Water Lesson Preparation Slate
- Confined Water Lesson Preparation Slate
- Open Water Aquatic Cue Cards
- Confined Water Aquatic Cue Cards
- Adventures in Diving Cue Cards
- Rescue Diver Cue Cards
- The Law and the Diving Professional
- The Business of Diving
- The Best of The Undersea Journal
- Your current Log Book
- Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Instructor Specialty Instructor Outline
- Project AWARE Manual-"A.W.A.R.E. Our World-Our Water"
- Project AWARE Specialty Program Instructor Outline
- Aware Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Instructor Outline
- Open Water Diver Manual
- Recreational Dive Planner: both RDP table & e-RDP-ML and Instructions for Use
Booklets
- Open Water Diver Quizzes and Exam booklet
- Adventures in Diving Manual
- Rescue Diver Manual
- Rescue Diver Final Exams Booklet
- Divemaster Manual
- Divemaster Final Exams Booklet
What does the course cost?
- $650 plus course materials and application fee
Orland Park 2010 Dates
Feb 27, 28, March 20 (OW Dives TBA)
May 14,15,16 (OW Dives TBA)
June 4,5,6 (OW Dives TBA)
July 9,10,11 (OW Dives TBA)
Sept 24,25,26 (OW Dives TBA)
Classes scheduled for Fridays start at 5 PM, Sat & Sun classes start at 8 AM