The PADI Assistant Instructor course is designed to provide PADI Divemaster and those certified to leadership levels with other diver training organizations with additional training as instructional assistants and dive educators. This course builds upon your abilities to organize and supervise dive activities while concentrating on developing teaching skills.

Through independent study, classroom sessions and practical application, you learn how to construct effective teaching presentations and conduct the following PADI courses and programs: PADI Skin Diver, Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty, Discover Scuba, Discover Local Diving and Discover Snorkeling.

This course will also familiarize you with PADI Standards and Procedures, basic marketing ideas, sales philosophy and legal responsibility and risk management. The PADI Assistant Instructor rating is a prerequisite to enroll in Non-diving Specialty Instructor Courses (e.g. Medic First Aid, Oxygen First Aid, Equipment Specialty).

The PADI Assistant Instructor course consists of three modules:

1. Academic Training:
   The candidate will be familiarized with course structures, standards, procedures and curriculum as well lesson planning and delivery techniques for Academic, Confined, and Open Water teaching Presentations. Further lectures will focus on PADI System of Diver Education.
2. Self Study:
   By using the Assistant Instructor Workbook, the candidate get guided through and become familiar with the PADI Instructor Manual, one of the most important tools to fulfill your duties as an Instructor. The AI Workbook contains information about PADI and the Dive Industry, the Business of Diving, and other relevant topics for the diving professional. As well you will find 10 Knowledge Reviews. Filling in, these Knowledge Reviews provide you with an organized study method, which allows for self-paced learning.
3. Practical Application:
   This module consists of practical activities, which enables the candidates to gain teaching experience. The AI Candidate has two options to satisfy this requirement. During either option, candidate’s practice delivering academic, confined water and open water teaching presentations for those PADI programs they can conduct as a PADI Assistant Instructor.
   Option A: Practical training exercises, where candidates and staff role-play as instructor or students. This option is designed for the candidate short on time and can be completed in 6 days.
   Option B: The purpose of this option is to enable candidates to gain practical teaching experience by working with real students and questions in PADI courses. By teaching portions of various courses, candidates obtain hands-on experience interacting with real students, in real situations and learn team teaching techniques by working closely with a PADI Instructor. The internship option is our preferred method to help the candidate to become an experienced PADI Assistant Instructor. This option can be completed in 2 - 4 weeks.