The teaching skills you will develop during the PADI Assistant Instructor Course will allow you to independently conduct several PADI Programs and with some further training from the PADI Course Director you can also teach non-diving specialty courses. Assistant Instructors are Dive Educators who assist with the knowledge development of the student. Taking the PADI Assistant Instructor Course will take you one step closer to becoming a PADI Open Water Instructor.

Prerequisites
To take this course, you must



- be certified as a PADI Divemaster or hold a leadership level certification with another recreational diver training organization
- be 18 years of age or older
- have been a certified diver for at least 6 months and have completed and logged at least 60 dives
- be fit for diving and submit a medical statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months

The PADI Assistant Instructor Course can be completed in 4 days.