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 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 a few weeks, you choose a schedule that suits your lifestyle.

What do I need?
The following materials are now required by PADI standards:
· PADI Instructor Manual
· Instructor Candidate Workbook
· Open Water Lesson Planning Slate
· Confined Water Lesson Preparation Slate
· Open Water Aquatic Cue Cards
· Confined Water Aquatic Cue Cards
· The Law and the Diving Professional
· The Business of Diving
· The Best of The Undersea Journal
· Log Book
· Peak Performance Bouyancy Specialty Instructor Specialty Instructor Outline
· Project AWARE Specialty Programme Instructor Outline
· Aware Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Instructor Outline
· Open Water Diver Manual
· Recreational Dive Planner, The Wheel and table, 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

Interested in the Instructor Development? Contact Course Director Carl Yates or Master Instructor Peter Wright who will arrange a meeting at the dive centre to discuss your training needs.