Being an Assistant Instructor

What does it mean and what do they do?

Being a PADI Assistant are authorized to:

• Present academic elaboration for and PADI Diver course under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor. The PADI Instructor must personally assess student knowledge development.
• During confined water dives, present intial skills training under the direct supervision of a PADI Instructor.
• Conduct open water surface skill evaluations during Open Water Diver course training dives under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor.
• Teach and certify PADI Peak Performance Bouyancy Specialty Divers under the direction of a PADI Instructor. A teaching status PADI Instructor must be available for consultation during the course, although not necessarily present during training sessions.
• Independently teach the Project AWARE (non-diving) Specialty course.
• Independently teach the Project AWARE - Coral Reef Conservation (non-diving) Specialty course.
• Independently conduct Discover Scuba Diving in a pool or confined water environment.