Assistant Instructor (AI)

PADI Assistant Instructors are the most sought-after dive professionals around the world because they've completed the program that sets the standard for training dive professionals. 

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You earn a PADI Assistant Instructor rating through hard work and commitment, but you're rewarded with a job that lets you share incredible underwater adventures with others - transforming their lives for the better and enriching yours.

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Prerequisites

• 18 Years old

• 60 logged dives

• Documented experience in night diving, deep diving and underwater navigation

• PADI Divemaster, or leadership level with another diver training organization (If not a PADI Divemaster, complete the PADI Divemaster course dive rescue assessment and submit documentation of qualifying certifications for entry[1]level, advanced, rescue and leadership level to PADI).

• Medical clearance attesting to dive fitness signed by a physician within the previous 12 months

• Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care course completion (or qualifying training) within the last 24 months

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Academic

• PADI Standards and Procedures for courses you can teach with in water workshops

• Learning, Instruction and the PADI System

• Risk Management and Diver Safety

• The Business of Diving and your role as an instructor

• Marketing Diving and Sales Counseling

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