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PADI Assistant Instructor
Step closer to becoming a certified scuba instructor by joining the PADI Assistant Instructor Course at The Diving Academy. This professional-level program builds on your Divemaster training and introduces you to core teaching techniques and student supervision strategies. Through classroom sessions, confined water practice, and real-world experience at our centres in Reading, Swindon, Oxford, and Bristol, you’ll learn how to assist with PADI courses and even conduct select programs independently. Begin your transition into dive education and leadership with expert guidance and hands-on instruction.
Course Type: Professional
Course Fees From: £600.00 + Professional Crewpak
Application Fee : Please refer to your PADI Portal.
Booking Information: If you are unable to find a date that works or If you have any question please get in contact with us to schedule a call with our Course Directors and they will be happy to help.
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PADI Assistant Instructor Course – Your First Step Into Teaching
If you’re a certified Divemaster ready to share your passion for scuba diving in a teaching role, the PADI Assistant Instructor Course is your perfect next step. This foundational instructor-level program introduces you to the PADI educational system, improves your communication and demonstration skills, and allows you to begin teaching segments of actual courses under the supervision of a PADI Instructor.
Why Choose The Diving Academy?
Training with The Diving Academy means gaining practical, professional experience in a supportive and dynamic environment. Our locations across Reading, Swindon, Oxford, and Bristol offer access to a variety of training conditions, ensuring well-rounded development. You’ll learn from expert PADI professionals who are passionate about mentoring the next generation of dive educators.
What You Will Learn
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Teaching presentations for classroom, confined, and open water
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Risk management, safety considerations, and course standards
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How to conduct skill reviews and assessments
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Supporting PADI Instructors during core courses like Open Water Diver and Rescue Diver
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Leading specific PADI programs independently, such as the Peak Performance Buoyancy and Project AWARE courses
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How to prepare for the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC)
Course Requirements
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Certified PADI Divemaster (or equivalent)
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Minimum age: 18
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Medical clearance for diving signed within the past 12 months
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EFR Primary and Secondary Care training within 24 months
Ideal Candidates
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Divemasters ready to step into a teaching role
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Dive professionals aiming to become PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors
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Divers who enjoy mentoring, coaching, and guiding new students
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Professionals looking for part-time or full-time careers in the diving industry
Launch Your Career as a Dive Educator
The Assistant Instructor Course is more than a stepping stone—it’s the beginning of your career as a dive leader and educator. At The Diving Academy, you’ll gain confidence, clarity, and the tools to become an inspiring teacher. Whether you’re planning to go all the way to Instructor or simply want to grow into a teaching assistant role, this course provides the foundation you need.
Prerequisites
PADI Assistant Instructor Course Prerequisites:
- Be certified as a PADI Divemaster or be an Divemaster in good standing with another training organisation for at least six months.
- Be at least 18 years old
- Be certified as a diver for at least six months
- Have 60 logged dives that include experience in night, deep and navigation diving.
- Have proof of CPR and First Aid training within the last 24 months. The Emergency First Response course meets this requirement
- Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months or full HSE Medical.
Medical Requirements
Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.
Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.
If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).
Your Medical Statement must be signed by a physician within the last 12 months or full HSE Medical. Under the Diving at Work Regulations 1997, all divers at work must have a valid certificate of HSE fitness to dive issued by an Approved Medical Examiner of Divers (AMED), please Contact Us for more information.
Next Steps
Study
Step 1 – PADI eLearning
PADI eLearning makes it easy to fit scuba lessons into a busy schedule. Complete the independent study part of your course whenever, wherever it’s convenient for you.
Work at your own pace, online or offline, using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor for inwater training, or whenever you have a question.
- eLearning time commitment: 10-16 hours
At The Uk Diving Academy
Step 2 – With Your Instructor
You will complete the PADI Standards and Procedures workshops for courses you can teach with in water training, learning, instruction, the PADI System, Risk Management and Diver Safety, The Business of Diving and your role as an instructor, Marketing Diving and Sales Counselling workshops.
Why Become An AI?
What Can You Teach As Assistant Instructor?
You can teach the following PADI courses:
- Conduct skill evaluation under direct supervision from an instructor
- Conduct surface skills during pen water course dives under indirect supervision from an instructor
- Teach PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy specialty under the direction of an instructor
- Teach PADI AWARE (nondiving)
- Teach PADI Coral Reef Conservation (nondiving)
- Teach PADI Scuba Diving in the pool
- Teach Bubblemaker and Seal Team courses in the pool
- After additional training teach, digital underwater photography, O2 provider, EFR and equipment specialist
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Course Locations
Dive Centre
Diving Academy – Dive Centre, Sunfield Business Park, New Mill Road, Wokingham, RG40 4QT
Pool Training Sites
Wokingham – The Forest School, Robin Hood Lane, Winnersh, Wokingham, RG41 5NE
Yateley – Yateley School, School Lane, GU46 6NW
Hagbourne – Hagbourne School Pool, Main Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LR
Swindon – Halo Highworth Recreation Centre, The Elms, Highworth, Swindon SN6 7DD
Open Water Training Sites:
London – Wraysbury Diving Lake, Station Road, Wraysbury, Berkshire, TW19 5ND
Radstock – Vobster Quay, Upper Vobster, Radstock, BA3 5SD
Leicester – Stoney Cove, Sapcote Road, Stoney Stanton, Leicester, LE9 4DW
