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Your're a PADI Divemaster, and you want to progress, but you're not quite ready to dive into an Instructor Development Course. Go ahead and become a PADI Assistant Instructor!. 

Assistant Instructor Duties
Teaching Status Assistant Instructors are authorized to:
1. Present the knowledge development elaboration for any PADI Diver course under the instructor’s indirect supervision. The instructor personally assesses student knowledge development.
2. Present initial skills training under the instructor’s direct supervision during confined water dives.
3. Conduct open water surface skill evaluations during Open Water Diver course dives under the instructor’s indirect supervision.
4. Teach and certify Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Divers under the direction of an instructor.
5. Independently teach the Project AWARE (nondiving) Specialty course.
6. Independently teach the AWARE - Coral Reef Conservation (nondiving) Specialty course.
7. Independently conduct Discover Scuba Diving in a pool or confined water.
8. Independently conduct PADI Seal Team AquaMissions.
9. Teach and certify divers in a specialty courses that don’t include dives after successful completion of Specialty Instructor Training courses for such specialties.
10. After completing the corresponding instructor training, conduct:
a. Digital Underwater Photographer specialty courses under the direction of a PADI Instructor.
b. Emergency Oxygen Provider courses.

Assistant Instructor Course Prerequisites
1. Dive Leader certification — PADI Divemaster or leadership-level certification with a recognized recreational diver training organization* who is either:
a. an instructor member in good standing, or
b. a diver with proof of certification in diver supervision and management including proof of rescue diving certification; 60 logged dives; documented experience in night diving, deep diving and underwater navigation.
2. 18 years old
3. Medical clearance attesting to dive fitness signed by a physician within the previous 12 months.
4. Certified diver for six months.
5. EFR Primary and Secondary Care course completion (or qualifying training) within the last 24 months.
6. If not a PADI Divemaster, complete the PADI Divemaster course diver rescue skills assessment.
7. Submit documentation of qualifying certifications for entry level, advanced, rescue and leadership level, as necessary.
* Contact the local PADI Office for questions on eligibility

The Assistant Instructor course costs (call) , including materials.  Does not include any equipment.

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