PADI ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR (AI) COURSE
Become a PADI Assistant Instructor!
Join Bruce Weitzenhoffer, Salem Scuba’s Gold Course Director, for your PADI Assistant Instructor (AI) Course. Bruce has extensive cold-water experience, more than 15,000 dives, as well as a vast experience of teaching and diving all over the world. Are you interested in living, diving and / or working in often challenging conditions? Become an Assistant Instructor in the environment where you’ll teach. Even if you’re planning on spending time in the tropics, the skills you will learn here, in cold water, will serve you well, anywhere in the world.
Course Pricing: $3,300
- Materials & Administrative Fees: $2,050**
- Tuition (payable at first in-person session): $1,250
- Plus: $135 Certification & Processing Fees (payable to PADI)
- **Includes: IDC Crew-Pak; Skill Development Prep Slate
Links:
- Assistant Instructor Course Overview
- Assistant Instructor Course Learning Agreement
- Diver Medical
- AI Candidate Information Sheet
SIGN UP TODAY – call: 503-588-3483, and speak with Dea or Charline.
For more information, or with any additional questions (including future AI Instructor Courses we have scheduled), contact Bruce: Bruce@SalemScuba.com. He will promptly respond.
SCHEDULE:
This Course will be conducted during the IDC – contact Bruce for the specific days in each IDC. View the Total Package Instructor Development Course schedule here.
DESCRIPTION:
The Salem Scuba, PADI Assistant Instructor (AI) Course marks a transitional step in the journey of professional dive educators; bridging the gap between Divemaster and Open Water Scuba Instructor. This comprehensive program is designed to give you the tools to take on a more substantial educational leadership role in diver education, as a credentialed PADI Assistant Instructor. You learn to teach in the Confined Water, Open Water, and Classroom. Once you are a PADI Assistant Instructor, you can teach certain PADI programs independently, and assist Instructors in conducting a wide range of PADI Courses.
If you’re uncertain about a full commitment to the role of Instructor, then this is an excellent midpoint. If you choose to create your path to become a PADI Instructor in incremental steps; this is that first step. When you’re ready, you’ll already have met the requirement to transition to complete the PADI OWSI portion of the PADI IDC / IE.