
Assistant Instructor
Gain practical teaching experience alongside a qualified Open Water Scuba Instructor
Gain hands-on experience and work your way to becoming a Open Water Scuba Instructor
Prerequisites:
-Minimum age 18
– Certified SDI Divemaster or equivalent
– Provide proof of current CPR, first aid and oxygen provider,* where local law permits
– Provide proof of at least 60 logged dives or 50 logged dives and 25 hours underwater accumulated time
– Possess the minimum instructional equipment, as defined in leadership course standards section two of this manual
What you get out of this course:
Upon successful completion of this course, graduates may:
- Teach and certify students in the SDI Snorkeling Course
- Conduct the SDI Inactive Diver/Refresher Course
- Conduct the knowledge quest review in the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver course under the guidance of an active SDI Instructor
- Assist an active SDI Instructor during approved diving courses, provided the activities are similar to the graduate’s prior training
- Supervise and conduct dives for certified divers provided the activities are similar to the graduate’s prior training
- Teach approved specialities after receiving instructor training in those specialities
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Course Requirements:
Theory
– Complete all E-learning modules before any practical lessons start.
–Complete the SDI Assistant Instructor exam, or online version, with a minimum score of 80% and 100% remediation
Land Skills
– Demonstrate all land based open water diver skills to instructor quality
–Assist an active SDI Instructor during approved diving courses, provided the activities are similar to the graduate’s prior training
– Course planning and preparation
– Demonstrate mature and sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution
In-water Skills
– Demonstrate all open water diver skills to instructor quality
– Bring a diver, simulating unconsciousness, up from depth, not greater than 6 metres / 20 feet; at the surface swim them 100 metres in less than 4 minutes
– 400 metre swim on the surface, non-stop, any stroke, without the use of swimming aids, in less than 10 minutes; swim goggles permitted
– 800 metre swim with mask, snorkel, and fins non-stop without the use of arms in less than 17 minutes
– Demonstrate mature and sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution