As a diving instructor you enjoy careers
in an expanding industry with opportunities for travel,
work in exotic locations and recognition among fellow
divers. As a PADI Assistant Instructor, you earn this
rating by successfully completing the PADI Open Water
Scuba Instructor pogram and Instructor Examination (IE).
Attaining the PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor level
means you have met the industry's highest instructor
standards.
Course
Overview
The Open Water Scuba Instructor program is
the heart of the PADI Instructor training process. In
the course, your diving skills and knowledge are applied
to learning to teach the PADI System in the classroom,
confined water and open water. The course is conducted
by PADI Course Directors, dedicated to helping you become
a successful PADI Instructor.
Instructor
Examination
The PADI IE is your final step in
becoming a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. Professional
Instructor Examiners from PADI International or PADI
Local Area Offices conduct the IE, ensuring that all
the objectives of instructor training have been met.
Due to the fact that IE is authorized by PADI International,
the evaluation process is standardized, fair and objective.
The final determination of one's certification as a
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor is not an arbitrary
decision. With such extensive training and assurance
of quality, objective evaluation, only your dedication
and commitment to becoming a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
should limit your likelihood of success.
For certification as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
you must pass all parts of the IE. The two-day IE is
purely evaluative and you will be examined for the following:
Water-skill Assessment
1. Watermanship
2. Rescue ability
3. Diving skills
Knowledge
1. Physics
2. Physiology
3. Equipment
4. General Skills and Environment
5. Recreational Dive Planner
6. PADI Systems, General Standards and Procedures
Teaching Ability
1. Classroom
2. Pool
3. Open water
4. Attitude and professionalism
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