Become an Assistant Instructor - Assitant Instructor Course
Assistant Instructor - Your first step toward becoming a Scuba Instructor. The Assistant Instructor Course is equivalent to the first part of the full Instructor Course. If you don't have enough time or the prerequisits to enroll in the full Instructor Course yet, you can do in two steps and start your training with the Assistant Instructor Course.
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Assistant Instructor
Once you've completed your Divemaster training, the next professional level is Assistant Instructor. This course allows you to gain valuable teaching experience, practice briefings, deliver academic sessions, and conduct in-water training. It’s your next step on the journey to becoming a certified SSI Scuba Instructor!
Assistant Instructor Course
The Course consists of one full week of theoretical and practical training. By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped with knowledge and skills in:
- Delivering classroom presentations on a variety of scuba topics
- Conducting skill briefings
- Demonstrating scuba skills at a professional level
- Teaching and evaluating skills during in-water sessions
- Identifying and correcting student mistakes
- Managing and supervising student groups underwater
- Motivating students and providing effective, constructive feedback
Course fee: 790 EUR
Why become an Assistant Instructor?
Once certified, you’ll be qualified to teach almost all confined water skills — the foundational skills every new diver learns. You’ll be part of their first underwater experience, helping them overcome early challenges and discover the incredible world of diving. Many will remember you as the person who introduced them to life beneath the surface. Additionally, you’ll be able to assist Instructors in a wide range of programs, including: Open Water, Advanced Open Water/Advanced Adventurer and Specialty Courses such as Deep Diving, Navigation, Night and Limited Visibility and more.
The perks of being an Assistant Istructor
As a certified Assistant Instructor, you’ll be able to conduct Try Dives independently — one of the most rewarding dive experiences. You’ll also be qualified to teach Perfect Buoyancy Courses on your own. With further training, you can earn and teach additional specialties like Navigation, Boat Diving, Altitude Diving, Equipment, and Photo & Video.
Why do the course with us?
We’re based in Abades, one of the top dive sites in Tenerife, Canary Islands, just 100 meters from the shore. Our dive center is a multi-award-winning SSI Diamond Instructor Training Center with a long-standing reputation for training dive professionals — from Divemasters to Assistant Instructors and Instructors. Free accomodation in shared rooms.
Prerequisites
To begin the SSI Assistant Instructor Program, you must be at least 18 years old, hold a Divemaster certification (from any agency), be Nitrox certified, and have a minimum 60 of logged dives. By the end of the program, you must have 75 logged dives. If you’re missing any prerequisites, we can add it to your training plan.
How to Become a Scuba Instructor?
Become an Assistant Instructor
Become an Open Water Instructor