Diving courses · PADI
PADI Assistant Instructor (AI)
Your first step into teaching: assist instructors and lead parts of courses.

Starting point
Age 18+
Duration
Part of the IDC
Included
Instructor, materials and certification fees are confirmed in your quote.
Prerequisites
- PADI Divemaster or equivalent – see PADI Divemaster.
- Age 18 or older.
- Current CPR and first aid – see Emergency First Response (EFR) Primary and Secondary Care.
What you will gain
- To assist instructors and teach selected parts of courses.
- An introduction to the PADI instructor curriculum and standards.
- Teaching skills to build on in the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC).
How the course works
You earn the Assistant Instructor rating by taking the Instructor Development Course (PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC)). If you do not take the Instructor Examination straight away, you can still be signed up as Assistant Instructor.
Your path
Before
This course
PADI Assistant Instructor (AI)
Related courses
All courses: Professional courses
What next? Your next steps
PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC)
Complete the IDC and earn your instructor rating.
PADI Specialty Instructor
Offer more to your students and teach what interests you most.
Why Dive Krakow
50+ years of experience
Our Course Director has been teaching diving since 1976. That is half a century of practice we pass on in every course.
10,000+ students
We have trained more than 10,000 students, from their first breath underwater to professional and technical levels.
We train instructors
We also run professional courses: from Divemaster, through the IDC, to instructor specialties. Knowledge passes on to the next generation of instructors.
Science and practice
We teach from deep scientific knowledge and years of hands-on experience, including in technical diving.
The full PADI path
Everything in one place, from a try dive to professional courses, so you always know the next step.
Current promotion

The Tsereve Challenge: Everest in reverse
100+ metres is the Mount Everest of scuba diving. Far fewer people have dived that deep than have stood on top of Everest. Join the challenge: training, warm-up dives and the descent to 100+ m. Start from zero or from any point in your diving, even as a Tec Trimix 65 diver.
The final programme includes a certificate and a t-shirt. We run it in cooperation with Dive Aqaba.
Ask about dates for this course
Write or call: dive@divekrakow.com, +48 451 653 223. We will agree dates, scope and price.
Scope, prerequisites and length are confirmed at enrolment, because PADI standards can change.