PADI assistant instructors can help in the teaching process more by actually teaching in the pool and evalualating surface skills in open water as long as an instructor is able to supervise.

You can do the AI course as a standalone course then at a later date do the OWSI course or you can do the two courses together as an IDC.

Doing the AI course seperate will allow you time to practice your skills as a working
AI and also mean that you can divide the whole instructor process into two segments.

If you already know that you want to continue to Instructor (OWSI) Level please speak to us.

We usually run this course over 4 days but if required we will give you the time you need. The PADI Assistant Instructor Course is the first part of the PADI IDC and if you choose to do the full IDC then this course is included in that programme. Once completed then you can also do the DAN instructor courses and why not also do the EFR instructor course as well as the AI course.