Assistant Instructor
Earning the
SDI Assistant Instructor rating is one
of the most important steps along the
way within an SDI, TDI and/or ERDI Dive
Leader’s career, as it is where you will
learn to successfully train new and
seasoned divers alike. This course has
been meticulously crafted to help
further your knowledge and experience
with regard to the theories and
techniques involved in teaching scuba
diving as a whole. In this course you
will have the opportunity to delve into
how and why people learn; common
barriers associated with learning and
ways to overcome those barriers; the SDI
Teaching Philosophy and why it works;
risk management and how it applies to
being a dive leader; and new ways to
successfully market and sell scuba.
Of course,
as with all other SDI, TDI and ERDI
courses, we believe it’s important that
you have the opportunity to fine-tune
your current knowledge and skills as
well. That’s why we present within this
course a review of the knowledge and
skills we believe are the foundation on
which all dive leaders build. This
includes brief but concise information
regarding diving physics and pertinent
gas laws; diving physiology and related
concerns; and most importantly, how it
all applies to the dive leader. Further,
while we don’t expect that your skills
are poor, you will spend time with an
instructor in the pool or confined water
to hone scuba skills to match those
expected of an SDI Dive Leader.
This
program’s goal is to provide you with
the appropriate tools to be able to
transfer knowledge and help shape the
experiences of future students. SDI, TDI
and ERDI have selected the information
that we believe is most vital for you to
impart to students and we have gathered
proven teaching techniques for
delivering that information. In
addition, over the duration of this
program, you will have the opportunity
to gain valuable insights by way of peer
education, practice sessions and
workshops designed to develop teaching
skills. Your instructor will provide
feedback based on his knowledge and
experiences, and help mold individual
teaching style. After all, you are
unique and should learn to exploit
distinct instructional talents. It will
then be up to you — the Assistant
Instructor - to deliver this critical
core package to the student. Together,
this is the fundamental partnership
between SDI, TDI, ERDI and the SDI
Assistant Instructor.
Over the
progression of this course you will
experience plenty of opportunities and
much room to grow as an SDI Assistant
Instructor. There are a host of
specialties available for an Assistant
Instructor to teach without the
supervision of another instructor. Some
of those are CPROX1stAED (SDI’s First
Aid and CPR Course), Underwater
Photography and Video, Marine Eco
Systems and Equipment Repair
specialties.
A
knowledgeable and professional SDI
Assistant Instructor is a great asset to
an SDI Open Water Instructor and the SDI
Facility they work with; however, should
you decide that you’re ready for the
next step, you can become an SDI Open
Water Instructor. This course more than
prepares you for the challenges that
presents. After the SDI Instructor
rating is obtained, even further
opportunities will open up to you in the
form of the ability to gain instructor
ratings in the technical diving field
with TDI or emergency response diving
with ERDI.
Safe Diving!
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