PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) Course

If you are already a PADI Assistant Instructor or you are a diving instructor for another agency who now want to join PADI, you can sign up for your PADI OWSI course.

The PADI OWSI course will give you the knowledge you need to teach and manage divers through all courses in an internship. Internships at all levels require an OWSI to effectively instruct students according to the PADI system.

You will become familiar with the system and the diver training programs, as well as best methods to use whilst managing divers.

As an OWSI you can:

You will effectively be able to teach from DSD's to PADI Divemaster courses once you have the certification as a PADI OWSI.

We have found in the past that a lot of newly certified PADI OWSI's are not really happy to do this by them selves yet.

Although this is very normal (first time is always difficult even after great preparation) we understand this is not a very comfortable situation.

That is why we have designed the Work experience program.

Course prerequisites

PADI Assistant Instructor, or leadership level certification with another diver training organization.

You must also;

Be at least 18 years old.
Have 60 logged dives, with documented experience in night diving, deep diving and underwater navigation, 100 logged dives before attendance of the PADI IE.
If not a PADI Divemaster, successfully complete the PADI Divemaster course rescue dive assessment.
Has been a certified diver for at least 6 months.
Have medical clearance, to show dive fitness signed by a medical physician, within the previous 12 months.
Submit proof of CPR training within the last 24 months.

What will you do on the Course?

The AI education will be applied during the OWSI course and a mixture of new knowledge and development of teaching in confined water and open water.

You will also be taught how to conduct programs and instructor courses, as well as managing and sales training in order to market and promote courses.

Business and management will be covered too, this assists you with the expected PADI standards and principles that should be applied.

The OWSI course occurs in the final 5 days of the IDC, after which you will be required to take part in your IE.

By combining the AI and OWSI, this makes up the whole of the IDC.