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I am a certified NAUI Divemaster and am doing an internship for a dive shop. They are insisting that I need to take the Assistant Instructor course. I don't have the certification as my main dive program at my university (minor in diving) doesn't offer it, instead offering Divemaster, and described the certification as "pointless" as DMs are certified to do more than AIs (guide vs. just assist instructor in class). NAUI S&P manual supports this statement. The diveshop insists that AI is more important because it focuses on classroom teaching despite divemaster having the same requirements by NAUI standards in that reguard. The dive shop doesn't want to train me as an instructor as their main dive instructor won't have his instructor trainer until Fall, after my internship ends, and the course director (owner-operator) on site is too busy to teach classes. Would taking this course be of any use? It seems kinda like a waste of time when I could be getting more hands on experience in other areas, like actually assisting in a class or working on dive technician training. The diveshop says that the two
Should I try and get the dive shop i'm interning for to teach an ITP and get an IQP done afterward? My university said that they only certify instructors if they are going to be attending grad school and can stay to work for at least two years, but this includes the entirety of course not just the IQP. How long and how difficult would the ITP/IQP process be?
TL;DR
Is getting AI after Divemaster a waste of time and funds?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Should I try and get the dive shop i'm interning for to teach an ITP and get an IQP done afterward? My university said that they only certify instructors if they are going to be attending grad school and can stay to work for at least two years, but this includes the entirety of course not just the IQP. How long and how difficult would the ITP/IQP process be?
TL;DR
Is getting AI after Divemaster a waste of time and funds?
Any advice would be appreciated.