Certification
Certification
AIDA Youth Instructor qualifies active AIDA Instructors to deliver the AIDA Youth Programme: Bronze, Silver and Gold Dolphin courses for ages six to eleven and the four-day Junior course for twelve to fifteen year olds. Teaching adults to hold their breath calmly is one skill. Teaching children while their parents watch from the pool deck is another entirely.
The course runs at least five days with minimum two confined water and three open water sessions spread over at least two days. You need current paediatric first aid including child CPR within two years, active instructor status, and teaching practice for youth standards under an AIDA Instructor Trainer. Instructor training may reach up to 50 metres maximum depth per AIDA youth instructor standards section, though youth students stay within age-appropriate limits far shallower.
AIDA's official course page notes a standards update in progress. Defer centre confirmation until your Instructor Trainer signs off the current syllabus. That is the point of the disclaimer below.
Youth Instructor is assessed through teaching practice, youth standards knowledge and Instructor Trainer moderation over the course.
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Find activitiesAn AIDA Youth Instructor is an active AIDA Instructor certified to teach AIDA Youth Programme courses for children and adolescents. Training includes youth teaching practice, parent education components and paediatric first aid requirements.
You are specialising in coaching young freedivers, not lowering adult course depths and calling it youth friendly.
Active AIDA Instructor status and current paediatric first aid with child CPR within two years. Confirm youth syllabus details with your Instructor Trainer because AIDA notes standards updates in progress.
Leave a comment when you book with your instructor credentials and first aid expiry date.
At least five days with minimum two confined water and three open water sessions over at least two days, plus theory and teaching assessments.
Youth courses for actual students run on separate schedules after you certify as a youth instructor.
Bronze, Silver and Gold Dolphin for ages six to eleven and the four-day AIDA Junior course for twelve to fifteen, within AIDA Youth Programme standards when your Instructor Trainer certifies you.
Exact depth and skill limits for youth students follow current AIDA youth standards your centre must confirm.
AIDA's official youth instructor page states a standards update is in progress. Syllabus detail may change before your course date.
Your centre and Instructor Trainer are the authoritative source until published standards settle. Do not market youth dates until they confirm requirements.
Current paediatric first aid including child CPR within two years. Adult workplace first aid alone does not meet youth instructor prerequisites.
Renew before the course if expiry falls inside your training window.
AIDA youth instructor standards reference up to 50 metres maximum for instructor training contexts. Youth students remain within age-appropriate depth limits far shallower than adult courses.
Do not confuse instructor training maximums with what you certify children to attempt.
AIDA Youth Programme courses include parent guidance on supervising children in the water after formal lessons end. Youth instructors must deliver this component competently.
Parents who treat a youth certificate like a babysitting voucher create incidents. The course addresses that directly.
Eighteen years or older, consistent with AIDA instructor pathways. You must already hold active instructor status.
Teaching youth requires adult legal responsibility and safeguarding training beyond junior instructor fantasies.
Schedule AIDA Youth Programme courses at your centre for families and junior clubs. Combine with adult pathways so students progress when they reach appropriate ages.
Track AIDA communications for standards updates that may affect renewal or new teaching materials.
adventuro lists AIDA centres running Youth Instructor courses when an Instructor Trainer is available. Dates are less frequent than adult instructor events.
Leave a comment when you book asking the centre to confirm current syllabus details against the in-progress AIDA standards update.
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