THE PADI IDC – INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT COURSE
If you like people, have a passion for scuba diving and want an extraordinary life – become a PADI Instructor. Teaching scuba diving allows you to share your love of the aquatic world with others while doing what you enjoy – being in, around and underwater. PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors and PADI Assistant Instructors are the most sought-after dive professionals around the world because they’ve completed the program that sets the standard for training dive professionals. You earn a PADI Instructor rating through hard work and commitment, but you’re rewarded with a job that lets you share incredible underwater adventures with others – transforming their lives for the better and enriching yours.
Start here to become a PADI dive Instructor. Share your passion with others and help them experience the same joy you have for scuba diving.
- Overview: The PADI Assistant Instructor course takes PADI Divemaster training a step further by teaching certified assistants how to introduce new knowledge and skills independently, or with minimal supervision. The course enhances abilities as an instructional assistant and provides candidates with practical experience in teaching knowledge and skill development portions of various PADI courses. Candidates also learn to conduct open water dives for the courses they can teach, such as the Peak Performance Buoyancy specialty. The course familiarizes candidates with PADI Standards, administrative requirements, and certification procedures and prepares them for additional PADI Instructor training.
Becoming a PADI Assistant Instructor is a good option for PADI Divemasters who want to gain additional knowledge and skills before taking an IDC, or who must delay attending a complete IDC. Some individuals may find it helpful to become familiar with the PADI System through the assistant instructor course before going on to an OWSI program. Some assistant instructors may not become instructors for a variety of economic, educational and personal reasons, but still may work as dive professionals and hold key positions within the dive industry. They can provide many instructional and noninstructional services for dive centers and resorts, which allows instructors to concentrate on teaching core programs.
- During this course, you will…
- Learn how to properly use the PADI Instructor Manual and Guide to Teach
- Refine and enhance basic scuba diving skills
- Learn how to brief, conduct, and debrief Confined Water Sessions
- Learn how to brief, conduct, and debrief Open Water Sessions
- Learn how to conduct Knowledge Development Sessions
- Course Prerequisites:
- Be a certified PADI Divemaster, or hold an equivalent certification from another diving organization
- Be at least 18 years old
- Been a certified diver for at least 6 months
- Have at least 60 open water dives with documentation in deep, navigation, and night diving.
- Submit proof of CPR and First Aid training within the last 24 months
- Submit proof of diving certifications for entry-level scuba diving, advanced level scuba diving, rescue diving, CPR training, and leadership level training.
- Master the PADI Systems, Standards, and Procedures Exam
- Advancing Your Diving Career: OWSI
Overview: The Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) Program allows dive professionals to continue training to become PADI Instructors or to regain status as a PADI Instructor. There are different program options based on three types of candidates:
- PADI Assistant Instructors enroll to complete the remaining IDC components in preparation for attending a PADI Instructor Examination (IE).
- Scuba instructors from other recreational diver training organizations enroll to learn about the PADI System of diver education and prepare to attend an IE.
- PADI Instructors who want to regain Teaching Status or need to complete a required reorientation to PADI Standards.
During this course, you will enhance your skills…
- using the PADI Instructor Manual and Guide to Teach
- teaching essential scuba skills
- conducting Confined Water Sessions
- conducting Open Water Sessions
- conducting Knowledge Development Sessions
Course Prerequisites:
- Be a certified PADI Assistant Instructor, PADI Instructor, or instructor member in good standing with a recognized training organization for at least six months.
- 18 years of age
- Medical clearance signed by a physician with the past 12 months
- Certified diver for at least 6 months
- Submit proof of CPR and First Aid training within the last 24 months
- Submit proof of diving certifications for entry-level scuba diving, advanced level scuba diving, rescue diving, CPR training, and leadership level training.
Overview: The IDC is the combination of both the Assistant Instructor Course and the Open Water Scuba Instructor Course, ending with the Instructor Examination. This is a comprehensive and challenging course during which you will learn how to teach people to Scuba Dive and inspire them in the process.
Course Prerequisites:
- Be a certified PADI Divemaster, or hold an equivalent certification from another diving organization
- Be at least 18 years old
- Been a certified diver for at least 6 months
- Have at least 60 open water dives with documentation in deep, navigation, and night diving.
- Submit proof of CPR and First Aid training within the last 24 months
- Submit proof of diving certifications for entry-level scuba diving, advanced level scuba diving, rescue diving, CPR training, and leadership level training.
- Master the PADI Systems, Standards, and Procedures Exam
IDC Packages
- Silver
- Instructor development course
- Emergency first response instructor course
- Gold
- Two days IDC preparation
- Instructor development course
- Emergency first response instructor course
- Nitrox specialty instructor course
- Platinum
- Two days IDC preparation
- Instructor development course
- Emergency first response instructor course
- Five PADI specialty instructor courses
Advancing Your Diving Career: MSDT