Description
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 under water. 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.
Are you ready to join the ranks of the dedicated professionals who teach the world’s most progressive and popular scuba diver education programs? Then Go PRO with our Instructor Development Course.
The Instructor Development Course (IDC) is made up of two parts – the Assistant Instructor (AI) course and the Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program. Most dive professionals complete the entire IDC and go on to attend an Instructor Examination (IE), which is the final step to earn a PADI Instructor certification.
Successfully completing just the AI course results in a PADI Assistant Instructor qualification. When an AI is ready to progress, attending an OWSI program allows entry into an IE to earn a full PADI Instructor rating.
Dive professionals who hold an instructor rating with another diver training organization may be eligible to enroll directly in the OWSI program. This recognizes prior instructor training and provides a path to become a PADI Instructor.
A PADI Divemaster who has been a certified diver for six months may enroll in the PADI Instructor Development Course. You also need:
- At least 60 logged dives and 100 dives to attend an IE.
- Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) training within the past 24 months.
- A medical statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months
Academic
Over a minimum of 9 days, the IDC teaches you to conduct all PADI core courses. You’ll be able to organize and present information, conduct skill development sessions and control open water dives. Basically, you become a better public speaker and get really good at demonstrating skills while watching out for student diver safety. Key topics include:
- PADI Standards and Procedures for courses you can teach with in water workshops
- Learning, Instruction and the PADI System
- Risk Management and Diver Safety
- The Business of Diving and your role as an instructor
- Marketing Diving and Sales Counseling
You may be able to get college credit or the Assistant Instructor course and Instructor Development Course.
Equipment
As an IDC candidate, you will be required to bring all of your own personal gear to the PADI headquarters for your exams. We offer a storewide 15% off to all of our IDC students. Please keep in mind you might also be required to bring certain specialty items such as a Stopwatch or Rope needed for certain skills.
Getting Started
Once purchased stop by our store to start the application process. We will take care of everything for you from then on- registration of the IDC with PADI, order all your class materials and make sure to give you every opportunity to pass the Exam. We currently have a 100% success rate with all of our IDC students. If we do not believe you are ready by the end of the program, we will have an honest conversation and come up with the most appropriate solution- most probably have you join the next session again free of charge- you would have to cover the exam fees again only if you failed the exams at PADI Headquarters the first time around. Although this has never happened with us, we have a plan for everything to make sure you get the best out of your money!
The program is a straightforward review of dive physics, physiology, skills, equipment and environment, plus using the Recreational Dive Planner (RDP). By successfully completing Dive Theory Online, you will be eligible for the final exams conducted at the PADI Headquarters one hour away from our shop.
