Instructor Development Course (IDC)
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.
Open Water Scuba Instructor Course Package Core Cost:
- Tutiion IDC/OWSI $1,595.00 (7 day course)
- OWSI IDC Digital Crew Pack $1,405.10 (added at checkout)
- Dive Therory e-learning $185.00 (added at checkout)
- you can remove crew pack at checkout if you already own Instructor Crewpack & e-Learning
- you must also own the newest updated versions of all required teaching slates if you are removing the crew pack from this purchas
- If you cancel or miss scheduled training dates you may be charged additional tuiton
- Instructor fee does not include any specialty training
- EFR intructor is not included but is available
- MSDT Prep Course / Specialty Instructor is not included but is available
- Pool Rental, Tanks & weights for all pool sessions are included
- Tanks and weights for ocean training sessions are included
- 10% off all purchases while a registered student
Note: OWSI Digital Crew Pack & Dive Therory are added at chekout, but are not required if you already own them.
- We only do OWSI / IDC e-Learning course's we do not use paper (book) materials or present an all lecture course
- You must own all required teaching slates and they must be the lastest updated version
Note: You must get a physical examination by a doctor and have the medical questionair signed by the doctor. If you recieved a medical for your Divemaster course and it has been less than 1 year we can except a copy of that medical
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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 PROSM with an 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\
- medical statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months
- You also need to be an Emergency First Response Instructor, but you can earn this rating during your instructor training.
Academic
Over a minimum of six days, but usually more like seven, 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
You may be able to get college credit or the Assistant Instructor course and Instructor Development Course.
- Risk Management and Diver Safety
- The Business of Diving and your role as an instructor
- Marketing Diving and Sales Counseling