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PADI's IDC (Instructor
Development Course) was designed for PADI
divemasters who would like to begin teaching
scuba diving. The course teaches you how
to teach using tried and true methods developed
over the past 20 years or so.
The IDC is divided
into three parts, the Assistant Instructor
(AI) course and the Open Water Scuba Instructor
(OWSI) course. The final part is the Instructor
Examination (IE), which the candidates are
required to pass before they are allowed
to begin teaching. The IE immediately follows
the OWSI course.
The courses are described below. It is
best to take both courses concurrently as
the candidate will be more likely to be
successful during in the IE. If taken together,
the IDC is a total of nine-days and followed
by the IE which takes two-days.
The AI course is
taught during the first four-days of the
IDC. Here you are introduced to PADI’s
teaching standards, and are taught how to
give presentations in the classroom, confined
water (pool), and the open water (the ocean).
The candidates will give two knowledge development
presentations in the classroom, two confined
water presentations, and two open water
presentations.
During the course, the candidate will act
as an instructor with fellow candidates
acting as students. The Course Director
and staff will closely observe and give
each candidate detailed feedback on their
performance with suggestions on how to improve
their performances. These suggestions will
help you to improve your diving skills,
demonstration skills, communication skills,
and problem solving techniques. We will
also give you valuable tips on how to make
your students have fun in the water and
the classroom.
A PADI Assistant Instructor
is qualified to teach Discover Scuba
and snorkeling programs, give knowledge
presentations (classroom) for all PADI courses
under supervision of a PADI OWSI. They can
also teach and certify students in the project
A.W.A.R.E and Peak Performance Buoyancy
courses. An AI is also qualified to take
a Medic First Aid Instructor course and
upon successful completion, able to certify
Medic First Aid students. Finally, AIs are
qualified to enter the OWSI program to become
fully qualified PADI Instructors.
The OWSI course is
taught during the last five-days where your
newly acquired teaching techniques are practically
applied to the various PADI diving courses
including the Open Water, Advanced Open
Water, Rescue, and Divemaster. During this
segment we also teach you various marketing
strategies, business principles, legal risks
and responsibilities, diver retention programs,
and how to teach children how to dive.
During the OWSI segment, your presentation
skills will be fine-tuned by giving at least
two additional presentations in the classroom,
confined water, and open water. We also
include hands-on workshops on how to demonstrate
in water rescue techniques for your future
real-world students.
The IDC is designed
to help you to pass the IE so that you can
begin working as an instructor. But, more
than that, we teach you valuable skills
that can be applied to your students, making
you a better and more employable instructor.
We will teach you how to teach diving, but
you'll find the communication skills you
acquire will benefit you in many aspects
of day-to-day life. This not only makes
your work more interesting, but also increases
your income.
As a PADI Open Water
Scuba Instructor, you are qualified
to teach and certify students from Discover
Scuba Diving through Divemaster. You will
also have the required prerequisites to
enroll in a PADI Medic First Aid Instructor
course and the Master Scuba Diver Trainer
course, allowing you to teach and certify
students in a number of specialty programs.
So what are you waiting
for? The fun and adventure of a
new career in the diving profession begins
now!
Please click
here for a detailed day-to-day schedule.
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