Ban's Diving Resort - Diving Career : Open Water Scuba Instructor

Open Water Scuba Instructor Course

Prerequisites:
To qualify for training as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, you must:

Be certified as a PADI Divemaster or a PADI Assistant Instructor or be an instructor in good standing with another training organization for at least six months (check with a PADI Course Director or Contact Us for qualifying credentials.)
Be certified as an Emergency First Response Instructor
Be at least 18 years old
Be certified as a diver for at least six months
Have 60 logged dives that include experience in night, deep and navigation diving to participate in the Instructor Development Course. You’ll need 100 logged dives to take the Instructor Exams
Have proof of CPR and First Aid training within the last 24 months. The Emergency First Response course meets this requirement
Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement (PDF) signed by a physician within the last 12 months

Are you looking for something extraordinary? To do something others can only dream of? To help people transform their lives? Open doors you didn’t even know existed? All of this, and more, awaits you as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.

The Instructor Development Course (IDC) is a 14 day program that enables Divemasters and leaders from other training organizations to achieve their dream of teaching scuba diving using the PADI system.

During the IDC you will use the latest teaching techniques, the complete system of PADI support materials, and will be continuously assessed on your teaching and presentation skills.

PADI Course Directors Tim Hunt and Guillaume Fargues and their team of Master Instructors are committed to your success at the Instructor Examination (IE). They also want to make sure that you are comfortable with teaching afterwards. The Instructor program at Bans Diving exceeds the minimum required by PADI in terms of time and number of presentations you will prepare.

The program is taught in a dedicated classroom, the confined water sessions are held in one of our two large swimming pools and the open water sessions on one of our three dive boats. Our facilities will enable you to study and prepare in a relaxed and chilled atmosphere.

Price: 33,900 BAHT

Also required:

Instructor Crew Pack
15,000 BAHT

Instructor Application
$188 AUD

Instructor Exam Fee
$710 AUD

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Ban's Diving Resort
Haad Sairee, Koh Tao
Surat Thani 84360 THAILAND

Tel. +66 (0) 7745-6466
Fax. +66 (0) 7745-6057

Internship Program

A natural extension of the MSDT Preparation course, this internship includes team teaching with our experienced senior instructors, many of who have certified over 1000 students and have years of experience behind them.

The Internship Program begins by first observing different senior instructors conduct their diving courses. This exposure to the different methods that instructors use to teach diving is invaluable. Once you receive your teaching status as an Open Water Scuba Instructor you then begin to teach more independently, with the senior instructor present to supervise...

More info about Internship Program

Diving Facilities

Our priority is to provide customers with quality dive education and training with safety being our highest priority.

Opened since 1993, Ban’s CDC Center is recognized as a leading dive center in the world and was recently awarded by PADI...