PADI IDC

As a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor you’ll be able to teach

• PADI Scuba Diver/Open Water Diver
• PADI Adventure Diver/Advanced Open Water Diver
• PADI Rescue Diver
• PADI Divemaster
• PADI Skin Diver and Discover Snorkeling
• PADI Discover Scuba Diving
• PADI Seal Team and Bubblemaker
• PADI ReActivate and Discover Local Diving
• PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy
• Project AWARE Specialty
• Coral Reef Conservation

PADI IDC Schedule

The IDC is two courses combined – Assistant Instructor and Open Water Scuba Instructor. This two week course is designed to introduce various teaching techniques for teaching in a classroom, a confined water environment and also in Open Water. You will learn more advanced dive theory, as well as perfect the demonstration quality scuba skills you first mastered on your PADI Divemaster course. In addition at Ban’s, we schedule time during the IDC program for Emergency First Response Instructor Training and Oxygen Provider Instructor Training.

We will introduce you to the entire PADI system of diver education as well as discuss the latest Business & Marketing trends in the industry. We will also look at environmental concerns and make sure you have the necessary standards and risk management knowledge necessary for a qualified PADI Scuba Diving Instructor.

After that you’ll be examined by PADI’s external examiners to make sure you meet the required standard, in the 2 day PADI Instructor Examination.

Download full schedule and info pack HERE

PADI IDC Prerequisites

• Hold a PADI Divemaster or Assistant Dive Instructor qualification with current membership of PADI, or an equivalent leadership level certification with another training organization
• Have proof of 60 logged dives
• Have medical clearance of fitness to dive, signed by a doctor within the past 12 months
• Hold proof of first aid/cardio-pulmonary resuscitation training within the last 24 months
• Have been a certified diver (Open Water Diver course or equivalent) for at least six months
• Be at least 18 years old

To join an IE, in addition to the above you must have proof of a minimum of 100 logged dives and have successfully completed the Dive Instructor Development Course (IDC).