PADI Staff Instructor
Elevate your role within the dive industry and help shape the next generation of dive instructors. Develop high level counselling and evaluation skills as you immerse yourself in the full instructor development process and guide candidates on their journey to becoming PADI Instructors. The next step in your professional journey starts here.
Benefit from direct guidance from our Platinum PADI Course Director and Instructor Development Team who possess a wealth of experience in professional level diver education. Our focus is providing training of the highest level so you complete your program feeling confident and competent to help train future dive professionals.
Integrate yourself into a full Instructor Development Course with us here at Ban’s. Not only observe, but participate in IDC candidate evaluations across all core areas such as Knowledge Development, Confined Water and Open Water teaching presentations. Develop your evaluation and counselling techniques to be able to provide meaningful feedback to support your candidates as they progress through their IDC. Understand what it takes to plan and implement a high level professional training program at the world’s largest certifying PADI dive centre.
What you’ll learn.
- Understand the logistics, planning and day to day responsibilities when conducting a high level IDC program
- Enhance your understanding of PADI standards and the full PADI system of diver education
- Develop the ability to assess Knowledge Development, Confined and Open Water teaching presentations
- How to mentor and motivate IDC candidates to help them develop their teaching skills and confidence
- Leadership Development within the dive industry. Lead by example and demonstrate role model behaviour
- Advanced dive theory knowledge and the ability to transfer that to your IDC candidates
- The Psychology of Diving. Provide professional and constructive feedback while guiding students through challenges
What’s included?
- PADI Course Director Manual
- PADI e-learning
- Confined and Open Water Evaluation Slate
- Skill Development Preparation Slate
- Skill Evaluation Slate
- Dive Theory Notes
- Lunch throughout the IDC
- Half price dives for 1 week before the IDC
Course Prerequisites.
- Teaching Status PADI Instructor
- PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
- Emergency First Response Instructor
- Agree to conduct all training as per PADI standards and philosophy
- Agree to use the PADI System and its components in their entirety
IDC Staff Instructor Duties.
- Independently teach and certify PADI Assistant Instructors
- Conduct IDC training segments while a PADI Course Director is present, in control and available on premises for consultation
- Evaluate and critique instructor candidate knowledge development, confined and open water teaching presentations
- Provide counseling and remedial training for instructor candidates and IDC Staff Instructor candidates
- Assist with instructor-level continuing education programs, such as PADI Specialty Instructor Training courses
- Observe the orientation and closing sessions of PADI Instructor Examinations