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The Dive Community PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC)
begins with independent self-study and encompasses two PADI
programs: The Assistant
Instructor Course
(AI) and
The Open Water
Scuba Instructor Course (OWSI). Together these two programs make up the full PADI Instructor
Development Course (IDC).
Dive Community’s PADI IDC is designed to develop your
teaching skills and expand your knowledge and understanding
of The PADI System of Diver Education…
… after all what makes a teacher a successful professional
is not what he or she knows, but what your students knows
after you have finished teaching them, we all remember our
favourite teacher from school, we will teach you how to be
that favourite teacher.
If you want to be 100% sure you are ready for the IDC or
just to brush up your skills and knowledge before it we now
offer you a new and updated
IDC
Prep (IDC Preparation Course) to get you
ready for your IDC.
During your IDC you are introduced to the complete PADI
System, you learn and practise how to prepare and conduct
classroom teaching, as well as in confined water and in open
water. Furthermore you will learn a lot about important
subjects for instructors like risk management, the business
of diving, the law with regards to diving and marketing. As part of your course,
you will learn how to successfully transfer knowledge and
skills to others. Furthermore you will develop a clear
understanding of The PADI Philosophy of Continuing Education
and the full range of PADI programs and teaching materials
that are available to you as a PADI Instructor.
The programs, like all PADI programs are performance based
and candidate cantered, so you will receive feedback from us
throughout the course informing you of your progress and
level of proficiency.
The program is followed by the Instructor Examination (IE).
In this 2 or 3 day examination you will demonstrate what you
learned in your IDC to PADI Examiners, we can assure you
that once you reach the Instructor Examination after your
IDC you will be confident and ready for it as you would have
been fully trained and prepared for it fully during your
thorough IDC.
The IE is divided into four parts: Theory
(dive theory and General Standards), Confined Water
(Pool-Skills and confined water presentation), open water
(open water presentation and Rescue demonstration) and
Knowledge development presentation. After you
past the IE successfully you receive a certificate of
completion and after a few days you get your PADI Open Water
Scuba Instructor certification, and then your journey as a
Dive Professional really begins.
This course
is a intensive 3 day preparation program for your IDC.
This course is for those who finished their Divemaster
course longer than 12 months ago and havent practised their
skills in divers education since or for candidates without
experience in assisting courses.Its also for everybody who
just wants to be certain they are as prepared as they can be
for this important step in their Diving Career
The program is designed to be very flexible to meet the
needs of every single candidate. Part of the course is the
demonstration of diving skills, dive theory (physics,
physiology, equipment, general skills & environment, RDP)
and the understanding of the PADI Instructor Manual. After
the Prep course you will definately be ready to participate
in your IDC without getting worried about your dive
knowledge and dive skils.
The course starts three days prior to every IDC.
Assistant
Instructor (AI)
The first half
of your IDC
The PADI Assistant Instructor course is the first portion of
the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC). You'll not
only gain additional experience as a PADI Professional but
you'll also start learning the PADI System of diver
education. After this course you are able to teach academic
presentations and evaluate Open Water Diver surface skills
under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor.
You are allowed to teach the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy
Specialty course the Project AWARE Specialty course, you can
conduct PADI Discover Scuba experiences and teach Emergency
First Response after successful completion of an Emergency
First Response Instructor course.
To start the AI course you have to be a PADI Divemaster or
equivalent and be at least 18 years old. have 60 logged
dives, have been a certified diver for at least 6 months,
have your own complete dive equipment, PADI Instructor
Manual, Instructor Candidate Workbook and the Best of
Undersea Journal, Open Water Aquatic Cue Cards, Confined
Water Aquatic Cue Cards. If you haven't got all of the
equipment and PADI materials that is no problem we can
supply them to you, at very special Dive Community prices,
on your arrival, the course lasts 4 - 5 days
Open
Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI)
The final half
of your IDC
The PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor course is the second
part of the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC).
Normally attended by our IDC students or Assistant
Instructors / Instructors from other training organisations
wishing to become fully fledged PADI Instructors.
During the OWSI
course you will continue to increase your knowledge about
PADI Standards and the role of media and prescriptive
teaching methods, you’ll learn the PADI System of diver
education, standards and procedures, effective
 academic
teaching presentations, teaching in confined water,
conducting open water training dives and additional related
topics.
You will get a look at the courses which make up the PADI
system and how to teach them: Discover
Scuba Diving, Scuba Diver, Specialty Diver, Adventure Diver,
Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver, Divemaster and the
various diver speciality programs as well as important
information on teaching children, legal responsibility and
risk management and some business principles that you, the
dive instructor will shortly be needing. Along the way you
will benefit from the years of experience from our top
Instructors and gain a valuable insight into the world of
the Scuba Instructor
To start the OWSI course you have to be a PADI Assistant
Instructor or equivalent and be at least 18 years old. have
been a certified diver for at least 6 months, have your own
complete dive equipment, PADI Instructor Manual, Instructor
Candidate Workbook and the Best of Undersea Journal,
Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving, Diving Knowledge
Workbook, all the manuals and exam booklets from your
previous courses (Open Water, Adventures, Rescue and
Divemaster), Open Water Aquatic Cue Cards, Confined Water
Aquatic Cue Cards
and all 3 versions of the RDP, before
you begin the IE, at the end of this course, you will need
100 logged dives (you will complete 4 within this course, so
you should start with a minimum of 96) If you haven't got
all of the equipment and PADI materials that is no problem
we can supply them to you, at very special Dive Community
prices, on your arrival, If you want or need all new diving
equipment and materials then we can supply a complete
package at very reasonable prices, the course lasts 5 days
Full and complete details for your OWSI Course
IDC Staff Instructor
Be able to Staff an IDC
PADI Staff Instructors are
members of the Instructor Devellopment Team. You help the
candidates on their way through the IDC and IE. You are for
the Course Director what a Divemaster is for an OWSI: a
valued team mate and assistant. For working in Instructor
development you receive a "Credit" and - more important -
you stay tuned and up to date regarding PADI Standards, IDC
Programs and conducting courses and different techniques.
During the
Course you will learn about how to evaluate candidates and
the psychology of evaluation. You compare and discuss your
results and impressions with those of other team members and
you will learn a lot about yourself as an evaluator as well.
You will practise your presentation skills in the classroom
and in confined water and you work a lot with your CD Manual
and the PADI Instructor Manual and you will see different
techniques of presentation and teaching. In the end
you will be a better instructor even for
your recreational courses and you will take a lot of ideas
back home. As an IDC staff instructor you are able to
conduct PADI Assistant Instructor courses. The course starts
one day prior to the IDC program and ends with it. You do
not take the Instructor Examination.
This is an
essential additional rating for every serious Scuba
instructor. If you want - for example - teach a Rescue Diver
Course without being reliant
to another
(EFR) Instructor you need to be able to teach a CPR portion
of the course.
Emergency
First Response Corporation a PADI corporate affiliate,
offers the Emergency First Response CPR and first aid
program. The EFR courses are up to date with well designed
student and instructor materials. As an Emergency First
Response Instructor, you can conduct Emergency First
Response Primary (CPR) and Secondary Care (First Aid)
courses. A further step is the certification as a care for
children instructor. To enrol in this course you don't even
need to be a PADI Divemaster. But you need an · Emergency
First Response certification (or qualifying certification
from another certification organization).
You’ll learn how to conduct the Emergency First Response
Primary Care (CPR) and Emergency First Response Secondary
Care (first aid) courses. You’ll also learn to conduct the
recommended Automated External Defibrillator (AED),
emergency oxygen and conscious choking management skills. In
a second part you will learn how to conduct Care for
Children courses as well.
The Emergency First Response Instructor Course takes
approximately eight hours. Care for Children 6 to 8 hours.
After
becoming a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) you'll
want to teach divers specific types of diving dependant to
what your local area offers. To do this you need to be able
to teach PADI Specialties. By doing so you can heighten your
students' comfort level and strengthening their underwater
skills and expose them to areas that they find interesting,
ultimately leading to their enjoyment of diving more than
ever before.
And the good thing for you: the more specialties you teach
the more you and your Divecenter can offer to the customers
and the more valuable you are for your Divecenter. Another
thing to remember is that specialties add some fun and
variation to your daily instructor life.
When you decide to do your specialties with us, the
advantages for you are: You can teach your specialties
immediately. You save almost 50 % of the application fee.
You learn some tips and tricks which are not mentioned in
the course outlines.
We can offer you the following specialties:
Digital Underwater Photographer, Deep, Wreck, Search &
Recovery, Night, Navigation, Dry Suit, Enriched Air Nitrox,
DSAT Gas Bender Nitrox, Rebreather Dolphin , Rebreather Ray,
U/W Naturalist, DPV (UW Scooter)
More specialties and packages on request. Every specialty
takes about one day and will be conducted during a daytrip
or on the beach. Included is always the Instructor course
outline and necessary special equipment. |
