The
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor program is your final step in the
quest to become a PADI Instructor. During the IDC, you'll learn to use
and adapt the PADI System of diver education to individual student
needs. Comprehensive training, supported by a wide variety of PADI
educational materials, earns PADI Instructors respect from both
students and peers. PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors may conduct a
broad range of PADI programs from Discover Scuba to Divemaster.
The
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor rating sets you apart from the crowd.
PADI Instructors may conduct the entire range of PADI programs - from
Discover Scuba through Divemaster.
PADI Instructors do things others can only daydream about.
If you want to live an extraordinary life, you're in the right
place.
What do I need to start?
- PADI Assistant Instructor certification or be an instructor in
good standing with another training organization for at least six
months ( check with a PADI Course Director or PADI Office for
qualifying credentials.)
- Hold a dive certification for at least six months
- Have 60 logged dives that include night, deep and navigation
dives
- Proof of CPR training within the last 24 months
- Medical clearance signed by a physician
What will I do?
- Knowledge development through self-study, quizzes, lectures and
presentations
- Confined water skill review and assessment, workshops and
presentations
- Open water workshops, rescue assessment and candidate
presentations
- Have at least 100 logged dives prior to entering a PADI
Instructor Exam
How
long will it take?
- Times can vary from four days to three weeks or more
What materials are needed?*
- PADI Instructor Manual
- Instructor Candidate Workbook
- Open Water Lesson Planning Slate
- Confined Water Lesson Preparation Slate
- Open Water Aquatic Cue Cards
- Confined Water Aquatic Cue Cards
- The Law and the Diving Professional
- The Business of Diving
- The Best of The Undersea Journal
- Log Book
- Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Instructor Outline
- Project AWARE Specialty Program Instructor Outline
- Aware Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Instructor Outline
- Open Water Diver Manual
- Recreational Dive Planner, The Wheel and table, and Instructions
for Use Booklets
- Open Water Diver Quizzes and Exam booklet
- Adventures in Diving Manual
- Rescue Diver Manual
- Rescue Diver Final Exams Booklet
- Divemaster Manual
- Divemaster Final Exams Booklet
*These are the same materials used in the PADI Assistant Instructor
course.
Interested in the Instructor Development?
Next IDC 27th - 30th April
Instructor Exams 12th - 13th May
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