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• PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC)
• PADI Assistant Instructor Course
• PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) Program
• PADI Instructor Orientation Course (IOC or Crossover)
• PADI Instructor Examination (I.E)
• PADI IDC Staff Instructor Training Program

PADI Instructor Development Courses (IDCs) focus on preparing candidates to function as PADI Assistant Instructors and/or Open Water Scuba Instrucors.

The PADI IDC provides individuals who already possess instructor-level dive theory, role-model watermanship and rescue skills, and leadership abilities with additional training that allows them to implement the PADI System in confined water, classroom and open water environments.

The IDC also helps instructor candidates gain a complete understanding of PADI’s educational goals and philoshophies.

The PADI IDC begins with independent learning and encompasses both the Assistant Instructor (AI) course and the Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program.

Training Options

The IDC offers potential instructor candidates several training options and flexibility for reaching their professional goals.

Options include:
- PADI Divemasters may choose to attend just the AI course.
- PADI Divemasters may attend all components that make up the IDC (7-day minimum) and, upon successful completion, go on to a PADI Instructor Examination (I.E).
- PADI Assistant Instructors may attend the OWSI program and, upon successful completion, go on to an I.E.
- Scuba Instructors affiliated with other certification organizations may attend an OWSI program and, upon successful completion, go on to an I.E.
- Scuba Instructors or dive supervisors affiliated with other certification organizations may choose to attend an entire IDC and, upon successful completion, go on to an I.E.

Certification

Upon successful completion the IDC and I.E, certified PADI Instructors may conduct the entire range of PADI programs - from Discover Scuba through Divemaster.

Performance Requirements

To successfully complete a PADI IDC, an individual must:

1. Complete all 16 independent study IDC Knowledge Reviews.

2. Attend and participate in all 20 curriculum presentations:
i. Course Orientation
ii. Learning, Instruction and the PADI System
iii. PADI Discover Scuba and Snorkeling Programs
iv. Developing Knowledge Development Presentations
v. Teaching Project AWARE and Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialties
vi. Teaching in Confined Water
vii. Conducting Open Water Training Presentations.
viii. Dive Industry Overview
ix. General Standards and Procedures
x. The Role of Media and Prescriptive Teaching
xi. Legal Responsibility and Risk Management
xii. PADI Scuba Diver and Open Water Diver Course
xiii. Teaching Children
xiv. The PADI Continuing Education Philosophy
xv. Business Principles for the Dive Instructor
xvi. Adventures in Diving Program
xvii. Specialty Diver Courses and Master Scuba Diver Program
xviii. Rescue Diver Course
xix. Divemaster Course
xx. Diver Retention Programs
xxi. How to teach the RDP (Instructors from other organizations must complete).

3. Successfully present at least 4 evaluated Knowledge Development Teaching Presentations.

4. Successfully present at least 4 evaluated Confined Water Teaching Presentations.

5. Successfully present at least 2 integrated (2 skills each, 4 total) evaluated Open Water Teaching Presentations.

6. Successfully demonstrate competence at performing all 20 dive skills listed on the Skill Evaluation.

7. Perform a facedown, non-stop swim for 800 metres using a mask, snorkel and fins.

8. Successfully complete all 5 sections of the Instructor Preassessment Exam.

Required Materials

Each Instructor candidate must obtain:
- PADI Instructor Manual
- Instructor Candidate Workbook
- The Law and the Diving Professional
- The Best of The Undersea Journal
- The Business of Diving
- Peak Performance Bouyancy Specialty Instructor Outline
- Project AWARE Specialty Program Instructor Outline
- PADI 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
- PADI Rescue Diver Manual
- Rescue Diver Final Exams Booklet
- PADI Divemaster Manual
- Divemaster Final Exams Booklet
- Confined Water Aquatic Cue Cards
- Open Water Aquatic Cue Cards
- Confined Water Lesson Preparation Slate
- Open Water Training Dive Lesson Planning Slate
- Log Book (Adventure Log - Pro Modules recommended)

Duration

10 days (approximately 90 hours) or more, depending on candidate’s ability and performance.

Prerequisites

To enroll in an IDC or AI course, an individual must:

1. Be certified as a PADI Divemaster or hold a leadership level certification with another recreational diver training organizaiton.

2. Be at least 18 years old.

3. Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement for a diving medical examination conducted within the past 12 months.

4. Have been a certified diver for at least six months and have completed and logged at least 60 open water scuba dives and have documentation of experience in deep, night and navigation diving.

5. Submit proof of CPR and first aid training within the last 24 months.

6. Submit documentation of any equivalent certification issued by another recreational diver training organization.

7. If not a PADI Divemaster, successfully complete the PADI Divemaster course diver rescue skills assessment.

Related reading:
. PADI Emergency First Response (EFR) Instructor Course