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PADI INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT COURSE

The PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor program is the final step in your goal of becoming a PADI Instructor. During the IDC, you will learn to use and adapt the PADI System of diver education to your individual student needs. In depth training, supported by a wide variety of PADI educational materials, earns PADI Instructors respect from both students and peers. As a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor you will be able to teach a wide range of PADI programs from Discover Scuba Diving through to Divemaster.

If you want to live a life that is different from anything else, 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

The IDC is divided into two parts, the Assistant instructor course and the OWSI program. Assistant instructors can continue with the OWSI program at a later date.

Requirements:

1. Be at least 18 years old
2. Certified as a PADI Divemaster or PADI Assistant Instructor or hold a leadership level with another recreational diver training organization.
3. Healthy and fit
4. Diving medical certificate, which should not be older than 12 months prior to the start of the Instructor Exam.
5. Minimum 6 months certified as a diver and at least 60 dives for the IDC and 100 dives  for the IE
(Bring your logbooks)
6. PADI - Emergency First Response or a certificate stating your abilities of first aid and C.P.R. training in the last 2 years

For participating you need the latest editions of the following materials
The books 1 to 7 you will need before the beginning of the IDC to prepare yourself for the course.
(Unless not available in language the candidate understands, in this case please contact our course instructor directly sdds@verizon.net.do)

1. PADI Instructor Manual (in your language)
2. PADI IDC Candidate Workbook
3. The Law and the Diving Professional
4. The Best of the Undersea Journal
5. The Business of Diving
6. Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Instructor Outline
7. Project AWARE Specialty Program Instructor Outline
8. Open Water and Exam Booklet
9. Rescue Diver Final Exams Booklet
10. OW Manual, Adventures in Diving Manual, Rescue Manual and Divemaster Manual
11. PADI Aquatic Cue Cards (Confined + Open Water)
12. PADI-diving tables (RDP + Wheel)

Other materials:

1. 2 passport photos
2. Receipt of payment
3. All dive certifications (copies and originals)
4. Logbook(s), as proof of completed dives
5. Current dive medical statement and proof of Medic First Aid and CPR.