If you like teaching, scuba diving is your passion and you want live of what you like, become a PADI Instructor! Teaching scuba diving allows you to share your love of the underwater world with others while doing what you love.
The Instructor Development Course (IDC) consists in two parts:
Most of the dive professionals complete the entire IDC and go straight to the Instructor Examination (IE), which is the final step to earn a PADI Instructor certification.
You also need to be an Emergency First Response Instructor, but you can earn this certification during the IDC.
The IDC will teach you how to conduct all the PADI courses. You’ll be able to organize and present information, conduct skill development sessions and control open water dives. You will become a teacher with the ability to demonstrate underwater skills in an excellent way while ensuring the safety and fun of your students. Definitely, a model to follow.
Structure of the IDC:
9 theory sessions through the PADI eLearning platform or during the IDC:
10 training sessions during the IDC:
Each candidate will need to have all the basic diving equipment for the all the training sessions and the IE: fins, mask and snorkel, wetsuit, knife, BCD, regulator, pressure gauge, depth gauge, compass, waterproof watch, 2 thin ropes and a Surface Marker Buoy.
