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Our award winning PADI Scuba Instructor course, the Caribbean and Central Americas most professional and comprehensive PADI IDC
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Book a Beautiful Oceans Coral Reef Guardian or Science Instructor course with our PADI Divemaster or PADI Instructor course and receive immediate online access to the Beautiful Oceans e-academy. This allows you to make the most productive and constructive use of your time prior to arriving at Utila Dive Centre and you'll get online access to the Beautiful Oceans state-of-the-art online course material, videos, quizzes and exams. You'll rapidly improve your knowledge of the Caribbean coral reef ecosystem, its architecture and and the food web, and arrive on the island of Utila, Honduras, with an intimate knowledge and scientific understanding of the environment where you'll soon be working as a dive professional. Whilst studying online, our staff will be able to guide you through the materials and grade your assignments. Upon arrival you will immediately complete your Science Instructor Examination, and then we'll then take you out to our amazing coral reefs so you can apply in-water what you learned during the course, apply techniques of guided educational dives and immediately enhance your enjoyment of coral reefs. There's no better way to start your training and education, and no need to count down the days till you join us, just contact us to see how you can get the best start to your dive education and training in the Caribbean, today!
The PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor program is your final step in
the quest to become a PADI Instructor. During the PADI IDC, you'll learn to
use and adapt the PADI System of diver education to individual student
needs. 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 with Utila Dive Centre's PADI Career Development Centre sets you apart from the
crowd.
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 Divemaster or 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 60 logged dives prior to entering a PADI Instructor Exam
How long will it take?
* Times can vary from Seven days to Two weeks or more with our scuba instructor internship
New for 2010 Online learning option in the IDC
For candidates who are already certified as PADI Divemaster prior to arriving on Utila for your IDC there have been changes to the curriculum, that from January 2010, now allow you to;
1) Study and pre-assess your dive theory online.
2) Study 9 of the course presentations online which can be used to save time from the course and start 3 days later than our ‘Live delivery’ IDC with the start date on the Saturday evening at 5pm. The course will then end one week later on the Sunday (with EFR Instructor course) and then a day’s fun diving on Monday prior to the IE on the Tuesday/Wednesday, allowing you to leave on the Thursday am flights. This takes just 13 days for the complete Instructor course, EFR Instructor and 2 day PADI Exams, and even less if you arrive on Utila already certified as a PADI Assistant Instructor.
There is an additional charge for this each of these options, that deliver convenience and value enhancement to the IDC, and this is paid to PADI. Please contact us for more information to register for this option and read more below on our Instructor course.
Our PADI IDC with the Caribbean and Central Americas Premier Career Development Centre
The PADI Instructor Development Course (PADI IDC> is comprised of 2 components, These 2
components can be taken either separately or together in one course.
The Assistant Instructor portion is the 1st component of the PADI
Instructor Development Course and builds upon Divemaster
training. The Assistant Instructor course is a 5 day program (2 days with online option) that
introduces trains you as an instructional assistant, in
academic teaching and in confined & open water training. As
an Assistant Instructor you improve your employability
within the dive industry and earnings potential.
This program credits towards the PADI Instructor Development Course and
allows you to gain experience as an instructional assistant before
the IDC. The Assistant Instructor
course can be conducted as part of the PADI IDC or as a stand-alone
program.
The 2nd portion of the IDC is the OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor)
program. and takes 6 days (3days with online option). The OWSI develops candidate’s abilities to prepare
academic, confined water and open water teaching presentations. As an
Instructor candidate you’ll also learn about business principles,
teaching children, risk management and other important topics relevant
for the dive professional. At Utila Dive Centre we also cover
areas regarding working in different worldwide environments, resort
management and look at greater career opportunities in diving including
‘diver safety’ and ‘technical diving’, resume preparation and what
gives you the best chance of success as a professional in today’s dive
industry. Practical workshops during the IDC will develop your
ability to retail dive equipment and counsel divers into continuing
education programs.
Our pass rate is 100% at the PADI Instructor Examinations however we
measure our success by how successful our Instructor candidates are
after their training with us, the fact that many
of our past IDC candidates are now working throughout Honduras, Central America
and the rest of the world, in prominent positions, as resort
management and many are also Course Directors themselves is the real
benchmark! In fact you'll find whilst searching for the IDC
facility to take your training, or for scuba diving internships, that our philosophies and approach to
training Instructors are often imitated, but we can guarantee they are
never surpassed!
Unlike most PADI IDC facilities we schedule our IDC program over a
period of 11 days, from 8am to 5pm, in order to make the course much
more relaxed and to give us more time to focus on individual counseling
and development and our staff will always be in the facility from 7am
to 7pm for individual coaching. Our IDC’s are scheduled to end 2
days before local PADI IE’s commence, allowing time if necessary for
our in-house Course Director to remediate with individual candidates.
At the Utila Dive Centre we conduct our IDC’s in modern air-conditioned
classrooms using the latest PowerPoint multi media presentations and we
have an on site training pool for more time in the water on individual
skill development. Our Open Water training sessions will be
conducted on Utila’s reefs to prepare you for when you come to teach in
this similar kind of environment. At the end of your Instructor
Development Course you’ll attend a 2 day Instructor Examination which
will then qualify you to teach as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, and if you really want to get a head start to your dive career then read about our Premium Pro Plus program.
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about your professional training goals, specific course prices,
requirements and other questions, or e-mail
Our award winning PADI Scuba Instructor course, the Caribbean and Central Americas most professional and comprehensive PADI IDC
Whilst studying online, our staff will be able to guide you through the materials and grade your assignments. Upon arrival you will immediately complete your Science Instructor Examination, and then we'll then take you out to our amazing coral reefs so you can apply in-water what you learned during the course, apply techniques of guided educational dives and immediately enhance your enjoyment of coral reefs. There's no better way to start your training and education, and no need to count down the days till you join us, just contact us to see how you can get the best start to your dive education and training in the Caribbean, today!
At the Utila Dive Centre we conduct our IDC’s in modern air-conditioned
classrooms using the latest PowerPoint multi media presentations and we
have an on site training pool for more time in the water on individual
skill development. Our Open Water training sessions will be
conducted on Utila’s reefs to prepare you for when you come to teach in
this similar kind of environment. At the end of your Instructor
Development Course you’ll attend a 2 day Instructor Examination which
will then qualify you to teach as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, and if you really want to get a head start to your dive career then read about our 