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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 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 100 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
The Instructor Development Course 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 that
introduces you to the role of an instructional assistant, both in
academic teaching and in confined & open water training. As
an Assistant Instructor you immediately improve your employability
within the dive industry and increase your earnings potential.
This program credits towards the PADI Instructor Development Course and
allows you to gain experience as an instructional assistant before
deciding to commit to 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. 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
prefer to measure our success by how well our Instructor candidtaes are
doing several months after their training with us, the fact that many
of our past IDC candidates are now working throughout Central America
and the rest of the world, in prominent positions such as resort
management and many are also Course Directors themsleves is the real
benchmark! In fact you'll find whilst searching for the IDC
facility to take your training that our philosophies and apporach 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.
Call us +1-305-4205959, we'll call right back for a personal discussion
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requirements and other questions, or e-mail
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.