PADI IDC Thailand Diving Instructor Development Courses in Phuket and Phi Phi

How best to prepare for your PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) and Diving Internships on Phuket & Phi Phi: Indepth Instruction with Chris Owen

PADI IDC prerequisites:

In order to participate in a PADI IDC you must of course meet all the prerequisite requirements:

• Be certified as a PADI Assistant Instructor, PADI Divemaster, or as dive leader with another recreational diver training organization. 
• Be at least 18 years old.
• Be fit for diving and submit a medical form signed by a physician within the last 12 months.
• Has been a certified diver for at least six months and logged at least 60 open water dives with experience in night, deep and navigation prior to beginning the Instructor Development Course, and have been a certified diver for at least 6 months and logged at least 100 dives prior to entering the Instructor Examination.
• Submit proof of CPR and First Aid training within the last 24 months.*
• * For those whose CPR / EFR training has lapsed an update is included in the IDC Prep course or one can be arranged prior to or in conjunction with the IDC - contact Chris to see what can be scheduled for your IDC.

Booking your PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) with Chris in Phuket and Phi Phi, Thailand

Once you are sure that the above requirements have been met you need to book your place on our Indepth PADI IDC program in Phuket, Thailand. First please contact us to make sure that there is still space available on the program you are interested in !!! When you have received confirmation that there is please go to our secure "On-line Booking" page and fill in the required fields and submit - you will then receive a Registration Code and instructions on how to precede from there. When we have received your booking and IDC package deposit we will reconfirm your booking with you by e-mail, fax or telephone. 

A 30% deposit is required to reserve your place - deposits may be paid on-line (by far the simplest & easiest method) or by bank transfer - contact Chris for bank transfer details.

Booking your PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) and Diving Internship with Chris in Phuket and Phi Phi, Thailand

Once you are sure that the above requirements have been met you need to book your place on our Indepth PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) program in Phuket, Thailand. First please contact us to make sure that there is still space available on the program you are interested in !!! When you have received confirmation that there is please go to my "On-line Booking" page and fill in the required fields and submit.Once I have received this I will then give you some options of how to make your payment and how to precede from here.When I have received your booking and Instructor Development Course deposit I will reconfirm your booking with you by e-mail, fax or telephone. A 30% deposit is required to reserve your place and accommodation in the luxury Palm Garden Dive Resort. Purchase the latest editions of the following PADI materials: Instructor manual, IDC candidate Workbook, Open Water and Confined Water cue cards, Open Water Training Dive Lesson Preparation Slate, Confined Water Lesson Preparation Slates, The Best of the Undersea Journal, The Law & the Diving Professional, The Business of Diving and the RDP both table and wheel versions.

Also VERY useful especially for preparing your presentations both during the IDC and at the IE are copies of the various PADI Student manuals: "GO Dive" (Open Water Course) manual, Adventures in Diving (NEW edition), "Rescue Diver Wanted" manual and the "Dare to be Challenged" Divemaster manual.

Make sure you are familiar with all the new materials, especially if you never used them as a student. Answer the quick quizzes, student concepts, quick reviews, course Quizzes and Exams etc and make sure that you are comfortable with the style of questions that PADI uses.

Note: Although these materials are available from Chris at a special VIP price (20% of list price), try and get them as early as possible as the more time you have to familiarize yourself with them prior your IDC the better.

Make sure you update your instructor manual with all relevant Training Bulletins - if you are in any doubt - please contact Chris.

If you are missing any you can download them from the Members section of http://www.padi.com/ Buy your own copy of the Candidate Workbook and read through the pages "How to use this Workbook."

Next go to Section 1 "Independent Learning"

Here you will find the 16 IDC Knowledge Reviews which MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE IDC !!! At the beginning of each Knowledge Review you will find listed the necessary pre-study reading assignments you need to read before answering the knowledge review.

These assignments can be found in: your Instructor manual, IDC Candidate Workbook, The Best of the Undersea Journal, The Law & the Diving Professional and The Business of Diving.

Remember these MUST be completed BEFORE the start of the IDC.

During the Prep Extra your Course Director or IDC Staff member will lead you through all the reading assignments helping you understand and become familiar with PADI standards, PADI educational philosophies, provide some training suggestions and other background information necessary to complete your IDC program.

Dive Theory

On which PADI course is Instructor Level Dive Theory taught ??
Answer: The IDC - WRONG ANSWER.

On which PADI course is Instructor Level Dive Theory taught ??
Answer: The PADI Divemaster Course - CORRECT ANSWER .. !!!

PLEASE make sure that you are confident with your level of dive theory knowledge BEFORE the IDC.

The best way to do this to buy, beg or borrow a copy of The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving and Diving Knowledge Workbook (The CD-Rom Encyclomedia includes both) and work your way through it along with the Divemaster exams. You will have ample to keep you busy during the IDC without having to worry about dive theory questions such as "what are partial pressures" or "how do I find minimum surface intervals with the RDP Wheel ?"

You know when you have mastered it when you can not only arrive at the correct answer - but also explain WHY each of the other answers is wrong !!!During the IE exams are available in over 20 languages. Should the exam not be available in your native language you will be credited with extra time.

Please note that exams other than English need to be ordered from PADI well in advance of the IE, so please let Chris know as early as possible.

Get wet . !!!

Go Dive as much as possible - nothing replaces real life experience.Assist your PADI instructor as often as possible. Practice all your skills - especially the 20 skills of the PADI skill circuit.Concentrate especially on your buoyancy skills: hovering and fin pivots, out of air skills: Buddy Breathing and Alternate Air Source both stationary and swimming, the controlled emergency swimming ascent (CESA) and your removal skills: scuba unit and weight belt - both at the surface and underwater.

Remember although an Open Water Diver can "do the skill", this is usually a long way off from the "demonstration quality" expected of an Instructor. You can always review the skills on the PADI Open Water video or CD-Rom.

When was the last time you DEMONSTRATED any of these . ???

If possible get a PADI instructor to watch you perform Rescue Diver Exercise #7: "Unconscious Diver on the surface." You can review an excellent demonstration of this on The PADI Rescue Diver video.

Again a demonstration and workshop of Rescue Diver Exercise #7 is included in the IDC Prep course. Check all your dive equipment and make sure everything is serviced, up to date and ready for action. Warm Water Divers is a full dive equipment service center and stocks a complete range of extra items such as computers, compasses, knives, warm water wetsuits, slates, clips, slates, clips, straps and the like.

Lastly relax ..

Remember the more prepared you are the less of a workload you will have during the IDC, leading to a more relaxed and enjoyable IDC !!!

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