PADI IDC Preparation Course (2 days)

This relaxed two day program is designed to help candidates who feel they need to refresh their diving skills and dive theory prior to the IDC. The Prep course consists of both Confined Water and classroom sessions during which we will review the 20 skills of the PADI skill circuit, focusing on your demonstration abilities. We will also run a Rescue Workshop where we can make sure you are familiar and comfortable with the PADI Rescue Diver Course Exercise #7: Unconscious Diver at the Surface. 

We will review in detail the 5 topics that make up the dive theory Exams: Physics, Physiology, The Recreational Dive Planner, Equipment and General Skills & The Diving Environment.

For those lacking current PADI EFR status (within the past 24 months) a EFR Update is available as part of the Prep. This two hour add-on focuses on the 10 skills that make up Primary Assessment and Secondary Assessment - Inquiry and Illness assessment.

The cost of EFR recertification with PADI is 14 $USD.

The IDC Prep is a great way to ease yourself into "IDC learning mode", familiarize yourself with the facilities, meet and get to know your fellow candidates, Course Director and the IDC Staff.

PADI IDC Prep Extra (2 days)

This two day course directly precedes the IDC Prep and is aimed at candidates either short on time or PADI materials and who are unable to complete the "Independent Learning" prerequisite required to enter an AI, OWSI or IDC program.

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

The PADI IDC (9½ Days) 

The IDC begins with independent self-study and encompasses two PADI programs: The Assistant Instructor Course (AI) and The Open Water Scuba Instructor Course (OWSI). 

Together these two programs make up the full IDC.

This 9 ½ day program is designed to develop your teaching skills and expand your knowledge and understanding of The PADI System of Diver Education. After all what makes a teacher a successful professional is not what he knows, but rather what his students know after he has finished teaching them !!!

During the IDC you will learn how to successfully transfer knowledge and skills to others. Furthermore you will develop a clear understanding of The PADI Philosophy of Continuing Education and the full range of PADI programs and teaching materials that are available to you as a PADI Instructor.

The focus of these programs is on development, in other words learning by making mistakes and being corrected - so feel free to make as many mistakes as you like

In fact, we learn best by making mistakes, then receiving the necessary feedback we need to improve.

The programs are performance based and candidate centred, thus you will receive feedback throughout the course informing you of your progress and level of proficiency.

The Assistant Instructor Course: (5 days)

Assistant Instructor (AI) Candidates joining Chris's Indepth IDC attend the first 5 days of an Indepth IDC.

The course introduces candidates to learning, instruction and the PADI system of diver education and focuses on the new programs they will be able to teach as Assistant Instructors, such as Discover Scuba, the Project Aware Specialty and the Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty.

Candidates will also learn how to give successful Microteaching Knowledge Development presentations, Confined Water presentations and Open Water presentations.

Certification Requirements include minimum scores in: one Microteaching Knowledge Development presentation, one Confined Water presentation, one Open Water presentation (2 skills), the PADI skill circuit and the Assistant Instructor Standards Exam.

The Open Water Scuba Instructor Course: (6 days)

This takes the AI, Instructor with another training organization or person attending a whole IDC program the next step in their PADI Instructor Development. Candidates joining an Indepth IDC program would attend the only last 6 days.

During the OWSI course you will learn more about PADI Standards and the role of media and prescriptive teaching. There will be an indepth look at the courses which make up the PADI system and how to teach them: Discover Scuba Diving, Scuba Diver, Specialty Diver, Adventure Diver, Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver, Divemaster and the various diver retention programs as well as important information on teaching children, legal responsibility and risk management and some business principles for you - the dive instructor.

Requirements for certification include: a minimum passing score in one Prescriptive Teaching Knowledge Development presentation, one Confined Water presentation, one Open Water presentation (2 skills), the PADI skill circuit, the 800m snorkel swim, the Assistant Instructor Standards Exam and an IE Dive Theory preassessment exam.

REMEMBER: prior to the start of an IDC, AI or OWSI course the candidate must have completed ALL 16 IDC Knowledge Reviews from the "Independent Learning" section of the 2001 IDC Candidate Workbook.

The IOC (Cross Over Course) is now the OWSI Course

The NEW 2001 OWSI course has taken the place of the old IOC.

The NEW OWSI course now allows Instructors already certified with a recreational diving training agency other than PADI to "crossover" to PADI. This is a great way to take advantage of market demands and be able to offer your employers and customers PADI courses and programs.

The course comprises of the last 6 days of an Indepth IDC, thus candidates joining an existing IDC program would attend only the final 6 days ….