Instructor Candidates MUST meet the following requirements prior to enrolling in an Instructor Development Course:
Be 18 or older
Submit a medical statement signed by a physician that states you are fit for diving
Be certified for 6 months
Have 60 logged dives with experience in navigation, deep and night diving
Be certified in first aid and CPR within the last 2 years.
Be a PADI certified Divemaster or equivalent
If this is the case, call, email or stop by the shop to enroll today!
Study and Preparation
Materials that are recommended or Required Include: (If you completed a PADI divemaster course you will already have some of these items)
PADI Instructor Candidate Crew Pack
PADI Instructor Manual
Instructor Candidate Workbook
Best of the Undersea Journal
Law and The Diving Profesional
The Business of Diving
Children and Scuba Diving
Confined Water Instructor Cue Cards
OW Instructor Cue Cards
AOW Instrcutor Cue Cards
Rescue Instructor Cue Cards
OW Lesson Planning Slate
Confined Water Lesson PLanning Slate
Teaching/Supervising Logbook Pages
OW quizzes and Exam
Rescue Exam
Divemaster Exam
Project Aware Specialty Outline
PPB Specialty Outline
Coral Reef Outline
Instructor Certificate of Completion
Candidate Training Form
Application
Evaluation Enrollment Form
Application
PADI Back Pack
Other items you should probably have:
Encylopedia of Recreational Diving
Diving Knowledge Workbook
PADI Manuals (OW, AOW, Rescue, Divemaster)
Your Log Book
Recreational Dive Planner table and electronic versions
The PADI Instructor Candidate Crew Pack is available for $700.00
Classroom and Pool Sessions
The duration of the course will be seven or eight days. During this time Instructor Candidates will work both in the classroom and in the pool.Emergency First Responder InstructorIn addition you will be required to complete the Emergency First Response Instructor course prior to taking the IE.There are additional fees for this course and an Instructor Crew Pack to be purchased. The course will require two additional classroom days and must be scheduled prior to taking the IE. Coordinate the course with Swim and Scuba beforehand.
Open Water Sessions
Several outings will be made to local dive sites to practice the supervision and organization of open water dives. These will be made during the 7-8 day course.
Open Water Scuba Instructor
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Course
Are you looking for something extraordinary? To do something others can only dream of? To help people transform their lives? To open doors you didn’t even know existed? All of this, and more, awaits you as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.
The Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program is one of two distinct components of PADI’s Instructor Development Course (IDC)—the core of PADI Instructor training. The first portion is the Assistant Instructor course followed by the Open Water Scuba Instructor program.
The OWSI program is a minimum of four days. It introduces you to the entire PADI System of diver education and concentrates on further developing your abilities as a professional dive educator.
The Fun Part
It’s about life transformations—both yours and those around you.
The fun part of instructor training is interacting with course participants while creating friendships that continue long after the course concludes.
You’ll begin networking with other professionals and begin to explore PADI Pro Diving Jobs worldwide. You’ll also have the opportunity to continue your professional education by participating in specialty instructor courses, which train you to teach specialties after instructor certification.
The challenging part of this course is your personal commitment to the training. The course requires you to complete all the self-study Knowledge Reviews before the course begins and to prepare daily assignments for teaching presentations daily. Organization and dedication are key.
What You Learn
During the course you’ll learn how to apply the PADI System of Education by presenting at least
Two confined water teaching presentations
Two knowledge development presentations
One open water teaching presentations integrating two skills
You will also attend and participate in the following 14 curriculum presentations:
Check with your Swim and Scuba to purchase equipment needed for the course.
The Learning Materials You Need
The PADI Instructor Development Course crewpak includes all the materials needed to prepare for the Instructor Development Course. The 23-item pack includes:
Instructor cue cards for PADI’s core courses (Open Water and Advanced, Rescue and Divemaster)
Instructor Development Course Candidate Workbook and related reference materials,
Lesson planning slates for confined and open water
To qualify for training as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, you must:
Be certified as a PADI Divemaster or a PADI Assistant Instructor or be an instructor in good standing with another training organization for at least six months (check with a PADI Course Director or Contact Us for qualifying credentials.)
Have 60 logged dives that include experience in night, deep and navigation diving to participate in the Instructor Development Course. You’ll need 100 logged dives to take the Instructor Exams
Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement (PDF) signed by a physician within the last 12 months
If you are looking for information on where to go pro, please contact your PADI Instructor Development Center or Career Development Center and sign-up today!
Your Next Adventure:
You’ll want to continue your professional training by completing courses that allow you to teach beyond the core courses. For example, Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor, and specialty instructor courses complement your Open Water Scuba Instructor rating and add to your professional portfolio leading you to become a Master Scuba Diver Trainer.
Emergency First Responder InstructorIn addition you will be required to complete the Emergency First Response Instructor course prior to taking the IE.There are additional fees for this course and an Instructor Crew Pack to be purchased. The course will require two additional classroom days and must be scheduled prior to taking the IE. Coordinate the course with Swim and Scuba beforehand.
During the course you’ll learn how to apply the PADI System of Education by presenting at least
The Learning Materials You Need