International Diving Centre is BC's largest training facility in every respect. Learning from a professional facility will prepare you to work at any reputable facility. As a business that trains more divers than any other in BC, we are the best equipped to teach you to do the same.
Success in diving means more than being an effective teacher, it requires exemplary customer service and a dedication to safety. We have developed a large diving community through the efforts of our extensive and diversified staff. By limiting their individual responsibilities, our staff ensures that the needs, wants and desires of our divers are looked after though an unparalleled level of attention.
100% of our Instructors trained through International Diving Centre have successfully passed the PADI Instructor Exam, a number that is unmatched. Our Instructor Trainers are responsible for the success of International Diving Centre, the instructors we have trained and will be responsible for your success in the industry.
Job Placement – we assist our instructors in finding employment consistent with their personal goals in the industry.
It is easy for any dive operation to claim success in assisting with the placement of instructors, as diving jobs are easy to come by. However, gaining employment with a reputable company, worth working for, is difficult.
Our goal is not to simply assist in finding you any job but rather to place hundreds of instructors in premium positions throughout the industry.
Materials Required Equipment:
Instructor candidates must have a current version of these required materials:
• PADI Instructor Manual
• PADI Guide to Teaching*
• PADI Specialty Instructor Manual*
• Law and the Diving Professional*
• Children and Scuba on CD-ROM*
• Best of Undersea World on CD-ROM*
• The Business of Diving on CD-ROM*
• Instructor Candidate Workbook
• How to Use and Choose Dive Computers book
• PADI Open Water Diver Manual
• Recreational Dive Planner, and eRDPML,
and Instructions for Use booklets
• Open Water Diver Quizzes and Exam booklet
*
• Adventures in Diving Manual
• PADI Rescue Diver Manual
• Rescue Diver Final Exams booklet *
• PADI Divemaster Manual
• Divemaster Final Exams booklet *
• Aquatic Cue Cards – for Open Water Dive, Adventures in Diving,
Rescue Diver,Divemaster and Discover Scuba
Diving *
• Confined Water Lesson Preparation slate*
• Open Water Training Dive Lesson Planning
slate*
• The Encyclopaedia of Recreational Diving
• Diving Knowledge Workbook
• Emergency First Response Primary and
Secondary Care Instructor Guide+
• Emergency First Response Care for
Children Instructor Guide+
• Emergency First Response CPR/AED
Instructor Guide+
• Emergency First Response Course Knowledge
Reviews
• Emergency First Response Participant
Manual+
• Emergency First Response Care for
Children Participant Manual+
• Emergency First Response CPR/AED
Participant Manual+
• Emergency First Response Video+
• Emergency First Response Care for
Children Video+
• Emergency First Response Care for CPR/AED
Video+
Materials not marked are to be provided by the candidate.
Orientation
The new and revised instructor development course curriculum is 7 days in length when all course curriculum is covered in class split into two parts: PADI Assistant Instructor which is about 3 days and PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) the remainder. This is reduced to 5 days when candidates complete online independent study. You can either take the two courses separately or together depending on your time availability. At IDC Diving Centre we offer the full IDC in weekend format including the Emergency First Response Instructor training which is now a mandatory qualification for an OWSI. The whole course is covered in three Thursday nights and three weekends giving an 8 day equivalent format.
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:
Course Orientation Dive Industry Overview General Standards and Procedures The Role of Media and Prescriptive Teaching Legal Responsibility and Risk Management PADI Scuba Diver and Open Water Diver Course Adaptive Teaching The PADI Continuing Education Philosophy Business Principles for the Dive Instructor Adventures in Diving Program Specialty Diver Courses and Master Scuba Diver Program Rescue Diver Course Divemaster Course Diver Retention Programs How to Teach the RDP (Instructors from recreational diver training organizations other than PADI must complete.) You will demonstrate competence at
performing all 20 dive skills listed on the Skill Evaluation. performing a facedown, nonstop swim for 800 metres/yards using a mask, snorkel and fins. During the course you’ll need to demonstrate competency in Dive theory by passing a five-part theory exam scoring 75% on each part .
Program Covers
Learning, Instruction and the PADI System General Standards and Procedures Risk Management Marketing Diving Start Diving Teaching PADI Specialty Diver Courses Business of Diving Keep Diving How to Teach the Recreational Dive Planner (RDP) Developing Knowledge Development Presentations Knowledge Development Teaching Presentation 1 and 2 4 Es Counseling Workshop 1 Teaching in Confined Water Skills Demonstrations Workshop Confined Water Teaching Presentation 1 and 2 Conducting Open Water Dives Open Water Teaching Presentation 1 Rescue Exercise Workshop Standards Exam Knowledge Development Teaching Presentation 3 4 Es Counseling Workshop 2 Confined Water Teaching Presentation 3 and 4 and 800 metres/yard non stop swim with mask, fins and snorkel Open Water Teaching Presentation 2 and Discover Scuba Diving Workshop General Standards and Procedures Open Water Diver Course Adventures in Diving Program Adventure Dive Workshop Rescue Diver Course Rescue Exercise Workshop Divemaster Course Risk Management and Duty of Care Dive Theory Exams
What You Can Teach
After becoming an Open Water Scuba Instructor, you will be able to conduct the entire range of PADI programs from Discover Scuba Diving up to Divemaster.