How best to prepare for your PADI Instructor Development Course
(IDC)
PADI IDC Prerequisites:
In order to participate in a PADI IDC you must
meet the following prerequisite requirements:
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Be certified as a
PADI Assistant Instructor, PADI Divemaster or as
an instructor with another recreational diver
training organization.
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Be at least 18
years old.
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Be fit for diving
and submit a medical form signed by a physician
within the last 12 months.
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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 Program, have been a
certified diver for at least 6 months and logged
at least 100 dives prior to entering the
Instructor Examination.
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Submit proof of
CPR training within the last 24 months.*
*
For those whose CPR / 1st Aid
Qualification has lapsed an update is available
prior to the IDC
click here for details
Booking your PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC)
Once you are sure that the above requirements have
been met you need to book your place on Bay Islands
College of Diving IDC program on the beautiful
island of Utila.
First please contact us to make sure that there is still space available
on the program you are interested in!!!
When we have received your booking and IDC package
deposit we will reconfirm your booking by e-mail,
fax or telephone.
A
20% deposit is required to reserve your place -
deposits may be paid on-line (by far the simplest &
easiest method) or by bank transfer - contact us for
bank transfer details.
The
key to a relaxed PADI IDC is to come well
prepared. This is crucial to success and lessens the
workload during the IDC allowing you to concentrate
more on DEVELOPING rather than
learning.
First - Check that you have all the
necessary documentation.
You
will need documented proof (bring all your cert
cards / certificates) of all certifications from
Open water to Divemaster / Assistant Instructor. If
any are missing please contact PADI immediately and
get the course certification date, instructor name
and number, and your student certification number.
If
you run into problems please
let us know asap and we will try and help.
Make sure that you have photocopies of all non-PADI
certifications that you have as we will need to
submit these to PADI with your IDC paperwork at the
I.E.
Also at the IE you need to hand in your "PADI
Medical Certificate" signed by a physician. You may
download the form from
www.padi.com and either have it signed by a
physician in the country you are currently residing
or one in Utila when you arrive.
You
will need to present your logbook and show proof of
60 logged dives for the IDC and 100 logged dives for
the I.E.
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 and the RDP – 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), Adventures in Diving,
"Rescue Diver – Control, Care, Confidence" (New 2004
edition) and the "Dare to be Challenged" Divemaster
manual; but don’t worry you can use our copies
whilst you’re here.
Make sure you are familiar with all student
materials, especially if it’s been a while since you
have used them or new editions have been issued.
If
you already have an instructor manual make sure it
is up to date with all relevant Training Bulletins.
All training Bulletins can be down loaded from the
Pro section of the
PADI website – if in any doubt please
contact us.
Buy your own copy of the Candidate Workbook
and read through the pages "How to use this
Workbook”.
If you plan to arrive in Utila a week or more prior
to the IDC don’t worry we will supply you with all
the necessary pre reading material at knock down
prices and it gives you plenty of time to do the
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,
which you need to successfully answer the questions.
These assignments can be found in your Instructor
manual, IDC Candidate Workbook, The Best of the
Undersea Journal, The Law & the Diving Professional,
The Business of Diving and Children and Scuba.
Remember they MUST be completed BEFORE
the start of the IDC.
If you have any questions regarding the reading assignments please
contact us.
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!!!
Therefore please ensure you are confident with your
level of dive theory knowledge BEFORE the IDC.
The
best way to do this to buy, beg, borrow (but please
don’t steal!!) a copy of The Encyclopedia of
Recreational Diving and the Diving Knowledge
Workbook (The CD-ROM Encyclopedia includes both) and
work your way through it along with the 1999
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 you have mastered the information when not only
can you answer the question correctly but also
explain WHY each of the other answers is wrong!!!
In
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 us 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. If
you arrive in Utila in plenty of time you can shadow
our Instructors when they are conducting training
courses.
Practice all your skills - especially the 20 skills
of the PADI skill circuit.
Concentrate especially on your Mask skills, buoyancy
skills (hovering and fin pivots), out of air skills
(Buddy Breathing, Alternate Air Source and CESA) and
your removal and replacement 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.
When was the last time you DEMONSTRATED any
of these…???
Practice Rescue Diver Exercise #7: "Unconscious
Diver on the surface". You can review an excellent
demonstration of this on The PADI Rescue Diver DVD.
A
role model 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.
Bay Islands College
of Diving 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, straps etc.
Finally…….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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