A rewarding and adventurous career awaits!
PADI Instructors are in demand globally, working at resorts, dive shops, liveaboard boats, and more! You can travel the world with your credential, making new friends experiencing new cultures. Plus, you get to go diving every day!PADI Instructors are in demand globally, working at resorts, dive shops, liveaboard boats, and more! You can travel the world with your credential, making new friends experiencing new cultures. Plus, you get to go diving every day!
You share your experiences with your students, teaching them safety, an attitude of stewardship for the aquatic realm, and expose them to the limitless potential that recreational diving has as a hobby. They may even be inspired to become an Instructor themselves after seeing what a fantastic life you lead!You share your experiences with your students, teaching them safety, an attitude of stewardship for the aquatic realm, and expose them to the limitless potential that recreational diving has as a hobby. They may even be inspired to become an Instructor themselves after seeing what a fantastic life you lead!
The PADI Instructor Development Course(IDC) is a challenging program that develops your teaching techniques, familiarizes you with the PADI system, and orients you as to how the diving industry works as a whole. In conjunction with a PADI Course Director, you complete classroom presentations, Confined Water presentations(to get ready for the ocean components), and how to conduct Open Water training dives. Once the IDC is completed and you feel ready, you attend a PADI Instructor Examination(IE) and begin conducting courses as soon as your teaching authorization arrives.The PADI Instructor Development Course(IDC) is a challenging program that develops your teaching techniques, familiarizes you with the PADI system, and orients you as to how the diving industry works as a whole. In conjunction with a PADI Course Director, you complete classroom presentations, Confined Water presentations(to get ready for the ocean components), and how to conduct Open Water training dives. Once the IDC is completed and you feel ready, you attend a PADI Instructor Examination(IE) and begin conducting courses as soon as your teaching authorization arrives.
The Emergency First Response Instructor ranking is a co-requisite for OWSI certification, which we run as a 2 day program.The Emergency First Response Instructor ranking is a co-requisite for OWSI certification, which we run as a 2 day program.
Why take the IDC at The College?
We take extra time at BICD to complete the program, conducting the IDC over 13 days. This creates an environment where you can relax and explore the island, have time for fun dives, and spend additional time on the areas you’d like to develop further. You feel comfortable and prepared for the Instructor Exam and the career that awaits you.
We have an outstanding facility, including a conference room for IDCs, the only hyperbaric chamber on the Island, large boats, and well-maintained equipment. We also have a great team of experienced dive professionals that you get to mingle with and observe in action.
IDC CALENDAR 2012
May 1-14, 2012
June 5-18, 2012
July 3-16, 2012
August 7-20, 2012
September 4-17, 2012
October 2-15, 2012
November 6-19, 2012
December 4-14, 2012
IDC CALENDAR 2013
January 8-21, 2013
February 5-18, 2013
March 5-18, 2013
April 2-15, 2013
May 1-13, 2013
June 4-17, 2013
July 2-15, 2013
August 6-19, 2013
September 3-16, 2013
October 1-14, 2013
November 5-18, 2013
December 3-16, 2013
Key Features
IDC $1095 US
EFRI $250 US
Includes all reef fees, air tanks and equipment rental.
Course materials not included.
Duration: 13 days IDC
+2 days EFRIClass size: Maximum of 8 Prerequisites: Certified as a diver for at least six months
Emergency First Response completed in the last 24 months
18 years or older
60 logged dives to start and 100 before you take the Instructor exams
Be fit for diving and submit a medical statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months
Extras: Free Hyperbaric Chamber dry dive experience
2013 specials:
Free Enriched Air Instructor Course
Free North Side / Whaleshark boat
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Divemaster
Instructor Development Course
Master Scuda Diver Trainer
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