Phuket PADI IDC Program
This section will try to give you a clear and precise overview of what the Thailand Phuket PADI IDC program actually is, what it stands for, why you need to do one and most importantly of all, why you won’t regret booking one with Aussie Divers Phuket.
If you can’t find the answer you are looking for in the IDC Overview area, please check the other IDC sections and the FAQ area, if you can’t find the answer there either, please send us an email, we are always willing to discuss your IDC questions, options and special requirements.
What is the Thailand Phuket PADI IDC program (Instructor Development Course)?
The IDC stands for Instructor Development Course, you are now required by PADI to complete one before attending an IE Instructor Examination. So to put it simply you cannot be an Instructor without having completed an IDC.
The IDC is what teaches you everything you will need to know about becoming a PADI professional and the skills required to pass your Instructor Exams, both physical and paper based, plus rounds up all your physical dive skills to that of what is expected of someone who is now a teacher of scuba diving.
To complete an IDC successfully, a PADI Course Director will need to sign you off and agree that you are ready to attend an IE. If you do not meet the standards of an instructor candidate after your IDC you may be asked not to attend the IE.
Aussie Divers Phuket has 3 main packages for IDC candidates to choose from, they are listed below.
IDC Course | Number of Days | Inclusions | Price |
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IDC Package | 12 Days | Prep + PADI IDC (EFRI & OWSI) | 44,700 |
IDC Pro Package | 21 Days | Prep, PADI IDC (OWSI & EFRI) plus 5 SI | 57,700 |
An IDC has multiple components, these components allow for varied learning and certification levels, they are explained below.
Aussie Divers Instructor Development Course Phuket, Thailand
Aussie Divers has two PADI Course Directors who conduct monthly PADI Instructor Development Courses (PADI IDC), each IDC takes 12 days to complete. During this time you will go through and complete 2 different parts of the IDC course.
The first part is the PADI Assistant Instructor Course which takes 5 days. The second part is the PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (PADI OWSI) which takes 8 days.
At the end of the PADI IDC, you have the PADI IE which is organized and conducted with PADI representatives: PADI Instructor Examiners.
You have different options to your PADI IDC, you can do it all in one go or one part at the time. You also have the possibility to do a segment of it online.
Below is an explanation of each section of the IDC.
Part Two: PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI)
The main objective of the PADI OWSI is to teach you how you manage divers through mentor-ship for all the PADI programs from Discover Scuba Diving to PADI Divemaster and it will prepare you to function as an effective PADI Instructor by thoroughly familiarizing you with the PADI system and all its diver training programs.
With this rating you will be able to teach:
- PADI Scuba Diver/Open Water Diver
- Adventures in Diving Program (Adventure Diver/Advanced Open Water Diver)
- Rescue Diver
- Divemaster
- Skin Diver and Discover Snorkeling
- Discover Scuba Diving
- PADI Seal Team and Bubblemaker
- ReActivate and Discover Local Diving
- Peak Performance Buoyancy
- Project AWARE Specialty
- AWARE – Coral Reef Conservation
- Orientation
- Dive Theory Workshop
- PADI System Workshop
- Learning and Teaching Workshop
- Discover Scuba Diving Workshop
- Open Water Dive Course Scheduling and Set Up Workshop
- Risk Management and Licensing Workshop
- Knowledge Development Presentation Workshop and Candidate Knowledge Development Presentations
- Skill Development Workshop
- Confined Water Training Workshop and Candidate Confined Water Teaching Presentations
- Open Water Training Workshop and Candidate Open Water Teaching Presentations
- Continuing Education Workshop
- Advanced Open Water Diver Course Workshop
- Rescue Diver Course Workshop
- Sales Techniques Workshop
- Course Close
- at least one PADI Open Water Diver course presentation
- at least one PADI continuing education course presentation with supporting student media
- at least one PADI continuing education course presentation without supporting student media
- at least one set of skills from the PADI Open Water Diver course
- at least one set of skills from a continuing education course requiring a demonstration
- at least one set of skills without a certified assistant
- Surfacing a simulated unresponsive nonbreating diver
- Providing aid at the surface
- Exiting
- First aid on boat/shore including rescue breathing for and administering oxygen to the victim using a rescue breathing mask
What you will do during the course
The following course presentations:
Classroom Presentations
Knowledge Development Presentations
Present at least three knowledge development teaching presentations, scoring a minimum of 3.4 on at least two, including:
Inwater Presentations
Present at least four confined water teaching presentations (wet), scoring a minimum of 3.4 on at least two. For one presentation, the candidate functions without a certified assistant.
Present at least two integrated (two skills) open water teaching presentations (wet), scoring a minimum of 3.4 on each skill for one presentation, including:
Perform all 24 dive skills in the Skill Evaluation, scoring a minimum of 82 total points, with no individual score below 3 and with at least one underwater skill to a 5.
Perform a 400 metre/yard continuous swim, without swimming aids and using any stroke or combination of strokes.
Perform a 10-minute tread, drown-proof, bob or float using no aids and wearing only a swimsuit.
In confined or open water, demonstrate with role-model quality the rescue of a simulated panicked diver at the surface.
In open water, demonstrate with role-model quality the rescue of a simulated unresponsive, nonbreathing diver at the surface.
In open water, participate in a scenario including:
Theory Exams
Score 75 percent on the PADI Systems, Standards and Procedures Exam and have any missed questions reviewed until mastery is achieved. Retest candidates scoring less than 75 percent.
Score 75 percent on all sections of the Dive Theory Exam and have any missed questions reviewed until mastery is achieved. Retest candidates scoring less than 75 percent.
Now that you have done part one and part of the PADI you can attend the PADI IE, PADI examination.
Prices: Please check our PADI IDC packages
What else do I need to know?
We have broken down the IDC course into easily digestible chunks for your to absorb. Please read through each section carefully so that you understand what is required of you, before, during and after the Instructor Development Course.