Instructor Pro IDC Tips
10 Things You Can Do to Make Your IDC Easier
Here are a few tips to help you get through you Instructor Development Course. These are not tips to do when you arrive. They are to help you prepare BEFORE you arrive. Many candidates arrive unprepared and can struggle through the course. The IDC is not a course where you are taught the basics again, there simply will not be time. It is a course where you learn to teach. Here are some tips that will make your IDC easier.
PADI assumes that you retained everything that you have learnt in your previous courses, Open Water Course, Advanced Open Water Course, Rescue Course and Divemaster course.
The IDC is not the time to learn how to d [...]
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What to expect on your PADI Instructor Exams (PADI IE)
One of the most common questions during the PADI Instructor Development Course (PADI IDC) is "What happens at the PADI Instructor Exams (PADI IE)?" Here is some information on what to expect on your PADI Instructor Exams (PADI IE)
Ultimately scuba diving is fun, and teaching should be fun as well right?
During the PADI IE weekend, you will actually have a lot of fun. Aussie Divers Phuket's intensive IDC program is designed to prepare you for the PADI Instructor Exams, and by the time you reach the IE weekend you’ll be very well prepared to not only pass but also go on to teach with confidence. After multiple pool sessions and cl [...]
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Preparing for PADI IDC Course – Hints and Tips
You're interested in becoming a PADI Instructor and taking your professional diving career to the next level, but what preparation work should you do prior to the PADI IDC course program?
We do recommend to all our PADI IDC Candidate here at Aussie Divers to arrive in Phuket a few days before the official start date of the IDC programs, this does give you a couple of days pre-IDC prep. There is also a few things you can start doing prior to coming to Phuket however, after all the more prepared you are for the IDC program the more successful it will be.
Prior to the PADI IDC course you should be preparing yourself by revising your di [...]
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Do I Need to Know How To Swim to be a Scuba Diving Instructor?
Do I Need to Know How To Swim to be a Scuba Diving Instructor? The short answer is YES, yes you do. This is simply because as a PADI scuba diving instructor you are an ambassador for the oceans and scuba diving as a sport, which also means promoting safety and comfort in the water for your customers and students when you are teaching.
Without quality swimming skills and your own personal in-water comfort being of an extremely high level, you will simply never be a ' great scuba diving instructor' if the medium in which you teach is always frightening to you because you know you can't swim effectively without a flotation device that wil [...]
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