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PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor

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The full Instructor Development Course (IDC) and the PADI Instructor Examination (IE) make you a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor: you teach and certify divers from Discover Scuba Diving to Divemaster.

What you can do

  • Teach and certify PADI courses from Open Water Diver to Rescue Diver and Divemaster
  • Teach PADI Specialty courses once you hold the Specialty Instructor ratings
  • Work as a dive instructor anywhere PADI is (worldwide)

Prerequisites

  • PADI Divemaster or Assistant Instructor (or a qualifying leadership rating)
  • Certified diver for at least 6 months
  • 100 logged dives to attend the Instructor Examination
  • Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care training within the last 24 months
  • Medical statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months

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What the training covers

  • Instructor Development Course: knowledge, confined water and open water teaching presentations
  • Standards, risk management and the business of diving
  • Instructor Examination (IE): two days of written exams and teaching evaluations by PADI

Your next step

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