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PADI IDC Preparation Course (2 days)


The IDC Prep is a great way to ease yourself into "IDC learning mode", familiarize yourself with the facilities, meet and get to know your fellow candidates, Course Director and the IDC Staff.
This relaxed two day program is designed to help candidates who feel they need torefresh their diving skills and dive theory prior to the IDC. The Prep course consists of both Confined Water and classroom sessions during which we will:

  • Review of the 20 skills of the PADI skill circuit, focusing on your demonstration abilities.R
  • Run a Rescue Workshop where we can make sure you are familiar and comfortable with the PADI Rescue Diver Course Exercise #7: Unconscious Diver at the Surface.
  • Review in detail the 5 topics that make up the dive theory Exams: Physics, Physiology, The Recreational Dive Planner, Equipment and General Skills & The Diving Environment.
  • Those lacking current PADI EFR status (within the past 24 months) this can be renewed during this course as an optional extra.

A complete library of PADI training materials: manuals, videos, reference texts - INCLUDING ALL PADI MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTS - is available for review and reference throughout the Prep and IDC

 

The Assistant Instructor Course: (4 days)


Assistant Instructor (AI) Candidates joining Bruce's IDC attend the first 4 days of a Buccaneer IDC.

  • The course introduces candidates to learning, instruction and the PADI system of diver education.
  • Focuses on the new programs they will be able to teach as Assistant Instructors, such as Discover Scuba, the Project Aware Specialty and the Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty.
  • Teaches candidates to give successful Microteaching Knowledge Development presentations, Confined Water presentations and Open Water presentations.

Certification Requirements include minimum scores in:

  • One Microteaching Knowledge Development presentation
  • One Confined Water presentation
  • One Open Water presentation (2 skills)
  • The PADI skill circuit
  • The Assistant Instructor Standards Exam.

The PADI IDC (8 Days)

The IDC begins with independent self-study and encompasses two PADI programs: The Assistant Instructor Course (AI) and The Open Water Scuba Instructor Course (OWSI).Together these two programs make up the full IDC.

This 8 day program is designed to develop your teaching skills and expand your knowledge and understanding of The PADI System of Diver Education. After all what makes a teacher a successful professional is not what he knows, but rather what his students know after he has finished teaching them.

During the IDC you will learn how to successfully transfer knowledge and skills to others. Furthermore you will develop a clear understanding of The PADI Philosophy of Continuing Education and the full range of PADI programs and teaching materials that are available to you as a PADI Instructor.

The focus of these programs is on development, in other words learning by making mistakes and being corrected - so feel free to make as many mistakes as you like!

In fact, we learn best by making mistakes, then receiving the necessary feedback we need to improve.

The programs are performance based and candidate centred, thus you will receive feedback throughout the course informing you of your progress and level of proficiency.



 The Open Water Scuba Instructor Course: (4 days)

This takes the AI, Instructor with another training organization or person attending a whole IDC program the next step in their PADI Instructor Development.

During the OWSI course you will learn more about PADI Standards and the role of media and prescriptive teaching. There will be an indepth look at the courses which make up the PADI system and how to teach them: Discover Scuba Diving, Scuba Diver, Specialty Diver, Adventure Diver, Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver, Divemaster and the various diver retention programs as well as important information on teaching children, legal responsibility and risk management and some business principles for you - the dive instructor.

Requirements for certification include: a minimum passing score in one Prescriptive Teaching Knowledge Development presentation, one Confined Water presentation, one Open Water presentation (2 skills), the PADI skill circuit, the 800m snorkel swim, the Assistant Instructor Standards Exam and an IE Dive Theory preassessment exam.

REMEMBER: prior to the start of an IDC, AI or OWSI course the candidate must have completed ALL 16 IDC Knowledge Reviews from the "Independent Learning" section of the IDC Candidate Workbook.

 

The IOC (Cross Over Course) is now the OWSI Course
The OWSI course has taken the place of the old IOC .

The NEW OWSI course now allows Instructors already certified with a recreational diving training agency other than PADI to "crossover" to PADI. This is a great way to take advantage of market demands and be able to offer your employers and customers PADI courses and programs.

HOWEVER instructors from other training agencies are invited and encouraged to attend the whole IDC program - at the reduced OWSI cost - including all the benefits offered to regular IDC candidates.