If you're ready to move from teaching divers to shaping the instructors who will teach them, this is where that next chapter begins. Over five immersive days you'll work at the side of a Course Director, learning how candidates are trained, evaluated and coached, running workshops and delivering constructive feedback. Open to anyone holding Master Scuba Diver Trainer status, this is a natural fit for career instructors at a busy centre like ours.

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About This Course

The PADI IDC Staff Instructor rating is a respected step for experienced professionals who want to take a more active role in developing new PADI instructors. As an IDC Staff Instructor you work alongside a PADI Course Director, helping to deliver Instructor Development Courses and Assistant Instructor programmes.

This five day course is built for instructors who already hold Master Scuba Diver Trainer status and are ready to commit fully to the PADI System. You will study the instructor development process in depth, learning how candidates are trained, evaluated and coached through the standards and skills that define a good PADI instructor.

Much of the course focuses on practical teaching ability: how to run workshops, give clear and constructive feedback, present PADI theory sessions with confidence, and support candidates through the pressure of confined water and open water teaching presentations. You will also cover the administrative and quality assurance side of instructor training.

It is a natural fit for career instructors based at busy training centres like ours in Reading.

The process

How The Course Works

Step 1
Where You Really Stand
It starts with an honest preassessment of your instructor-level dive theory, your skills in the water and how you come across as a role model in front of a class. That gives your Course Director a clear picture of exactly where to focus your training.
Step 2
Instructor Development Standards & Curriculum
You go deep into the standards, procedures and curriculum behind instructor training, learning what it actually takes to organise and run an Assistant Instructor course of your own. This is the material that turns you from someone who teaches divers into someone who can train the next generation of instructors.
Step 3
Real Teaching Practice
You sit in on a live Instructor Development Course, or take the floor yourself to practise-teach curriculum components alongside a Course Director. It is hands-on rehearsal for the role you are about to step into.
PADI states: candidates audit an IDC, or practice-teach a number of its curriculum components, working alongside a Course Director.

Course curriculum

What You'll Learn

Learning Outcomes

In-depth knowledge of the instructor development process
How to prepare and develop new PADI Professionals

Getting ready

Before You Start & What's Next

Prerequisites

Master Scuba Diver Trainer rating
Agree to use the PADI System and components in their entirety

Next Steps

Additional PADI Specialty Instructor ratings to broaden teaching scope
PADI Course Director Training Course
Master Scuba Diver Trainer specialty renewals and additions

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Quick facts

Duration

5 days of structured training

Location

Unit 4, Bellman Court, Great Knollys Street, Reading, RG1 7HD

Certification

Recognised PADI qualification on completion

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