How
best to prepare for your PADI Phuket Instructor
Development Course (IDC)
PADI
IDC prerequisites:
 In
order to participate in a PADI IDC you must of course meet all the prerequisite
requirements: - Be certified as a PADI Assistant Instructor, PADI Divemaster,
or as an instructor with another recreational diver training organization.
- Be
at least 18 years old.
- Be fit for diving and submit a medical form
signed by a physician within the last 12 months.
- Have been a certified diver for at least six
months, logged at least 60 open water dives
with experience in night, deep and navigation
prior to begin the Instructor Development Course
(IDC) and logged at least 100 dives prior entering
the Instructor Examination (IE).
- Submit proof of CPR & First Aid training
within the last 24 months.*
* For those whose CPR /
MFA training has lapsed an update is included in the IDC Prep course or one can
be arranged prior to or in conjunction with the IDC - - check
with us to see what can be scheduled for your IDC. Booking
your PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC)
Once
you are sure that the above requirements have been meet you need to take a look
at our different 5 star PADI IDC programs that we offer and contact us if you
have any further questions. 30% deposit is
required to reserve your place - deposits may be paid on-line (by far the simplest
& easiest method) or by bank transfer - contact us for bank transfer details.
SIGN ME UP Necessary documentation - Certification
cards from Open water to Divemaster / Assistant Instructor. If you are
missing any cards, no problem. We will print out a list of the your courses from
the PADI web-site for you.
- Non-PADI certifications,
make sure that you have photo copies as you will need to submit these to PADI
with your IDC paperwork at the I.E.
- "PADI
Medical Certificate" signed by a Doctor. You may download the form
from www.padi.com and either have it signed by a Doctor. in your own country!!!
- Logbook
to show proof of 60 logged dives for the IDC and 100 logged dives for the I.E.
- 4
passport photos to Day 1 of the IDC.
- You
will need following PADI materials: Instructor manual, IDC candidate Workbook,
Open Water and Confined Water cue cards, Open Water Training Dive Lesson Preparation
Slate, Confined Water Lesson Preparation Slates, The Best of the Undersea Journal,
and the RDP both table and wheel versions. Click
Note:
These materials are available from us at a special VIP price (20% of list price),
or included in any of our packages! Be familiar with PADI manuals, quizzes
and exams. Warm Water Diver has a complete PADI library available to you. If
you already own a candidate workbook complete the 16 IDC Knowledge Reviews, Ideal
is that you have them all complete before the IDC starts, it will save you time
that you can use for other topics. At the beginning of each Knowledge Review
you will find listed the necessary pre-study reading assignments you need to read
before answering the knowledge review. These assignments can be found in:
your Instructor manual, IDC Candidate Workbook, The Best of the Undersea Journal,
The Law & the Diving Professional and The Business of Diving.
| For those unable to find the time or the materials
to complete the "Independent Learning" before the start of the IDC a
special one day IDC Prep EXTRA course is available !!! | During
the Prep course your Course Director and IDC Staff members will lead you
through the reading assignments helping you understand and become familiar with
PADI standards, PADI educational philosophy, provide some training suggestions
and other background information necessary to complete your IDC program. Dive Theory
On which PADI course is Instructor Level Dive Theory taught ??
Answer: The
IDC - WRONG ANSWER. On which PADI course is Instructor Level Dive Theory
taught ??
Answer: The PADI Divemaster Course - CORRECT ANSWER .. !!!
Please make sure that you are confident with your level of dive theory knowledge
BEFORE the IDC. The best way to do this to buy, beg or borrow a copy of
The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving and Diving Knowledge Workbook (The CD-Rom
Encyclomedia includes both) and work your way through it along with the 1999 Divemaster
exams. You will have ample to keep you busy during the IDC without having to worry
about dive theory questions such as "what are partial pressures" or
"how do I find minimum surface intervals with the RDP Wheel ?"
You know when you have mastered the information when you can not only arrive at
the correct answer but also explain WHY each of the other answers is wrong !!!
During the IE exams are available in over 20 languages. Should the exam not be
available in your native language you will be credited with extra time.
Please note that exams other than English need to be ordered from PADI well in
advance of the IE, so please let us know
as early as possible. Get wet ...!!!
 Go Dive
as much as possible - nothing replaces real life experience. Assist
your PADI instructor as often as possible. Practice all your skills - especially
the 20 skills of the PADI skill circuit. Concentrate especially on your
buoyancy skills: hovering and fin pivots, out of air skills: Buddy Breathing and
Alternate Air Source both stationary and swimming, the controlled emergency swimming
ascent (CESA) and your removal skills: scuba unit and weight belt - both at the
surface and underwater. Remember although an Open Water Diver can "do
the skill", this is usually a long way off from the "demonstration quality"
expected of an Instructor. You can always review the skills on the PADI Open Water
video or CD-Rom. When was the last time you DEMONSTRATED any of these
… ???
| If you won't have time to practice these consider
joining the IDC Prep Course as it's a relaxed way to get some guided practice
before the IDC itself starts. | If possible get your
PADI instructor to watch you perform Rescue Diver Exercise #7: "Unconscious
Diver on the surface." You can review an excellent demonstration of this
on The PADI Rescue Diver video. Again a demonstration and workshop of Rescue
Diver Exercise #7 is included in the IDC Prep course. Check all your dive
equipment and make sure everything is serviced, up to date and ready for action.
Warm Water Divers is a full dive equipment service center and stocks a complete
range of extra items such as computers, compasses, knives, warm water wetsuits,
slates, clips, slates, clips, straps and the like. Lastly
relax ...
Remember
the more prepared you are the less of a workload you will have during the IDC,
leading to a more relaxed and enjoyable IDC !!!
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