1. Successfully complete an IDC or OWSI program within 12 months of the start date of the IE.
2. Have documentation of at least 100 logged dives including experience in deep, night and navigation diving.
3. Present an Instructor Certificate of Completion that has both the AI and OWSI / IDC completion dates and diving experience signed by a Course Director or present an IE Certificate of Participation from a previous IE.
4. Present an IE Enrollment form and appropriate fee.
5. Present a medical form attesting to diving fitness, signed by a physician and current within the last 12 months.
In the event you are unsuccessful at an IE you must wait at least five days before attending another IE. If unsuccessful at a second IE you must complete remedial training as prescribed by PADI Instructor Development.

for further information read about the PADI IE

At the beginning of an IDC program you will need from you (original or photocopy) :

PADI OWD certification card or equivalent
PADI AOWD certification card or equivalent
PADI Rescue certification card or equivalent
EFR certification card or equivalent incl. CPR, not older than 24 months
PADI Divemaster certification card or equivalent
A medical form signed by a doctor, stating that you are fit for scubadiving (please use the PADI medical form). Not older than 12 months on the last day of the IE
Your last logbook page and logbooks proving your diving experience (100 dives or 60 if you are doing your PADI IDC with a PADI CDC – Career development Center)
3 passport pictures for the IDC program.

You can easily and cheaply get the required material from your Course Director in the resort or if you may want to bring them all the way from your home, the choice is yours. Some people decide they need the materials before they come to do preparation at home – or perhaps to reduce the weight of your luggage you may want to purchase your material when you get to your resort, ifs that’s the case please let your Course Director know what materials you will be needing at least two weeks prior to your arrival so they can ensure that they are in your room for your arrival.

You will be taught how to teach diving, but you’ll find the communication skills you acquire will benefit you in many aspects of day-to-day life. As a PADI Open Water Instructor, you are qualified to teach students from Discover Scuba Diving through Divemaster. You will be taught how to conduct these courses as well as how to encourage your students to take them, which not only makes your work more interesting, but also increases your income.

We would love PADI to release the stats for all certifications to see what percentage of these go on to become Instructors. Another stat we have heard is that after the IDC, the typical Instructor will work for a year but after 18 months 70-80% of those new instructors will no longer be a member of PADI. This confirms what we know from seeing IDCs every month and seeing lots of instructors stat working but very very few instructors stay teaching for year after year. Apart from the local divemasters and Instructors in a typical dive resort you will be hard pressed to find Instructors that have been teaching for 4 years or more.

Teaching Status Open Water Scuba Instructor, EFR Instructor and DAN O2 Administrator looking for a permanent position, details as follows:-

PADI OWSI – Current and in Teaching Status
Nitrox instructor
Photography instructor
DPV instructor
Deep instructor
Wreck instructor
EFR instructor
Current HSE Medical
First Aid Certificate

Own Dive and Camera equipment (with editing experience)
Managerial experience, seeking a permanent position and will consider any position, currently living in South East Asia (Phuket, Thailand) and available immediately
I have a IT (Internet / Software) background with a good knowledge of Business / Management
I have previously lived in Germany and have a basic German knowledge that would not take long to develop
Quick learner and an asset to any team big or small, will not be afraid of hard work and long hours

I am available as of now. I am a good team player, smart and professional. I would relish the opportunity to come and work with your dive center. Please get back to me at your earliest convenience if you are on the lookout for additional dive staff.

for further details / photos please dont hesitate to contact

Q- In the next 6 months i am hoping to start a scuba dive internship I am currently a non qualified diver hoping to achieve my IDC and my MSDT and maybe further that as long as i can secure a long career in the dive industry , just after some advice really ,i am serious about my career change and am prepared to work hard to get there.

A – Thanks for the email, what steps have you made currently? have you tried diving yet? have you gone to your local dive club yet to ask for a try dive in their pool? have you booked your internship? we have been in exactly the same position as you so know the excitement of such a big change in life is offset by the fact that there is so many things to sort out and take care of so we probably have lots of the answers. Give us a reply to the above and we can probably give some good advice.

There is a world of adventure out there waiting for anyone but you need to be prepared to adjust to work in another climate / culture / country with sometimes with the hassle of work permits / visa runs and corrupt officials (depending on your resort of choice). Make sure you do your Internship or IDC in a resort you would like to stay in yourself making sure the diving is good so dont end up at a place that gives you a ‘great deal’ but you end up living and working in a place that where diving conditions are horrible with bad vis and tired dive sites.

I would recommend doing some fun dives with the centre you choose first to see if you are going to like it and get on with them but if you want recommendations for places to do an internship. I would say you have a world of choice but would like to think you would want to do it either in Egypt, Thailand (Phuket not Pattaya) on in the Caribbean in Honduras, there are other places in the world but these tick all the right boxes for quality diving / volume of customers / fun / lifestyle / and potential for making a great start to your diving career.

There are no short cuts to being a dive instructor and I suggest you study the dive revision and get as much pool time with students as you can in the lead up to your IDC course.