Instructor Development Course – required material 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 […]
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Our goal to make your journey to become a PADI Instructor a stress-free and enjoyable one, You’ll find that the professionalism, friendliness and helpfulness of the dive educators / Course Directors chosen by this guide will make our IDC program one of the most rewarding and satisfying experiences of your life. We will ensure you
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PADI International have informed us that anything between 4,000 and 6,000 people from the UK are completing the PADI Discover Scuba Diving (DSD) course each month, so if you take an average of 5,000 people, times that by 12 and then take into consideration that there is about a 90% drop-off from Discover Scuba Diving
Just been looking through my old emails and found the email I sent to potential employers / dive centers once I was ready to work as a Scuba Instructor, for more examples of covering letters and scuba instructor CVs look at our dive jobs page Teaching Status Open Water Scuba Instructor, EFR Instructor and DAN
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PADI IDC enquiries broken down by month, this is based on the amount of potential PADI Instructors looking for an IDC course
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Congratulations to Steve Prior, one of our Founding Course Directors who has already met the requirements to retain his Platinum Course Director status (the highest status) next year and it’s only the start of July.
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Here are some sample questions and answers from people that want to become dive instructors 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
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We recently have re-launched this dvd to ensure you get the best information possible for your prospective IDC courses that we hope you are planning. The DVD now contains sample instructor CVs for you to tailor for yourself once you complete and pass your PADI IDC and IE. The disk doesnt contain any PADI documents
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I just visited the most perfect dive center ! A client let me have a look into their ‘virtual’ world and was pleased to see that PADI have a Career Development Center built there, you can even go for a virtual dive ! quite impressive really. Take a look at Second Life, although I warn
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Congratulations to one of our founding Course Directors here at idc-guide, Steve Prior, Steve does his IDCs in the UK and in Egypt, has just been awarded PADI Platinum Course Director status again! There are only 61 Platinum CD’s in the world for 2010 so this is a major achievement. Well done Steve.
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