PADI Pro Courses
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Divemaster - Assistant Instructor - Instructor OWSI - IDC Staff Instructor - Speciality Instructor (sold individually) - Speciality Instructor MSDT
PADI Divemaster
(PADI Crew Packs not included)
Do you love scuba diving? Would you like to share it with others on a whole new level? Take the Divemaster course and turn your passion into a career. Divers look to Divemasters because they are leaders who guide and motivate others. As a Divemaster, you not only dive a lot, but you also discover the joy of seeing other people dive as much fun as you do.
The PADI Divemaster course is your first level of professional training. By working closely with a PADI Instructor, you'll hone your scuba skills, like effortless divemastering, and improve your rescue techniques, so you can anticipate and easily solve common problems. You will develop your knowledge and skills in diving management and supervision to become a role model in all areas for divers.
As a PADI Divemaster, you will guide others when supervising dive activities or function as an assistant during diver training. Whether you want to work at a remote dive destination or at a local dive shop, the adventure of a lifetime awaits. PADI Divemasters are respected diving professionals who align themselves with the most respected diving organization in the world – PADI.
PADI Rescue Divers who are at least 18 years old can enroll in the PADI Divemaster course. They must also:
Have completed Emergency First Response Primary Care and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) training within the last 24 months.
Provide a Medical Statement signed by a physician and dated within the last 12 months.
Have logged at least 40 dives at the start of the course and 60 to obtain certification.
Role and characteristics of the PADI Divemaster.
Supervision of general diving activities and assistant during training.
Diver safety and risk management.
Divemaster-led programs and specialty activities.
Diving business and your diving career.
Knowledge of the diving environment.
Prepare and manage a dive.
Map a dive site in the natural environment.
Conduct dive briefings.
Organize a search and recovery project and a deep dive.
Conduct a ReActivate refresher program and a Skin Diver freediving course.
Act as an assistant during Discover Scuba Diving programs and lead Discover Local Diving programs.
Prerequisites:
To take the introductory course, you must be at least 18 years old.
During your Divemaster training, your instructor may also offer you the PADI Deep Diver Specialties and the Search and Recovery Diver Search and Recovery Diver, to help you achieve all the requirements and expand your capabilities.
You can get college credits for the Divemaster course – ask your instructor for details.
Equipement:
As a dive professional, you'll want to have your own basic dive gear, including a dive computer, a dive knife, and at least two surface signaling devices. During practical application exercises, such as underwater mapping and object search and recovery, you will use a compass, floats, marker buoys, lift parachutes and slates. Your PADI Instructor can suggest additional equipment that will be useful to you throughout your diving career.
Price: $875.00
(Crew Pack and E-Learniong are not included in the price)
PADI Assistant Instructor
(PADI Crew Packs not included)
If you love people, are passionate about diving and want an extraordinary life – become a PADI Instructor. Teaching diving allows you to share your passion for the aquatic world with others while doing what you love – being in the water. PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors and PADI Assistant Instructors are the most sought-after dive professionals in the world because they have completed the program that sets the standard for training dive professionals. Achieving the PADI Instructor level takes commitment and hard work, but you are rewarded with a job that allows you to share amazing underwater adventures with others – changing their lives for the better while enriching the your.
Are you ready to join the ranks of dedicated professionals who teach the most modern and popular diver training programs in the world? Then become a PROSM by taking the IDC Instructor Training.
The Instructor Development Course (IDC) is made up of two parts – the Assistant Instructor (AI) course and the Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program. Most dive professionals complete a full IDC and then participate in an Instructor Examination (IE), the final step to earning a PADI Instructor certification.
Completing only the AI course leads to the PADI Assistant Instructor qualification. When an AI is ready to continue, they can participate in the OWSI program, and then an IE, to achieve the full PADI Instructor level.
Dive professionals holding an instructor rating from another recognized diver training organization may enroll directly in the OWSI program. This recognition of their prior instructor training is an access to become a PADI Instructor.
A PADI Divemaster, certified diver for at least six months, can enroll in the PADI Instructor Training – IDC. You must also:
Have logged at least 60 dives and 100 dives to participate in an IE.
Have completed Emergency First Response Primary Care and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) training within the last 24 months.
Provide a medical statement signed by a physician dated within the last 12 months.
Prerequisites:
To take the introductory course, you must be at least 18 years old
You must also be an Emergency First Response Instructor, but you can acquire this level during your instructor training.
What You Will Learn:
During the IDC, a program that takes place over a minimum of five days, but more often over seven, you learn to conduct all the basic PADI courses. You will learn how to organize and present theoretical information, lead skill development sessions and control open water dives. In fact, you become a better public speaker, very competent at demonstrating the exercises, while ensuring the safety of the student divers. Main topics include:
PADI Standards and Procedures, plus in-water workshops for courses you can teach.
Learning, teaching and the PADI System.
Risk management and diver safety.
The diving business and your role as an instructor.
Dive Marketing and Tips to Improve Sales.
You can earn college credits for the Assistant Instructor Course and Instructor Training (IDC).
Price: $800.00
(Crew Pack and E-Learniong are not included in the price)
PADI Instructor OWSI
(PADI Crew Packs not included)
If you love people, are passionate about diving and want an extraordinary life – become a PADI Instructor. Teaching diving allows you to share your passion for the aquatic world with others while doing what you love – being in the water. PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors and PADI Assistant Instructors are the most sought-after dive professionals in the world because they have completed the program that sets the standard for training dive professionals. Achieving the PADI Instructor level takes commitment and hard work, but you are rewarded with a job that allows you to share amazing underwater adventures with others – changing their lives for the better while enriching the your.
Are you ready to join the ranks of dedicated professionals who teach the most modern and popular diver training programs in the world? Then become a PROSM by taking the IDC Instructor Training.
The Instructor Development Course (IDC) is made up of two parts – the Assistant Instructor (AI) course and the Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program. Most dive professionals complete a full IDC and then participate in an Instructor Examination (IE), the final step to earning a PADI Instructor certification.
Completing only the AI course leads to the PADI Assistant Instructor qualification. When an AI is ready to continue, they can participate in the OWSI program, and then an IE, to achieve the full PADI Instructor level.
Dive professionals holding an instructor rating from another recognized diver training organization may enroll directly in the OWSI program. This recognition of their prior instructor training is an access to become a PADI Instructor.
A PADI Divemaster, certified diver for at least six months, can enroll in the PADI Instructor Training – IDC. You must also:
Have logged at least 60 dives and 100 dives to participate in an IE.
Have completed Emergency First Response Primary Care and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) training within the last 24 months.
Provide a medical statement signed by a physician dated within the last 12 months.
You must also be an Emergency First Response Instructor, but you can acquire this level during your instructor training.
What You Will Learn:
During the IDC, a program that takes place over a minimum of five days, but more often over seven, you learn to conduct all the basic PADI courses. You will learn how to organize and present theoretical information, lead skill development sessions and control open water dives. In fact, you become a better public speaker, very competent at demonstrating the exercises, while ensuring the safety of the student divers. Main topics include:
PADI Standards and Procedures, plus in-water workshops for courses you can teach.
Learning, teaching and the PADI System.
Risk management and diver safety.
The diving business and your role as an instructor.
Dive marketing and tips to improve sales.
Prerequisites:
To take the introductory course, you must be at least 18 years old
You can earn college credits for the Assistant Instructor Course and Instructor Training (IDC).
Price for OWSI : $2200.00
(Crew Pack and E-Learniong are not included in the price)
Price for OWSI + MSDT: $2800.00
PADI IDC Staff Instructor
(PADI Crew Packs not included)
Just as divers look to the divemaster, instructor candidates respect IDC Staff Instructors. These, as the name suggests, assist with Instructor Trainings and share their wisdom and experience with new PADI Leaders. The IDC Staff Instructor course gives you in-depth knowledge of the instructor training process and prepares you to shape the next generation of PADI professionals. It's also a great career choice.
Master Scuba Diver Trainers (MSDTs) who are willing to be excellent role models and agree to use the PADI System and its components in their entirety can enroll in the IDC Staff Instructor course.
What You Will Learn:
After a pre-assessment of your instructor-level knowledge of dive theory, exemplary demonstrations of dive exercises, and model instructional presentation techniques, you will participate in sessions:
Instructor training program standards, procedures and content.
How to organize and run the PADI Assistant Instructor Course.
Psychology of assessment and counseling.
Evaluate educational presentations in the classroom, in protected environments and in natural environments.
Prerequisites:
To take the introductory course, you must be at least 18 years old.
In addition, you will attend an IDC or learn to teach many components of the program.
As an IDC Staff Instructor, you can independently teach PADI Assistant Instructor courses and function as an assistant during IDCs and other continuing education courses at the instructor level.
Price: $850.00
(Crew Pack and E-Learniong are not included in the price)
PADI Speciality Instructor (sold individually)
(Book not included)
Specialty Instructor sold individually
Except: Ice Diving, Sidemount, Deep, Wreck, Search and Recovery, Self-Reliant Diver (Solo Diver) and Scooter (DVP)
More scuba diving and more fun sharing what excites you – that’s exactly what teaching specialties is all about. The best way to learn how to make your specialties really interesting is to take a specialty instructor course with your PADI Course Director. The training provides you with educational tips and practical experience that you can apply immediately. The choice is great, between the 25 standardized PADI Specialty courses and the many distinctive specialties – don't wait any longer, go ahead.
What You Will Learn:
You will learn new techniques to add to the experience you already have in a specialty area and you will have fun perfecting your exercises and teaching methods. In addition, you will get great ideas for marketing your specialty courses.
Prerequisites:
To take the introductory course, you must be at least 18 years old
Price: $250.00
Speciality Instructor PADI MSDT (5)
(Books not included)
Except: Under-Ice Diver, Sidemount, Deep, Wreck, Search and Recovery, Self-Reliant Diver (Solo Diver) and Scooter (DVP)
More scuba diving and more fun sharing what excites you – that’s exactly what teaching specialties is all about. The best way to learn how to make your specialties really interesting is to take a specialty instructor course with your PADI Course Director. The training provides you with educational tips and practical experience that you can apply immediately. The choice is great, between the 25 standardized PADI Specialty courses and the many distinctive specialties – don't wait any longer, go ahead.
All PADI PADI Instructors will benefit from Specialty Instructor training, especially those who wish to achieve the Master Scuba Diver™ Trainer (MSDT) level which requires at least five PADI Specialty Instructor certifications.
PADI Assistant Instructors, Instructor Candidates-in-Training and PADI Divemasters may enroll in certain Specialty Instructor courses. Some specialties have additional prerequisites and certification requirements – ask your PADI Course Director for details.
What You Will Learn:
You will learn new techniques to add to the experience you already have in a specialty area and you will have fun perfecting your exercises and teaching methods. In addition, you will get great ideas for marketing your specialty courses.
Prerequisites:
To take the introductory course, you must be at least 18 years old
Price: $700.00
All prices are subject to change without notice.
Course descriptions are taken from PADI https://www.padi.com