Become
a PADI Instructor!
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Dive
into PADI Leadership! !
We at
Scuba Fusion Dive Center™ look forward to helping you get
trained as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. In training
to become an Instructor, you will concentrate on developing
your Knowledge Development (Classroom), Confined Water (Pool),
and Open Water (Ocean) presentations to Instructor demonstration
quality. This course, called the Instructor Development
Course (IDC) prepares you for an evaluation by a PADI Instructor
Examiner over a period of two days. Upon successful completion
of this Instructor Exam (IE), you will be certified by PADI
as an Open Water Scuba Instructor - the most revered instructor
rating in the world! Here at Scuba Fusion Dive Center - our
focus is NOT to help you pass the IE - but rather, help
you become an Open Water Scuba Instructor ready to
help people learn to dive. This philosophy is reflected
in the smaller class sizes and the added pool/ocean sessions,
where, in addition to learning how to teach, you'll learn
control methodologies, staff/student ratios/placement, and
problem resolution (preferably, before the problem even
happens). If you have any questions, or would like to sign-up,
stop by, call us, or send us an e-mail.
Instructor
Candidate Information Packet: To receive more
information, please click to receive the Scuba Fusion Dive Center Instructor Information Packet (pdf
format) for the August 2006 IDC.
Training
Fees
The
PADI Instructor course consists of the following fees:
| PADI
Instructor Development Course (IDC) |
$1,750 |
| PADI
Instructor Examination Fee (IE) |
$440 |
| PADI
Instructor Registration Fee |
$100 |
Enrollment
Prerequisites
To qualify for the IDC, an individual must:
1) Be certified as a PADI Divemaster (or equivalent) or
PADI Assistant Instructor. Or, an individual must be an
instructor for another major agency.
2) Be at least 18 years old.
3) Submit a PADI Medical Statement signed by a Physician
current within twelve months of the start of the IDC..
4) Have been certified as a diver for at least six months
and have logged at least 60 open water dives.
5) Proof of current CPR and First Aid Certification within
24 months of the start of the IDC.
Performance
Requirements To
successfully complete the Scuba Fusion Dive Center PADI IDC,
an individual must meet the following performance requirements:
1) Instructor Candidates must attend and participate in
all 18 curriculum presentation sessions as outlined in the
PADI Course Director Manual.
2) Present at least four evaluated Knowledge Development
teaching presentations. Candidate must score at least a
3.5 or higher on one presentation.
3) Present at least four evaluated Confined Water teaching
presentations. Candidate must score at least a 3.5 or higher
on one presentation.
4) Present at least three evaluated combined Open Water
teaching presentations. Candidate must score at least a
3.5 or higher on one presentation.
Instructor
Examination Requirements: An Instructor Candidate who
successfully completes a PADI IDC is eligible to participate
in a PADI Instructor Examination as long as he or she has
been a certified diver for at least six months and has proof
of at least 100 logged dives. A candidate has 12 months
from the completion of an IDC to attend an IE.
Class
Schedule
The Scuba Fusion Dive Center PADI Instructor Development Course
is 76 hours long, with a maximum of 8 Students. The schedule:
Attendance is required for all portions of the IDC. The
exact schedule for the IDC will be given on the first day
of class.
| Instructional
Teaching Methods and Materials |
18
Clock Hours |
| Instructional
Standards |
16
Clock Hours |
| Practice
Teaching Techniques / Evaluation |
30
Clock Hours |
| Continuing
Education Promotion and Instruction |
7
Clock Hours |
| The
Dive Industry |
5
Clock Hours |
IDC
Dates
| Classroom
Start Date (6pm) |
| April
3 (2006) |
| July
31 (2006) |
What
you will need to buy
You will need the PADI Instructor Manual, Instructor Candidate
Workbook, Confined Water cue cards, Open Water cue cards,
the Confined Water presentation slate, the Open Water presentation
slate, The Best of the Undersea Journal, The Business
of Diving, Children and Scuba Diving, and Law
and the Diving Professional, and PADI's Open Water
Diver Manual, Adventures in Diving Manual,
Rescue Diver Manual, and Divemaster Manual.
Your Instructor will inform you of any other books and other
materials you may need. You will need your own personal
snorkeling gear (which includes masks, snorkel, fins, boots,
gloves, PADI RDPs (wheel and table versions),
and wheel, whistle, and a timing device).
What
you may rent
While we expect dive professionals to have their own equipment,
you may rent the rest of your scuba diving equipment from
Scuba Fusion Dive Center. This includes your wetsuit, regulator
(with non-integrated alternate, weight belt, buoyancy control
device (BCD), and tanks.
Medical
Concerns or Questions: You will need to have
a Signed Medical Release before any in-water activities.
PADI
Medical Release Form.
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