Continuing your education, as you know, never ends.PADI Instructors learn valuable lessons from other seasoned PADI Instructors as they impart their experience and knowledge. As a PADI IDC Staff Instructor, your title denotes your seniority in PADI diver education and our dedicated Downbelow Go PRO Instructor Development Team led by Platinum PADI Course Director Richard Swann (Instructor Trainers themselves) will guide you through the course to your eventual success.During Instructor Development Courses (IDCs), PADI Staff Instructors work alongside and assisting PADI Course Directors, in a similar way to that of a certified assistant (PADI Divemasters and Assistant Instructors) for a PADI Instructor. A PADI IDC Staff Instructors role can be organising, evaluating and presenting any number of components with the IDC course.The role of a PADI IDC Staff Instructor during an Instructor Development Course (IDC) is to assist in training candidates attending the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC), while at the same time expanding their own instructor training abilities. The PADI IDC Staff Instructor CourseThe course run concurrent to PADI IDC Course where our PADI Course Director will conduct training modules and presentations that will teach you your role as a PADI IDC Staff Instructor. As a PADI IDC Staff Instructor candidate you are required to have your own PADI Course Director Manual along with the normal teaching materials for a PADI Instructor.Once you have successfully completed the training modules you will attend and take part in our PADI IDC where, under the supervision and guidance of our PADI Course Director you will be presenting PADI IDC presentations to the IDC candidates. You will also be developing your skills in evaluating candidates knowledge, confined water and open water scenarios.Once you have successfully completed the PADI Staff Instructor course you are also qualified to teach the PADI Assistant Instructor course.We offer a 12 day program for PADI IDC Staff Instructor candidates which provides valuable experience for candidates to be involved in the operation of our activities. No doubt our local diving practices might have distinct differences to that of previous dive operations you have experienced which all benefit your scuba diving career.We conduct several PADI Instructor Development Courses (IDC’s) every year which co-inside with an Instructor Exam held in Kota Kinabalu – check our latest IDC schedule.Improve your dive theory knowledge before starting your course by taking the convenient eLearning Dive Theory Lessons online!We offer support and training to further your professional diving career beyond PADI IDC Staff Instructor, combine your PADI Staff Instructor Course with Speciality Instructor training.Course MaterialsRequired EquipmentCourse PrerequisitesWhat is included?What is not included?Course Materials You will need * All your normal teaching material as a PADI Instructor * PADI IDCS Digital Pak * PADI IDCS Slates PakRequired Equipment * Full set of well functioning dive gear * Compulsory dive accessories (SMB, timing device or dive computer, pocket mask, dive compass)Course Prerequisites Prerequisites of the IDC Staff Instructor course • Be a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer. • Be at least 18 years old.What is included? What is included in the course? • All diving and jetty fees • Lunch & refreshments at our dive centre; • Logistics between marina and island beach house; • Audit of a full Instructor Development Course • Participating in PADI IDC Staff Instructor Course.What is not included? What is not included: • Dive equipment (available to rent). • PADI IDCS Materials – Digital Pak & Slates Pak. • Staff IDC Application Fee. • Flights. * Accommodation • Lunch during classroom days & evening meals.
