Prerequisites

Instructor Candidates MUST meet the following requirements prior to enrolling in an Instructor Development Course:

• Be 18 or older
• Submit a medical statement signed by a physician that states you are fit for diving
• Be certified for 6 months
• Have 60 logged dives with experience in navigation, deep and night diving
• Be certified in first aid and CPR within the last 2 years.
• Be a PADI certified Divemaster or equivalent

If this is the case, call, email or stop by the shop to enroll today!

Study and Preparation

Materials that are reccomended or required include: (If you completed a PADI divemaster course you will already have some of these items)

PADI Instructor Candidate Crew Pack

• PADI Instructor Manual
• Instructor Candidate Workbook
• Best of the Undersea Journal
• Law and The Diving Profesional
• The Business of Diving
• Children and Scuba Diving
• Confined Water Instructor Cue Cards
• OW Instructor Cue Cards
• AOW Instrcutor Cue Cards
• Rescue Instructor Cue Cards
• OW Lesson Planning Slate
• Confined Water Lesson PLanning Slate
• Teaching/Supervising Logbook Pages
• OW quizzes and Exam
• Rescue Exam
• Divemaster Exam
• Project Aware Specialty Outline
• PPB Specialty Outline
• Coral Reef Outline
• Instructor Certificate of Completion
• Candidate Training Form
• Application
• Evaluation Enrollment Form
• Application
• PADI Back Pack

Other items you should probably have:

• Encylopedia of Recreational Diving
• Diving Knowledge Workbook
• PADI Manuals (OW, AOW, Rescue, Divemaster)
• Your Log Book
• Recreational Dive Planner table and electronic versions

Classroom and Pool Sessions

The duration of the course will be seven days. During this time Instructor Candidates will work both in the classroom and in the pool.

Open Water Sessions

Several outings will be made to local dive sites to practice the supervision and organization of open water dives. These will be made during the 7 day course.