PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) Cape Town

Take your final journey to become a professional and certified PADI Open Water scuba instructor and separate yourself from the rest with our PADI IDC along the stunning waters of South Africa.

Cape Town PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC)

Duration:

12 days

Do you have a passion for teaching others what you love? Or perhaps you’re a Divemaster who wants to further your diving career even further and turn your dreams into reality?

Your rule could be sailing into incredible sunsets and not the exception! There are hundreds of positions available right now for PADI professionals in the most exotic locations all over the world. And our IDC (Instructor Development Course) is your next step of professional training. We design this course especially for you to help improve your dive skills and knowledge. It’s an intensive introduction to one of the most exciting industries in the world that will send you out into the world of the pros not only with experience but also confidence.

Danny Martin, a Platinum Course Director for the past 13 years, will head the entire course. He has the highest level of pass rate and continuing career success for their candidates under his belt. Additionally, Danny is the only South African Platinum CD to have registered over 300 instructor certifications from 2007 to 2014. Every year, he has also been awarded platinum status since its inception. 

At the end of the course and through your hard work and commitment, you’ll earn a PADI Instructor rating. But the best reward you’ll get is a job that enables you to share incredible underwater adventures with others. You’ll not only transform lives for the better but enrich yours as well.

Course Details

Training and Certification Overview:

The PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) is the heart of the instructor training process. And no doubt the Instructor certification is one of the most sought after and valuable qualifications in the diving industry.

During your IDC training, you will apply your diving skills and knowledge to ready you in teaching the PADI system in the classroom, confined water (pool), and open water. Your instructor trainer Daniel has extensive experience in the field and one of the best out there. He has also met strict educational proficiency requirements and conducts all IDC’s.

Your PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) will consist of the following training phases:

• Assistant Instructor (AI) Program
• Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) Program

A two-day Instructor Examination (IE) conducted by PADI Worldwide will then follow the IDC. All of these come together with the PADI Specialty instructor training. The completion of your training phase may be met by taking either an Instructor Development Course (AI) plus (OWSI), or by completing the programs individually as it suits you. However, we highly recommend that you complete the IE as soon as possible after the OWSI program.

NOTE: THE PADI INSTRUCTOR EXAMINATION (IE) IS THE EVALUATION PHASE OF THE PADI IDC AND ARE RUN BY PADI OFFICE STAFF. CANDIDATES WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AN IDC SHOULD ENROL IN A PADI IE (INDEPENDENT EXAM).

Prerequisites

To enroll in an IDC, an individual must meet the following requirements:

• You have to be at least 18 years of age.
• You have to be a current Divemaster member in good standing with PADI or another recreational diver training organization for at least 6 months.
• Submit a medical clearance for diving signed by a physician, attesting to fitness to dive.
• Your medical clearance must be current within the previous 12 months.
• The physician signing your medical clearance cannot be the applicant.
• You doctor’s letter must state” fit to Dive.”
• You’ve been a certified diver (OPW) for at least 6 months and have completed and logged at least 60 dives. (As documented in your logbook.)
• Submit proof of Instructor CPR and 1st Aid training within the past 24 months. Preferably the PADI EFRI course.

Note: To attend an Instructor Examination (IE), the instructor candidate must be a certified diver (open water or equivalent) for at least 6 months. You also need to have logged at least 100 logged dives.

Divers from other Scuba Training Organizations are required to:

Submit documentation of any equivalent certifications for entry-level, advanced, and rescue certifications, issued by another recreational diver training organization.

• If submitting an equivalent rescue diver certification, make sure to include copies of first aid training documentation.

NOTE: PADI DIVEMASTERS OR PADI ASSISTANT INSTRUCTORS AND QUALIFIED DIVEMASTERS FROM OTHER RECREATIONAL SCUBA-TRAINING AGENCIES MAY ENROL IN A PADI IDC.

Candidate Requirements

Class Materials

For class sessions and independent study, each Instructor Candidate is required to have:

• Guide to teaching Instructor Workbook.
• Specialty instructor guide CD.
• Specialty Instructor Outline on DVD.
• Diving Knowledge Workbook.
• Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving.
• AWARE – Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Instructor Outline.
• RDP – Both versions (Table and eRDPml) including associated Instructions for use booklets).
• PADI Open Water Diver Manual.
• Open Water Diver Quizzes and Exams booklets.
• PADI Adventures in Diving Manual.
• PADI Rescue Diver Manual.
• Rescue Diver final exam booklet.
• PADI Divemaster manual.
• Divemaster final exam booklet.
• Aquatic Cue Cards.
• OWD, Adventures in Diving, Rescue Diver, DM, and DSD.
• Confined Water Lesson Preparation slate.
• Open Water Training Dive Lesson Planning slate.

Stationary

For class sessions and independent study, each Instructor Candidate is required to have:

• 2 Pens, 2 pencils, and an eraser.
• Ruler and calculator
• Notebook and highlighter pen
• Stick on notes (Post-its)s

Equipment Requirements

Instructor Candidates must equip themselves with the following:

• Fins, mask, snorkel, and wetsuit.
• BCD with low-pressure inflator.
• Regulator with an alternate air source, pressure gauge, and depth gauge.
• Weight belt and timing Device.
• Compass, divers knife, slate, and dive table.
• 2 x Emergency signaling devices (e.g., whistle and Surface Marker Buoy).

Paperwork

• You will need the following requirements on the date of registration:
• 3 ID Photographs.
• All PADI and Non-PADI certification copies (from entry-level and upwards).
• All C-cards.
• In-Date Medical(12 months).
• Proof of in-date Instructor CPR.
• History of diving, one page only and must include the start date of the entry-level diving course, where you have dived, specialty courses, and favorite dive sites.

Other Important Details

Duration:

12 days

Includes:

• Instructor Course Platinum pack (IDC + EFRI +MSDT) which includes your IDC (Instructor Development Course, EFRI tuition (Emergency First Response Instructor), and MSDT (Master Scuba Diver Trainer) course (5 specialties).
• Tuition by a Platinum Course Director.
• IDC tuition. EFRI tuition.
• Specialty tuition and dives.
• Course materials which include IDC crew pack and EFRI materials.
• Tanks & weights.

Excludes:

Equipment Rental.

• Instructor exam (Paid directly to PADI EMEA).
• IDC registration (Paid directly to PADI EMEA).
• EFRI registration (Paid directly to PADI EMEA).
• Specialty registration (Paid directly to PADI EMEA).

Optional:

R29,995 (Sodwana) * Sodwana package includes all of the above, as well as accommodation and meals and excludes transportation to get to Sodwana