IDC Staff Instructor
SKU IDC001
In short: The PADI IDC Staff Instructor course lets an experienced PADI instructor work on Instructor Development Courses. You evaluate and critique instructor candidates and present IDC segments in your own right, with a PADI Course Director.
You've spent years teaching divers. This is where you start teaching instructors.
There's a particular shift that happens when you stop teaching people to dive and start teaching people to teach. The subject matter is no longer skills, it's standards, judgement, presentation and the ability to critique someone else's teaching usefully rather than just point out what went wrong.
IDC Staff Instructor is that step. Conducted by a PADI Course Director, it qualifies you to work on Instructor Development Courses, evaluating and critiquing instructor candidates and conducting IDC training segments in your own right.
It's a serious rating and the prerequisites reflect it: Master Scuba Diver Trainer and Emergency First Response Instructor, which between them mean years of teaching behind you.
What An IDC Staff Instructor Can Do
You'll be authorised to independently teach and certify PADI Assistant Instructors at PADI Five Star Dive Centres and Resorts, conduct IDC training segments while the Course Director is available on premises for consultation, and evaluate and critique instructor candidate knowledge and presentations.
It's also the step immediately before Master Instructor, and a prerequisite for it. If your ambition is eventually to become a Course Director, this is the point where that path becomes real rather than theoretical.
What Happens Next
Master Instructor, then Course Director for those who want it.
This is priced on application. Get in touch with our team to talk through where you are and what the programme would look like.
What This Course Entails
Prerequisites
Frequently Asked Questions
What does an IDC Staff Instructor do?
You move from teaching divers to teaching instructors. IDC Staff Instructors can independently teach and certify PADI Assistant Instructors at Five Star Dive Centres and Resorts, conduct IDC training segments while the Course Director is available for consultation, and evaluate and critique instructor candidates.
What do I need before I can do this?
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer and Emergency First Response Instructor. The course itself is conducted by a PADI Course Director. It's also the step immediately before Master Instructor, if that's where you're heading.
Who conducts the IDC Staff Instructor course?
A PADI Course Director. That's a requirement rather than a preference, since the course is about learning to work on Instructor Development Courses, and only a Course Director can sign that off.
Is there anything I have to commit to?
Yes, and it's worth knowing upfront. Certification requires you to agree to conduct all PADI courses and experience programmes using methods consistent with PADI standards and philosophy, and to use the PADI System and its components in their entirety. It's a genuine undertaking, not a formality.
What comes after IDC Staff Instructor?
Master Instructor, for which IDC Staff Instructor is a prerequisite along with two years as an instructor, three PADI Seminars and 150 issued certifications. Beyond that sits Course Director, which is where you'd be running IDCs rather than staffing them.
Where can I work as an IDC Staff Instructor?
On Instructor Development Courses at PADI Five Star Dive Centres and Resorts.
How much does the IDC Staff Instructor course cost?
It is priced on application. Message us and we will tell you what is currently available.
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