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PADI Divemaster
Course (min. 8 days)
To begin your professional career in diving, you'll need to attain
the PADI Divemaster rating. After successfully completing Advanced
Open Water and Rescue Diver training, you'll work closely with a
PADI Instructor to expand your diving skills and knowledge to the
professional level.
Then, in the most fulfilling part of your course, you'll learn
and practice supervising diving activities and assisting with student
training. Our Divemaster courses follow PADI's new DM course outlines.
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PADI Assistant Instructor Course (4 days)
 The
foundation of PADI instructor development is the PADI Instructor
Development Course (IDC). The program consists of two parts-the
Assistant Instructor (AI) course and the Open Water Scuba Instructor
(OWSI) program. Combining the AI course and OWSI program makes up
the IDC.
Successfully completing an AI course allows instructor candidates
to earn the PADI Assistant Instructor rating which authorizes them
to function as instructional assistants and independently conduct
certain PADI programs. AI course completion also qualifies candidates
to participate in an OWSI program.
Candidates who are already certified as PADI AIs are invited to
do their IDC at the reduced OWSI price.
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PADI IDC - Instructor Development Course (9
days)
 We
believe we offer one of the finest instructor training programs
available today. Our IDC provides a professional learning experience
in which you will learn how to teach diving utilizing the most successful
program in existence. Not only will you learn how to teach in the
classroom, pool and open water environments, you will also learn
how to effectively use all PADI's teaching aids and support materials.
The philosophy behind our IDC is that it is 'Candidate
Centered'.
Dive Asia'sInstructor Training program is intense, fun, demanding
and exciting all at the same time. Candidates have fun; make new
friends and share rewarding life experiences while earning some
of the most coveted credentials in the dive industry. In Dive Asia'sprograms
you will feel like a person - a member of a team - not a number.
The new IDC begins with independent learning and encompasses both
the Assistant Instructor (AI) course and the Open Water Scuba Instructor
(OWSI) program. Prior to the start of the new IDC the candidate
must complete all 16 IDC Knowledge Reviews from the IDC Candidate
Workbook. This may be accomplished by self-study or through staff
led pre-course sessions.
When you complete the IDC, you will have been trained and prepared
to successfully attend the PADI Instructor Examination (IE). This
is the final step toward your Open Water Scuba Instructor certification.
You will also be equipped with an excellent understanding of the
diving industry, scuba course promotional techniques, progressive
instructional methods and state of the art diving information.
Your IDC also includes:
- On-site accommodation, in nice spacious twin-share rooms,
during your IDC. If you choose
to stay alone, or no room-mate is available, you pay half
the room rate.
- Daily breakfast & lunch at our poolside restaurant and
free coffee, tea and fruits during breaks
- Complimentary Nitrox Instructor course (materials and PADI
fees not included)
- VIP Card - 20 % discount on all Dive Asia's liveaboards and
day trips
- PADI materials and diving equipment: 15% off the list price!
- High speed e-mail, internet, wireless network and Skype
- National Geographic and eRDP orientation
- The only IDC program in the World to receive PADI's Hallmark
of Excellence Award: "Outstanding
Contribution to Instructor Development" for
four consecutive years!
- Two days intensive IDC pre-study program with water skills-
practice, dive theory pre-assessment, Nitrox theory
and Rescue practice. Additional preparation days are free
- Equipment rental (full set) throughout the IDC & IE: only
70 US $!
- The entire IDC program takes place at our purpose build all-in-one
Career Development Center, in serene Kata Beach.
Dive Asia is Phuket's only PADI 5 star CDC and Diving
College!
- PADI's new Care for Children program is now included with Bjorn's
EFR Instructor course
- Access to our 20 x 20 m swimming pool, throughout your IDC,
including tanks and weights for practice
- Access to our complete and 100% updated PADI library
- Job Placement Service
- Airport pick-up
- Personal attention and professional organization
- Relaxed 9-day IDC program (11 days when you participate in
our complimentary pre-study program)
- A well-tested and well-proven IDC program with an outstanding
IE success rate
- Five air-conditioned classrooms
- Tropical resort environment minutes from the beach - average
water temperature 30° Celsius
- Special in-water workshops - Buoyancy, CESA, Buddy Breathing,
Rescue, Ascents/Descents
- Tanks & weights during your pre-study, IDC/IE and all pre/post
IDC courses
- IE preparation day where you'll be doing a simulated IE, similar
to the actual IE
- All transfers, tanks and weights during the IE
- IE Graduation dinner, party and t-shirt
- Your IDC Staff is present for logistical support throughout
the IE
Your IDC is conducted
at Phuket's first and only PADI 5 Star Career Development Center
- CDC, and includes our unique
IE pass guarantee:
We will invite you to do a second IDC AND IE with
us for free, including your accommodation, breakfast and lunch,
in the very unlikely event that you don't pass the IE.
Our pass guarantee includes any IE segment covered by PADI's IDC
Curriculum.
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PADI Instructor Crossover (5 days)
If you are already a diving educator from another recreational
scuba certification agency, you can take advantage of dive industry
demands by becoming a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. The PADI
Crossover program (see SSI/BSAC/CMAS
Corresponding Levels with PADI) acknowledges that you're an experienced scuba
instructor who only needs an orientation to the PADI system.
This condensed course focuses on first analyzing and understanding
the PADI system, and then adapting your instructional style to conduct
PADI programs.
The Crossover program consists of the five days OWSI program. We
invite you to attend the full nine-day IDC Program (AI and OWSI)
at the reduced Crossover price.
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PADI IE - Instructor Examination (2 1/2 days)
An evaluative program where you repeat what you have been doing
during the IDC. After completion of the IDC or OWSI, you must successfully
complete the PADI Instructor Examination (IE) to become an Open
Water Scuba Instructor. You will be evaluated on; dive theory, knowledge
development presentations, confined-water (pool) teaching, open-water
teaching and general diving skills and professionalism. Nothing
new. All our prior candidates found the IE easier than the IDC.
Special IE pass guarantee with no conditions: In the very unlikely
event that you don't pass the IE, we will invite you to do a second
IDC free, including your accommodation, breakfast and lunch.
Special CDC IE option: Candidates enrolled in five pre-and/or post-IDC
courses (Pre-study, MFAI, Specialties etc.) OR candidates of a six-week
career development program who successfully complete a PADI IDC
conducted by Dive Asia CDC, may attend a PADI IE if they have been
certified divers for at least six months, have logged only 60 dives
and are certified PADI Assistant Instructors (the AI course is part
of the new IDC). CDC candidates who successfully complete an IE
and subsequently meet the 100-logged-dive requirements will be certified
as PADI Instructors when their paperwork has been processed by PADI.
Continuing Your Education
Continuing your education expands your career options, making
you more valuable as an employee and staff member. It also sets
a good example for your future students.
Career opportunities in the recreational dive industry are increasing
rapidly, however so is the competition, especially for the most
attractive jobs! To maximize your opportunity in the industry you
need to be a cut above the average instructor. Instructor continuing
education gives you that needed edge, as well as the opportunity
to increase your income and expand your own skills.
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