
Instructor Development Course
The Instructor Development Course or IDC is the full course comprising everything required to become a PADI diving instructor. An IDC covers 3 courses:
- The Assistant Instructor Course.
- The Open Water Instructor Course.
- The Emergency First Response Instructor Course.
Duration:
The course usually takes between 6-9 days depending on how it’s run. We normally run each component over separate long weekends thereby minimising the amount of time you need to take off work.

The idea of the IDC is to teach you how to teach the PADI system of diver education. You will have learned the basic skills and the foundation of dive theory in your divemaster course. The IDC teaches you how to teach that knowledge to student divers. To complete the IDC you’ll need to do the following:
- Complete the full skill circuit of 24 basic scuba skills.
- Deliver presentations on parts of dive theory from the courses you’ll be qualified to teach.
- Give teaching presentations in confined water working with simulated students.
- Give teaching presentations in open water combining multiple skills with simulated students.
- Give a demonstration of a complete rescue scenario.
- Complete various workshops in the following areas: DSDs and Scuba Reviews, Adventures in Diving and Rescue and Marketing.
- Attend presentations on key areas of being a dive professional from the structure of individual courses to risk management and the business of diving.
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- All training.
- Pool access.
- Equipment hire.
On top of the basic course price you will also need to factor in the following:
- E-Learning:
- Course Materials: (You must also have copies of all the core course manuals so if you don’t have these you’ll need to factor this in too).
- Instructor Examination Fee (payable to PADI):
- Instructor Application (payable to PADI):
- EFR Instructor application (payable to PADI):
Also not included in the course price:
- Transport.
- Dive site entrance.
Please note that the fees payable to PADI and course materials are set globally.
