PADI OPEN WATER SCUBA INSTRUCTOR

• PADI Standards and Procedures for courses you can teach with in water workshops
• Learning, Instruction and the PADI System
• Risk Management and Diver Safety
• The Business of Diving and your role as an instructor
• Marketing Diving and Sales Counseling

A PADI Divemaster who has been a certified (recreational) diver for six months may enroll in the PADI Instructor Development Course. You also need:

• At least 60 logged dives to start the IDC and 100 dives to attend an IE.
• Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) training within the past 24 months.
• A medical statement signed by a physician within the last 12 month

If you have not completed any of these requirements, give us a call and we can help you get to where you need to be to begin the IDC at Islamorada Dive Center.

The Instructor Exam is the final part of your journey to becoming a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. To attend an IE, you must first complete a full Instructor Development Program and your course director will enroll you for your IE when ready. Here in the Keys, you have to best opportunity to ace your IE. No where else in the world has two exams per month like the Florida Keys. Our Instructor Exams take place over two full days and one evening unlike most as well. While the extra evening may seem like a bad thing since it’s “longer,” its actually a great thing for you! On the first evening the Orientation takes place. This is where you will get all of your assignments for the weekend! This means you have extra time to prepare compared to other IE’s that are only two full days.

During the Instructor Exam you will be evaluated on:

• Dive Theory (Physics, Physiology, Equipment, RDP, and Skills and Environment) 12 questions per section with a passing score of 75% per section.
• General Standards and Procedures – Exam based on the Instructor Manual and Guide to Teaching (OPEN BOOK!!) passing score of a 75%
• General Dive Skills  5 Skills chosen from the 24 basic skills, each scored out of 5 points. 17 points required out of 25 with no score below a 3.
• Confined Water Teaching – A confined water teaching presentation scoring at least a 3.4
• Knowledge Development Teaching  – A Knowledge Development Teaching presentation scoring at least a 3.5
• Open Water Teaching – An Open Water Teaching Presentation consisting of 2 skills scoring at least a 3.4 average
• Rescue Exercise #7 – A demonstration quality Rescue Exercise #7 scored on a pass / fail basis

IDC Tuition: $1700

EFRI Tuition: $300

IDC Materials: $1313.20

EFRI Materials: $664.00

PADI Fees: $1200

IDC Bundle Discount:($962.20)

TOTAL PRICE: $4215.00

The only requirements are that you’re at least 18 years old and have Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) training within the past 24 months.

An EFR Instructor rating is required to become a PADI Instructor, but you don’t have to wait until you’re ready to go pro. You can complete or refresh this training during your PADI Instructor training.

Your role as an EFR Instructor is to be a coach that creates a positive learning environment. Along with learning how to structure and organize EFR courses, you practice:

• Presenting course content.
• Encouraging self-discovery in students.
• Evaluating student understanding and skill mastery during hands-on skills practice.
• Managing effective scenario-based learning experiences.

EFR Course cover topics including:

• CPR (Primary Care)
• First Aid (Secondary Care)
• AED (Automated External Defibrillator) Use
• Preventing and caring for shock
• Choking
• Spinal injury management
• Illness assessment
• Injury assessment
• & More