PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Course

Are you looking for something extraordinary? To do something others can only dream of? To help people transform their lives? To open doors you didn’t even know existed? All of this, and more, awaits you as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. When you take your PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) in Key Largo with Ocean Divers, a PADI Career Development Center, it will truly be a life changing experience.

The Fun Part
It’s about life transformations-both yours and those around you.
The fun part of instructor training is interacting with course participants while creating friendships that continue long after the course concludes.

You’ll begin networking with other professionals and begin to explore professional scuba diving jobs worldwide. You’ll also have the opportunity to continue your professional education by participating in PADI Specialty Instructor Training Courses, which train you to teach specialties after instructor certification.

The Challenging Part
The challenging part of this course is your personal commitment to the training. The course requires you to complete all the self-study Knowledge Reviews before the course begins and to prepare daily assignments for teaching presentations daily. Organization and dedication are key.

The Learning Materials You Need
The PADI Instructor Development Course crewpak includes all the materials needed to prepare for the Instructor Development Course (IDC). Must also have a PADI Instructor Manual and ERDPml.

Start your Career today, Right Now

Ocean Divers Instructor Development Center is now offering the PADI IDC on-line. Call us for more information regarding this exciting new program offered by PADI and Ocean Divers

What is a PADI Career Development Center?
A PADI 5 Star Career Development Center (CDC) is given to PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Centers (IDC) that dedicate their businesses to professional development beyond regular instructor training. Career Development Centers offer vocational oriented continuing education training to prepare individuals for dive industry careers and provide job placement services within the dive industry.

Students taking programs through a PADI Career Development Center can be assured of the highest level of education and a level of commitment from their Instructors to ensure their success. Students may also bypass certain prerequisites by taking a career program offered by a Career Development Center that cannot be bypassed by a regular 5 Star IDC.

Prerequisites
To qualify for training as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, you must:
   Be certified as a Divemaster or an instructor in good standing with another training           organization for at least six months.
   Be at least 18 years old
   Be certified as a diver for at least six months
   Have 60 logged dives that include experience in night, deep and navigation diving to
      participate in the Instructor Development Course (IDC). You’ll need 100 logged dives
      to take the Instructor Exams unless you are enrolled in the Career Development
      Program
   Complete the PADI eLearning Instructor Development Course.
   Be certified as a PADI Emergency First Response Instructor or equivalent.
   Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement  signed by a physician within the last 12        months

Why Should I take my Instructor Course at Ocean Divers?
Ocean Divers is the only PADI Career Development Center in Key Largo. Ocean Divers has been conducting Instructor Development Courses since 1986 and has trained over 1000 instructors. With over 34 years experience in the diving industry and our unique facilities, Ocean Divers will prepare you like no other IDC facility can. Just look at some of the benefits of enrolling in an Ocean Divers Career program.

Two Course Directors on Staff
All facilities including classroom, pool, boats, store and hotel in one convenient location
On site recompression chamber for training
8 day IDC
4 days of open water dives
5 Pool sessions
Job Placement
Internship Training Program
Free IDC Preparatory class
Spiegel Grove Instructor Specialty Certification
Dormitory housing available

Where will I be diving?
You will be enjoying some of the best reef locations Key Largo and Pennekamp Park have to offer, including Molasses Reef, French Reef, Benwood Wreck, Christ of the Deep, and Snapper Ledge to name a few. During the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) you will also be diving the famous wrecks of the LSD Spiegel Grove and the USCG Duane

What should I think about for my scuba career?
PADI Instructor Continuing Education
Why take my course at Ocean Divers
What do our students say
Course Calendars
Course Costs
Required Books and Supplies
Instructor Course Application
Lodging
Meet our Course Directors
Previous PADI Instructor Course Graduates
Daily Schedule
Scholarship Program

Job Placement
Where do you want to work? On an island, maybe a live aboard boat that visits exotic locations. Or is a retail operation with management possibilities more your style? For those with good business sense you may be interested in starting you own operation.

What ever your goal may be, Ocean Divers is available to help you. With our extensive network of contacts, Ocean Divers will assist with starting your career, whatever your interests are.