A PADI IDC Staff Instructor assists with IDC Instructor training
Are you ready to take the next step as a PADI Dive instructor and help develop and mentor the next generation of PADI Instructors?
Would you like to learn the knowledge and skills necessary to assist and guide candidates on their journey from Divemaster to becoming a PADI Dive Instructor?
Are you looking for further Professional development  that will help you become a more complete Dive Instructor?
IDC Staff Instructor Course is an Excellent Career Choice
Do you have further aspirations in the dive industry and wish to make yourself a more employable dive professional?
Or is your ultimate goal to become a PADI Course Director and pass on your passion for teaching scuba divers to others?
If you have answered yes to any of these questions, you are in the right place.
Come and join us on Koh Tao and become an IDC Staff Instructor.

Included in the Koh Tao PADI IDC Staff Instructor Course

• 15-day program that includes IDC Staff Instructor Prep Course & auditing an entire IDC
• All dives during the course
• Koh Tao Diving school Fluid mechanics buoyancy clinics
• Koh Tao Diving school Reef Ecology for beginners’ program
• Koh Tao Diving school Social media and online marketing workshop
• Koh Tao Diving school Customer (and environmental) promise

To enroll on a PADI IDC Instructor course you must:

• Be a teaching status PADI Master diver scuba trainer
• Be an EFR Instructor
• Have recent diving experience – we recommend completing a scuba review if you have not dived for 12 months
• Be medically fit to dive and cleared for diving by a physician within the last 12 months

We conduct the PADI IDC Staff Instructor course over a 15 days period.
Koh Tao PADI IDC Staff Instructor Course Information

The IDC Staff Instructor course has a number of different sections:

Classroom & Land Section

• Attend the 4 IDC Staff Instructor course knowledge development presentations
• Pass a set of dive theory exams
• Pass the PADI system General Standards & Procedures exam
• Audit an entire IDC by attending all Course Director led IDC knowledge development sessions
• Present a Knowledge Development Presentation
• Learn how to evaluate & critique Knowledge Development teaching presentations
• Evaluate candidate Knowledge Development teaching presentations alongside one of our Course Directors

Confined Water (or Pool) Section

• Skill development workshop; complete the Pre-assessment 24 skill circuit to demonstration quality
• Present a Confined Water Teaching Presentation
• Learn how to evaluate & critique Knowledge Development teaching presentations
• Evaluate candidate Knowledge Development teaching presentations
• Audit an entire IDC by attending all Course Director led confined water training sessions

Open Water Section

• Learn how to evaluate & critique Open Water teaching presentations
• Evaluate candidate Open Water teaching presentations
• Audit an entire IDC by attending all Course Director led Open Water training sessions

Pre-Assessment Section – IDC Staff Instructor course
An important part of a PADI IDC Staff Instructors role is coaching and counseling diving instructor candidates.
To do this to the best of your ability, we need to ensure your skills and Instructor level knowledge of PADI standards and dive theory are both exemplary.

The Pre-assessment section of the IDC Staff Instructor course is conducted at the start of the IDC and consists of 3 sections; Dive theory, GS & P and Skills.

Dive Theory Exams – IDC Staff Instructor course

• Complete exams in all 5 dive theory subjects scoring a minimum of 80%
• General Standards & Procedures exam
• Complete a GSP exam scoring a minimum of 80%

Skill Evaluation – IDC Staff Instructor course

• Complete the PADI Skill circuit (24 skills) scoring a minimum of 96 points

Knowledge Development – IDC Staff Instructor course
The knowledge development section of the IDC Staff Instructor course is divided into different parts.

Sections you need to participate and be evaluated in are:

• IDC Staff Instructor specific presentations
• Auditing Course Director led knowledge development presentations
• Workshops on the IDC

The IDC Staff Instructor course schedule includes the following Course Director led classroom presentations:

• Course Orientation – IDC Staff Course
• Instructor Development Standards, Procedures and Curriculum
• How to Organize and Conduct the PADI Assistant Instructor Course
• The Psychology of Evaluation and Counseling

Evaluation training – IDC Staff Instructor course
You will learn how to evaluate teaching presentations effectively, accurately and consistently.
You will learn how to provide positive feedback and critique candidate performance in knowledge development, confined and Open Water teaching presentations.

Evaluation & Critique
Our goal is for you to be able to evaluate and critique objectively and consistently alongside other staff members.
This helps candidates to understand on how to improve their performance.
You will be evaluating all candidate presentations throughout the IDC alongside the PADI Course Director.
Auditing an IDC – IDC Staff Instructor course
You must audit an IDC in its entirety to become a PADI IDC Staff Instructor.

The knowledge development presentations, classroom workshops and in water training sessions you must audit are as follows:

• IDC Orientation
• Dive Theory Workshop
• PADI System Workshop
• Learning and Teaching Workshop
• Open Water Diver Course Scheduling and Set Up Workshop
• Risk Management and Licensing Workshop
• Knowledge Development Presentation Workshop and Candidate Knowledge Development Presentations
• Confined Water Training Workshop Part 1
• Open Water Training Workshop Part 1
• Continuing Education Workshop
• Sales Techniques Workshop
• Course Close

Water Skills Development – IDC Staff Instructor course
You will learn how to effectively critique candidate performance, give positive feedback and assist candidates to overcome learning difficulties in the following areas.

• Candidates Water skills exercises
• Role model Rescue assessments
• Dive skills circuit (24 skill circuit)
• Rescue skills circuit (Skills from PADI Rescue course)

In water workshops

• Descents & Ascents workshop
• Discover Scuba Diving Workshop
• Advanced Open Water Diver Course Workshop
• Rescue Diver Course Workshop

In water teaching presentations

• Confined Water Training Workshop and Candidate Confined Water Teaching Presentations
• Open Water Training Workshop and Candidate Open Water Teaching Presentations

To successfully complete the PADI IDC Staff Instructor course you must:

• Score 80% on each of the Dive Theory Exams
• Score 80% on the PADI Systems, Standards and Procedures Exam
• Perform all 24 dive skills in the Skill Evaluation, scoring 96 total points, with no individual score below 3
• Score at least 4.0 on a knowledge development teaching presentation
• Score at least 4.0 on a confined water teaching presentation

Attend the four IDC Staff Instructor Course Knowledge Development sessions:

1. Course Orientation
2. Instructor Development Standards, Procedures and Curriculum
3. How to Organize and Conduct the PADI Assistant Instructor Course
4. The Psychology of Evaluation and Counselling

Meet the following evaluation scoring parameters:

• Match the control score on three out of five knowledge development evaluation criteria sections for two out of three teaching presentations.
• Match the control score on three out of the five confined water evaluation criteria sections for two out of three teaching presentations.
• Match the control score on three out of four (no demonstration) or three out of five (demonstration required) Open Water evaluation criteria sections for two out of three teaching presentations.
• Audit a complete IDC by observing all required IDC curriculum sections

PADI IDC Staff Instructor Course Cost: 30,000 baht **

**Additional Costs

2024 IDC Staff Instructor Application Fee: A$214 / *A$235.40 *Australian Resident
PADI IDC Staff Instructor Crew Pack
IDC Staff Instructor Materials
All IDC Staff Instructor candidates must have a set of required materials for use during the course and to retain afterwards.

You can purchase the PADI IDC Staff Instructor Crew Pack from us that contains the following:
PADI IDC Staff Instructor Crew Pack

• PADI Backpack
• PADI Dive Planning & Skill Practice Slate
• Confined & Open Water evaluation slate
• PADI Course Director manual
• IDC Lesson guides
• IDC e – learning videos
• Evaluation training video
• Online Processing Centre Tutorial
• IDC Staff Instructor course lesson guides

At Koh Tao Diving School we take our promise very seriously and we want to ensure our passion for providing the highest quality diver training and customer service, is passed onto you.

By instilling our customer promise into each one of our professional candidates, we believe it provides them with the best chance of success within the diving industry.

Our PADI Dive Instructor Development team is possibly the most experienced within the dive industry.

Dive Industry Leaders
Between us we have conducted 100’s of IDC’s, certifying 1000’s of PADI Instructors over the past 18 years across Asia.
We know what it takes to produce a successful IDC Staff Instructor and we know what potential employers look for in a modern dive professional with the right attitude.
Role Model PADI IDC Staff Instructor for Success
With our PADI IDC Staff Instructor program, it is our intention to train you to become a multi skilled IDCS Instructor, who in the future, we would have no hesitation employing ourselves.
We will build up your skills, knowledge, confidence and ability to work as a dive leader and dive educator.
You will progress at your own pace and receive additional attention in areas you are weak in, as you develop the skills necessary to become a competent IDC Staff PADI Instructor.

Exemplary Dive Skills & Knowledge
We continue to build on your existing skill set and introduce new skills and knowledge and as the course progresses your confidence and ability as an IDC Staff Instructor will improve.
It is our goal to help and teach you to become a competent IDC Staff Instructor able who can assist a Course Director to teach instructor candidates.

Diving Theory & Skills
Our Instructor Development Course includes lots of additional workshops and training sessions that go above and beyond what PADI actually requires.
Our distinctive buoyancy clinics will ensure your skills are of the absolute highest standard and we will turn you into a buoyancy expert who divers look up to.

Koh Tao PADI IDC Staff Instructor Course Schedule
IDC Staff Instructor candidate presentations are highlighted in blue in the IDC Schedule below.
IDC Staff Instructor preparation (conducted prior to IDC start date)

• Course Orientation
• Pre-Assessment exams
• Instructor Development Standards, Procedures and Curriculum
• How to Organize and Conduct the PADI Assistant Instructor Course
• The Psychology of Evaluation and Counseling
• Evaluation training
• Skill circuit

Day 1 – IDC Preparation
Dive Theory Review Part 1
1:1 Orientation
1:2 Theory Review
Lunch
1:3 Rescue + CESA Workshop & Swim Tests

Day 2 – IDC Preparation
2:1 Dive Theory Review Part 2
Lunch
2:2 Skill Circuit (24 basic skills)

Day 3
3:1 Learning & Teaching Workshop
3:2 Open Water Course Workshop
Lunch
3:3 PADI System Workshop – Part 1 & 2
3:4 Knowledge Development Workshop
3:5 IDC Staff Instructor Prescriptive Presentation

Day 4
4:1 Prescriptive Presentation 1
4:2 Teaching in Confined Workshop + Dry Practice
4:3 Discover Scuba Diving Workshop Part 1 (Knowledge Development)
Lunch
4:4 IDC Staff Instructor Confined Water Presentation
4:5 Confined Water Presentation 1 & 2
4:6 Discover Scuba Diving Workshop Part 2 (Confined)

Day 5
5:1 Open Water Teaching Workshop + Dry Practice
5:2 Review Open Water Workshops
Lunch
5:3 Descent and CESA workshops
5:4 Open Water Presentation 1 & 2
5:5 Discover Scuba Diving Workshop Part 3 (Open Water dive)

Day 6
6:1 Prescriptive Presentation 2
6:2 Risk Management + Licensing Workshop
Lunch
6:3 Continuing Education Workshop
6:4 Sales Techniques Workshop
6:5 Advanced Open Water Workshop Part 1

Day 7 BOAT- 07:30 START
7:1 Open Water Presentation 3 & 4
7:2 Advanced Open Water Workshop Part 2
Lunch
7:3 Prescriptive Presentation 3
7:4 Emergency First Responder (EFR) Instructor Course Part 1

Day 8
8:1 Emergency First Responder (EFR) Instructor Course Part 2
8:2 PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor Course

Day 9 —–DAY OFF—–

Day 10
10:1 PADI System Workshop- Part 3 & 4
10:2 P.I.C Processing Workshop & Discover Scuba Diving Workshop
Lunch
10:3 Confined Water Presentation 3 & 4

Day 11
11:1 Prescriptive Teaching Presentation 4
11:2 Rescue Diver Workshop part 1
Lunch
11:3 Remedial Theory / Extra Practice skills

Day 12 BOAT- 07:30 START
12:1 Open Water Presentations 5 & 6
12:2 Rescue Diver Workshop part 2
Lunch
12:3 Course Close
12:4 Final Counselling & IE Recommendations

Day 13 (8:00am start)
13:1 Mock IE – Dive Theory & General Standards & Procedures Exams
13:2 Mock IE – Prescriptive Teaching Presentation (5)
13:3 Mock IE – Confined Water Presentation (5)

Day 14 BOAT 7:30 Start
14:1 Mock IE – Open Water Presentations (7 & 8)
Lunch
14:2 Final Counselling & IE Recommendations

PADI IDC Staff Instructor Course Detailed Information
Prior to the start of the IDC, we must complete the IDC Staff instructor candidates’ preparation course that starts with an orientation and exam pre-assessments.
We will issue you with the physical portion of the IDC Staff Instructor Crew Pack. If you have not already accessed it, we will help you load up the Instructor Development materials eLearning section of the Crew Pack.
We will guide you through the digital paperwork including the liabilities and the PADI Medical statement if you have not already completed this ahead of time.

IDC Staff Instructor Candidate Preparation Course
The IDC Staff Candidate Preparation course is scheduled in the day or two leading up to the IDC and to begin with you will sit the IDC Staff Instructor theory and GS&P exams.
You must score 80% in each exam to pass and we will review and remediate on any questions you do not understand.
Remediation is an important prerequisite to become a successful PADI IDC Staff Instructor and your exams are great preparation for when you audit the IDC.

General Standards & Dive Theory
PADI IDC candidates will have lots of dive theory or standards questions throughout the IDC, which you will be able to help them with.
During the IDC Staff Preparation course, you will participate in a series of Course Director led classroom presentations and complete the evaluation training.
We will also conduct the IDC Staff Instructor skill circuit to ensure your dive skills are exemplary for the IDC.

Audit an entire IDC – IDC Staff Instructor course
As you can see from the schedule above, the Instructor Development Course is scheduled over 14 days.
You must audit Days 1-12 as per the performance requirements to become a PADI IDC Staff Instructor.
You can refresh your understanding and knowledge of the full PADI Instructor Development Course here.

Meeting Performance Requirements
You must also attend the final counselling sessions on day 12, however, you do not need to attend the EFR Instructor course day.
If you have met all the evaluation performance requirements you do not need to attend the Mock IE.
However, if you have the time, we highly recommended you do as it is a very good learning experience and gives you more evaluation practice.

Water Skill Development Workshops – IDC Staff Instructor course
Dive Skills Circuit (24 skill circuit)
This is the same skill circuit you taught when you conducted an Open Water diver course confined water session.
You will be familiar with the scoring from conducting the PADI Dive master Course  skill circuit too.
This may be something you have been teaching a lot recently or last did several years ago and would like to refresh and sharpen your demonstration quality skills.
Dive Skill Practice Sessions
We tailor additional skill practice session to the individual needs of each IDC Staff instructor candidate, to ensure you can easily demonstrate the basic 24 skills and score the required 96 points.
We always work with our IDC Staff Instructor candidates, so they can become a confident, knowledgeable and skilful dive educator and an underwater role model.
Your practical skill level is an extremely important part of this and why we encourage you to embrace our philosophy when it comes to our training methodology and neutrally buoyant skill development.

Neutrally Buoyant Skill Development
We understand this is something you may not have seen previously in your training nor practiced in your teaching activities.
We conduct all staged skills in the diving position where possible and we include neutral buoyancy skill circuits in all our Professional level training programs.
If you did not complete any Pro level training programs with us, we hope you will find this improves your skill level and it certainly adds realism into your diver training courses.

IDC In water Workshops
As you may remember from your own IDC there are a number of in water workshops we conduct during the course.As an IDC Staff Instructor candidate, you will be working with the candidates during these workshops.
If you would like to practice these workshops prior to the start of the IDC, please let us know ahead of time so we can schedule accordingly.

Evaluating Knowledge Development presentations
Prior to the candidates first Knowledge Development presentation you will complete your evaluation training, which is part of the IDC Staff Instructor course Preparation course.
You will also audit the Knowledge Development Workshop and assist the IDC candidates with preparing their first Knowledge Development presentation.
During the IDC candidate Knowledge Development presentations, you will sit next to the Course Director as you evaluate the Knowledge Development presentation of each candidate.
You will apply the techniques learned during the Evaluation training to track what was said or what occurred during the presentation.
Once the presentation is finished you and your Course Director will discuss the candidates score and review each point and you will be asked to explain why you scored the presentation the way you did.

Knowledge Development Presentations
We will discuss counseling points and techniques to use when critiquing each presentation.
As you evaluate more Knowledge Development presentations you will gain more confidence and your scoring will become closer to the control score of your Course Director.
When you are ready, feeling confident and your scores are matching our control score, you will be given the opportunity to critique candidate performance, give positive feedback and suggestions for improvement.
You will have the opportunity to evaluate several candidate Knowledge Development presentations during the IDC.

Evaluating Confined Water teaching presentations
You will audit the confined water teaching workshop and assist the IDC candidates to prepare their first confined water teaching presentation.
During the confined water teaching presentations, you will be in the water, evaluating each candidate presentation using the Confined & Open Water evaluation slate.
Applying techniques learned during the evaluation training session, you will record what was said and what occurred during the presentation.

Confined Water Teaching Presentations
Once the candidate has finished their debriefing, you will discuss how you scored the presentation with your Course Director, which involves reviewing each section of the presentation.
Practice makes perfect. The more confined water teaching presentations you evaluate the more consistent your evaluation performance and scores will be and the closer they will be to the control score.
Once you are confident in your evaluation skills you will have the opportunity to debrief candidate performance, giving positive reinforcement and suggestions for improvement.
You will have the opportunity to evaluate several candidates confined water presentations.

Evaluating Open Water teaching presentation
The final section of evaluation training for an IDC Staff Instructor is the Open Water presentations.
You will complete Open Water evaluation training as part of the IDC Staff Instructor Prep course and audit the Open Water teaching workshop during the IDC.
As an IDC Staff Instructor candidate, you will help the candidates prepare their first Open Water presentations and answer questions they may have when preparing future presentations.

Open Water Teaching Presentation
Guiding IDC candidates through the various teaching presentations of the IDC is an important role an IDC Staff Instructor plays. You will be in the water during the Open Water teaching presentations as you evaluate each presentation using the Confined & Open water evaluation slates.
Applying the techniques you learned during the evaluation training, you will evaluate all aspects of each candidates integrated Open Water presentations.

Evaluating IDC Candidate Presentations
Returning to the boat you will review your scoring and compare with the control score before scoring the candidates debriefings.
Finally, you will have the opportunity to critique candidate performance.
Just as an IDC Open Water teaching presentation is the most challenging part of an IDC for a candidate, the Open Water evaluation is often the most challenging of the three areas of evaluation for the IDC Staff Instructor.

Open Water presents organization and management challenges for IDC Staff, in the same way Open Water training provides challenges at all levels of PADI Instructors of the PADI system.

Open Water IDC Candidate Evaluations
Environmental factors dictate using different control factors, which along with good judgement are factored into the evaluation criteria.
As with knowledge development and confined water presentations, you will have the opportunity to evaluate several candidate Open Water presentations during your IDC Staff Instructor course.
Throughout the IDC we will critique your performance and give you important feedback as your evaluation skills develop.
Our goal is for you to be scoring just like we do by the end of your PADI IDC Staff Instructor course.

Become a Role Model PADI IDC Staff Instructor
As an MSDT Specialty Instructor, if you want to continue your training and make a great career move, our PADI IDC Staff Instructor course offers you an excellent opportunity to take the next step.
PADI IDC Staff Instructors are in demand at Dive centre around the world having demonstrated their commitment to ongoing education and through their skills as a dive educator.

PADI IDC Staff Instructor course: 30,000 baht **

**Additional Costs

2024 IDC Staff Instructor Application Fee: A$214 / *A$235.40 *Australian Resident

PADI IDC Staff Instructor Crew Pack