Diving Instructor Course, Make your dreams come true on Koh Tao in Thailand! We offer one of the most extended and realistic Diving Instructor Course. After completion of our Dive Instructor program you will become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) you will receive a license to teach Scuba Diving! The PADI IDC course at Sairee Cottage Diving focuses on realism, attitude, conservation, customer service and getting a successful diving job at the end of the course.
Giving a briefing during the Diving Instructor course
Koh Tao is one of the best and most popular places in the world to learn how to Scuba Dive, which means it gets a very high number of new PADI Open Water diver students. This creates many teaching, marketing and conservation opportunities. Subsequently, Sairee Cottage Diving has, in turn, has a full-time PADI Platinum Course Director on staff who is offering one of the highest quality Diving Instructor Course available in the world.
Thailand – One of the best places to do your PADI IDC course
The reason for this is the High Quality lies in our High Standards and the amount of real-life experience new Diving Instructors can gain on Koh Tao. Our Dive Instructor course, taught at the award-winning Sairee Cottage Diving, offers one of the best and most recognised PADI IDC courses with a 100% Pass Rate. The Diving Instructor course is designed by PADI Platinum Course Director Marcel van den Berg, who is a hugely experienced, respected and innovative PADI Course Director, plus, Marcel will give you a massive amount of added extras to make you even more successful. He’s proud to offer one of the most realistic Dive Instructor course and PADI IDC Courses in the whole of Thailand.
Marcel teaching the Diving Instructor course
Dive Instructor Course Prerequisites:
- Be certified as a PADI Divemaster or the equivalent level with another recreational diver training organisation
- Be at least 18 years old
- Be in good physical condition for diving and submit a medical exam form signed by a physician
- Be a certified diver for at least 6 months
- Have completed and logged at least 100 open water dives with experience in night, deep and navigation
- Have completed a course in CPR and First Aid in the last 24 months
Open Water Presentations during the PADI Diving Instructor Course
The Diving Instructor Course consists of
- Course Orientation
- Overview of the Dive Industry
- General PADI Standards and Procedures
- Business of Diving and Marketing
- Risk Management
- PADI Scuba Diver and Open Water Diver course
- Adaptive Teaching
- The PADI philosophy
- Sales Workshop
- Adventures in Diving program
- Specialty courses and Master Scuba Diver program
- Rescue Diver course
- Divemaster course
- Keep Diving
- Learning, Instruction and the PADI System
- Knowledge Development by self study and Exams
- Classroom Presentations
- Water Presentations
On top of that we give extra lectures and presentations in our PADI Diving Instructor course or PADI IDC Course to ensure that you will have the best start to a your future diving career.
Why is the PADI IDC course with us so different?
Our Platinum Course Director Marcel van den Berg has years of experience in the Dive Industry and has seen and worked with some of the best, but also, interestingly, some of the worst diving Instructors in the dive industry.
After seeing big differences in quality between dive instructors, I quickly learned why some diving instructors are better, safer, friendlier and more successful then others. I have also seen people get injured or almost injured while taking scuba diving lessons and in almost all cases it was the fault of the Dive Instructor. This has made me realise that focussing on the good and bad in the dive industry, my PADI OWSI course will get you ready to not only find, but also keep a successful job in the business.
Knot Tying Workshop during the Diving Instructor Course
I will focus on real-life teaching, how to teach safely, minimise risk, follow the PADI standards, have a great attitude, develop your teamwork skills, how to help conserve marine life, get amazing marketing and promotional skills, how to use the latest teaching tools, embrace technology, improve your social networking skills, marine life identification, how to get the best diving and buoyancy skills and so, so much more…
I also will focus from day 1 to help you get your dream job in diving so you can enjoy the life that most others dream of!
I can’t wait to teach you to become one of the best PADI Dive Instructors out there!
Marcel van den Berg
PADI Diving Instructor course materials:
For the PADI Dive Instructor course you will get the PADI IDC Crewpack that contains all the PADI Diving Instructor course teaching materials, including:
Confined & Open Water Instructor Cue Cards, Adventures in Diving Instructor Cue Cards, Rescue Diver Instructor Cue Cards, Divemaster Instructor Cue Cards, Confined & Open Water Lesson Planning Slates, Open Water Prescriptive Lesson Guides, Rescue Diver Exam, Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor Outlines, PADI’s Guide to Teaching Manual with hologram, Diving Knowledge Workbook, Positive Approach Selling DVD, Specialty Course Instructor Manual (Digital, multilingual version), Open Water Quizzes and Exams, Divemaster exams, PADI Dive Planning & Skill Practice Slate (new), Brochures and other course documentation.
Dive Instructor course Materials – PADI IDC Crew Pack
This crew pack is fantastic for the dive instructor course, but we have found out that it’s missing a few things for real life. For this reason we have created a 28 GB digital folder containing loads of useful materials that you can use during or after the PADI IDC course. Sairee Cottage Diving is the one of the only Dive shops worldwide that offers these extra teaching and learning materials.
Half of the PADI IDC Crewpack is Digital since the launch of the new PADI IDC Course. This means that you can start your Dive Instructor course instantly. Please contact us how you can start the Diving Instructor course straight away.
PADI IDC course cost:
PADI IDC course: 39900 THB
PADI IDC Crew Pack: 21500 THB
You also need to complete the EFR Instructor course to be able to attend the PADI Instructor Examination IE. We include the EFR Instructor course during the IDC.
EFR Instructor: 8900 THB
EFRI Manual: 41500 THB
PADI fees:
OWSI Instructor = 331 Australian Dollars
EFR Instructor = 228 Australian Dollars
Instructor Exam (IE) = 1120 Australian Dollars
You can pay the PADI fees by credit card on completion of the Diving Instructor course
Confined Water training during the PADI IDC Course
After the Dive Instructor Course you can teach the following PADI courses:
- PADI Discover Scuba Diving
- PADI Open Water Diver
- PADI Adventure Dives
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
- EFR Emergency First Response
- PADI Rescue Diver
- PADI Divemaster
- PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty
- Project AWARE Specialty
- AWARE Coral Reef Conservation specialty
- PADI Bubblemaker and Seal Team
And in order to be qualified to teach even more courses such as the PADI specialty courses we highly recommend that you continue with the PADI Speciality Instructor courses or the PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer program (MSDT) to increase your job opportunities significantly. At Sairee Cottage Diving we have one of the best Dive Instructor course and MSDT packages: The Instructor Career Package.
This diving instructor course package includes the PADI IDC, EFR Instructor and the PADI MSDT Specialty course with 8 specialties instead of just 5 giving you the best chance of a successful dive job. By taking this package you will also receive a 10% discount on the MSDT Specialty courses for further savings!
Combine your Diving Instructor Course with the PADI MSDT course for the best deal
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