PADI Instructor Development Course ( IDC ) Prerequisites:

• Be certified as a PADI Divemaster or a PADI Assistant Instructor or be an instructor in good standing with another training organization for at least six months (check with a PADI Course Director for qualifying credentials.)

• Be certified as an Emergency First Response Instructor 

• 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. You’ll need 100 logged dives to take the Instructor Exams (IE).

• Have proof of CPR and First Aid training within the last 24 months. The Emergency First Response course meets this requirement

• Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement (PDF) signed by a physician within the last 12 months

For details on other professional programs, check out our Professional Development section.

Required PADI Instructor materials*:
PADI Instructor manual, #70120 or #70827 (CD)
PADI Guide to Teaching, #70513
Law and the Diving Professional, #70197
Best of the Undersea Journal, #79510
The Business of Diving, #70166
Peak Performance Buoyancy Outline, #70236
Project Aware Specialty Outline, #70239
PADI Open Water Manual, #70142
PADI RDP Table, #60054
PADI eRDP ML - Electronic Multilevel Dive Planner # 70031
Open Water Quizzes & Exams, #71023
PADI Adventures in Diving Manual, #70014
PADI Rescue Diver Manual, #70080
Rescue Diver Final Exams, #70305
PADI Divemaster Manual, #70090
Divemaster Final Exams, #71310
Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving, #70034
PADI Confined Water Cue Cards, #60194
PADI Confined Water Prep Slate, #60537
PADI Open Water Prep Slate, #60571
PADI Open Water Cue Cards, #60202
Children and Scuba Diving, #7009

2009-2010 PADI Instructor Development Course ( IDC ) Schedule:

Please contact our Eagan location to register: (651) 681-8434