PADI Instructor Developement Course
COURSE OVERVIEW
If you like people, have a passion for scuba diving and want an extraordinary life – become a PADI Scuba Instructor. Teaching scuba diving allows you to share your love of the aquatic world with others while doing what you enjoy – being in, around and under water. PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors are the most sought-after dive professionals around the world because they have completed the program that sets the standard for training dive professionals. At present there is a worldwide shortage of Dive Professionals following the Covid Pandemic so what better time to carve yourself a new career doing something that you love.
You earn a PADI Instructor rating through hard work and commitment, but you’re rewarded with a job that lets you share incredible underwater adventures with others – transforming their lives for the better and enriching your own.
Here at Andark we don’t teach you how to pass the 2-day Instructor Exam, we teach you how to teach and the rest just happens. We have been teaching diving since 1976 at all levels and have a 100% success rate with all of our Professional Training courses so why wait? Book onto one of our IDC’s or Assistant Instructor courses and start your new career now.
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
PADI Divemaster or qualifying certification from another training organisation.
Been a certified diver for at least 6 months
PADI diver’s medical signed by a physician within the last 12 months. To work in the UK you will need an HSE divers medical
Minimum 60 logged dives to enrol on the IDC
Minimum 100 logged dives to enrol on to the IE
EFR Instructor, can do this as part of the course
Proof of experience in night, deep and navigation diving.
Pre-study course manuals and fill in review sections
Have good personal diving and buoyancy skills
Be able to snorkel 800 metres
Minimum age 18 years old
COURSE OVERVIEW
If you like people, have a passion for scuba diving and want an extraordinary life – become a PADI Scuba Instructor. Teaching scuba diving allows you to share your love of the aquatic world with others while doing what you enjoy – being in, around and under water. PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors are the most sought-after dive professionals around the world because they have completed the program that sets the standard for training dive professionals. At present there is a worldwide shortage of Dive Professionals following the Covid Pandemic so what better time to carve yourself a new career doing something that you love.
You earn a PADI Instructor rating through hard work and commitment, but you’re rewarded with a job that lets you share incredible underwater adventures with others – transforming their lives for the better and enriching your own.
Here at Andark we don’t teach you how to pass the 2-day Instructor Exam, we teach you how to teach and the rest just happens. We have been teaching diving since 1976 at all levels and have a 100% success rate with all of our Professional Training courses so why wait? Book onto one of our IDC’s or Assistant Instructor courses and start your new career now.
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
PADI Divemaster or qualifying certification from another training organisation.
Been a certified diver for at least 6 months
PADI diver’s medical signed by a physician within the last 12 months. To work in the UK you will need an HSE divers medical
Minimum 60 logged dives to enrol on the IDC
Minimum 100 logged dives to enrol on to the IE
EFR Instructor, can do this as part of the course
Proof of experience in night, deep and navigation diving.
Pre-study course manuals and fill in review sections
Have good personal diving and buoyancy skills
Be able to snorkel 800 metres
Minimum age 18 years old
7 day IDC package
PADI Dive Theory online
IDC candidate digital crewpack (including slates)
EFR Instructor course
EFR Instructor Crewpack
FOC Drysuit Specialty Instructor
10 day IDC MSDT package
Includes IDC package as above plus
5 Specialty Instructor ratings (contact us for details)
HOW IS THE COURSE RUN
Book your course online on the Andark website on the dates convenient to you.
BEFORE YOUR COURSE STARTS
Receive your booking confirmation from us and complete your PADI e-learning material before the course begins.
On-line pre-study (E-learning) from PADI included in the price for the 8-day IDC course or the 10-day IDC course.
7-Day Instructor Development Course (IDC) including one day Emergency First Response Instructor Course (EFRI) and FREE OF CHARGE Drysuit Speciality Instructor Course.
OR
10-day Instructor Development Course (IDC) including one day Emergency First Response Instructor Course (EFRI) plus five Instructor Specialities.
Important Information
- Instructor course e-learning and materials
- Instructor Development Application fee payable to PADI
- Instructor Exam fees payable to PADI
- Transport to dive sites is provided, but most is on site at our Andark Lake
- All the professional courses have strict pre-requisite and qualifying criteria – some information is included here, but you will need to check out the detail on the PADI website, and also ask us for a copy of our Divemaster/Instructor Course information sheet.
- All the pro courses require that you have a full in-date (within 12 months) diving medical before starting the course, and if you wish to work in the UK you will also need an HSE medical, in-date (24 months) CPR and First Aid qualification (Emergency First Response), and all your log books and qualifications.
- You will need your own set of scuba equipment
- Manual and training materials are required
- All professional courses have membership fees, and some also have exam fees payable to PADI direct.
Please fill in the forms below and return to us before your course starts
TERMS AND CONDITIONS A minimum of 3 people is required in order for a course to run (unless otherwise stated). Andark reserves the right to vary or cancel, at their discretion, a course or its contents, where the circumstances necessitate. Andark reserves the right to refuse admission onto a course and does not accept provisional bookings. Reservations will only be confirmed upon receipt of a completed signed booking form, and payment. Telephone bookings will be deemed to be cancelled if the booking form and medical are not received within 5 working days. Course fees may change without notice. Lost or broken equipment (caused by student) must be paid for by student. Inland dive sites may be used – any associated entry fee or boat charges must be met by student. Transport to and from dive sites is student’s responsibility. For continuing education courses, a refresher MUST be completed and logbook evidence shown if the student has not dived in the six months prior to attending the course. You must pre-study all course materials for all Andark courses. If you fail to do so you will not be permitted to join the course. If you wish to rebook, there will be an additional charge of £80 to cover administration/additional tuition. REFUNDS AND CANCELLATION: No refunds of any monies paid will be given, save that Andark at its absolute discretion may offer: (1) a credit note (less an administration fee of minimum £30) redeemable at Andark’s retail shop or against the cost of an alternative course; or (2) an alternative course of equal value (less an administration fee of minimum £30). Failure to attend a course on the due date will result in loss of all course fees. An administration fee (minimum £30) will be charged for changes to course dates where a minimum of 2 full weeks’ notice is give. Where less than 2 weeks’ notice is given OR where the cancellation/change of dates results in a course falling below minimum numbers, no refund/credit or change of dates can be permitted and the course must be rebooked at full value.
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