PADI PROFESSIONAL COURSES

The first step to becoming a PADI professional is taking the Divemaster Course. Once you've become a Divemaster and have the prerequisite number of dives, you may enroll in the PADI IDC.

The IDC is divided into three parts, the Assistant Instructor (AI) course and the Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) course. The final part is the Instructor Examination (IE), which the candidates are required to pass before they are allowed to begin teaching. The IE immediately follows the OWSI course.

It is best to take all courses concurrently as the candidate will be more likely to be successful during in the IE. If taken together, the IDC is a total of nine-days, followed by the IE which takes two-days.