PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Course Overview

This is the rest of the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC), the final development step in your quest to become a PADI Instructor! Here, we focus on further developing your abilities beyond just a Scuba Instructor but as a professional diving educator.

PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Course is designed for PADI Assistant Instructors who would like complete their PADI Instructor Development Course prior to attending their PADI Instructor Examinations (IE) and become certified as a PADI Instructor. This course also welcomes Scuba Instructors from another training organizations to have a look at the entire PADI System of Diver Education.

This rating sets you apart from the crowd. As a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI), you may conduct the entire range of PADI courses and programs – from PADI Discover Scuba Diving program through PADI Divemaster Course.

Please contact PADI Course Director Azman for more information.

PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Program Structure and Performance Requirements

1. Complete 16 Independent Study knowledge reviews in the Instructor Candidate Workbook.
2. Participate in 13 PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) curriculum presentations by PADI IDC Staff Instructor and/or PADI Course Director.
3. Give at least 2 Confined water teaching presentations and score at least 3.4 on at least one presentation.
4. Give at least 2 Knowledge development (prescriptive-teaching) presentations and score at least 3.5 on at least one presentation.
5. Conduct at least 2 open water skills presentation in 1 dive and score at least 3.5 on at least one presentation.
6. Participate in PADI Adventures in Diving program workshop.
7. Participate in PADI Rescue Diver course workshop.
8. Successfully complete 5 parts dive-theory (Physics, Physiology, Equipment, RDP and Skills & Environment) written examinations with minimum score of 75% on each part.
9. Successfully complete a skill circuit evaluation (20 basic scuba skills) with minimum score of 3.0 on each skill.
10. Complete 800m continuous swim with mask, snorkel and fins.

Successfully completing this program qualifies you to attend a PADI Instructor Examination (IE).

PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Course topic of discussions

1. PADI Instructor Development Course Orientation
2. Dive Industry Overview
3. Legal Responsibility and Risk Management
4. Business Principles for Diving Professional
5. Role Of Media and Prescriptive Teaching
6. PADI Scuba Diver and Open Water Diver Course
7. PADI Continuing Education Philosophy
8. PADI Adventures in Diving Programs
9. PADI Rescue Diver Course
10. PADI Specialty and Master Scuba Diver Programs
11. PADI Divemaster Course
12.  Diver Retention Programs
13. Adaptive Teaching (Children, Senior and Disables)

Please contact PADI Course Director Azman for more information.

To enroll in the PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Course you must:

1. Be certified as a PADI Assistant Instructor (AI) or as a current instructor member in good standing with another recreational diver training organization including BSAC (Club Instructor or higher), CMAS (two or three star), FAUI, IDEA, Los Angeles County, MDEA, NAUI, PDIC, SSI, SAA (Instructor Grade 2 or higher) or YMCA (other may qualify, please contact Azman for more information).
2. Be at least 18 years old.
3. Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement for a diving medical examination conducted within 12 months. A licensed physician must sign the form and state that the candidate is fit for diving. The physician signing the form may not be the applicant.
4. Have been a certified diver for at least six months and have completed and logged at least 60 open water scuba dives and have documentation of experience in deep, night and navigation diving. To attend an PADI IE, you must have at least 100 logged dives.
5. Submit proof of CPR and First Aid training within the last 24 months.
6. Submit documentation of any equivalent certification for entry level, advanced, rescue and leadership-level issued by another recreational diver training organization. (PADI Member who has these records on file does not need to resubmit).

Please contact PADI Course Director Azman for more information.

Required PADI training materials for PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Course:

1. PADI Instructor Manual (paper or digital version)
2. PADI Instructor Candidate Workbook
3. PADI Student manuals from Open Water Diver to Divemaster Course
4. PADI Quizzes and examination booklet for PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Rescue Diver and PADI Divemaster Course.
5. Discover Scuba Diving cue card
6. Open Water Diver course Instructor cue cards
7. Adventure in Diving Instructor cue cards
8. Rescue Diver instructor cue cards
9. Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Instructor outline
10. Project AWARE Specialty Instructor outline
11. PADI Encyclopeadia of Recreational Diving
12. PADI Diving Knowledge Workbook
13. RDP Table and eRDPML including instruction booklet

Recommended PADI training materials for PADI Assistant Instructor Course:

1. Project AWARE manual
2. Best of Undersea Journal
3. Business of Diving
4. Law and Diving Professionals
5. Children and Scuba Diving

Please contact PADI Course Director Azman for more information.

Below are the investment involved for your PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Course (OWSI):

*Our PADI OWSI package includes:

• 6-day PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program compare to the conventional 4 to 5-day program
• 6 nights Single accommodation
• 6 days of "Eat All You Can" breakfast and buffet lunch
• Unconditional 100% IE Pass Guarantee policy
• FREE PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty Instructor course
• FREE unlimited training and fun dives 7 days before your PADI OWSI starts
• Tanks and weights during OWSI and IE
• Expanded teaching PADI Rescue Diver course workshop
• Expanded teaching PADI Adventures in Diving program workshop
• Expanded teaching PADI Search & Recovery Specialty workshop
• Conducting CESA & Descents workshop
• Introduction to National Geographic Diver program
• Introduction to PADI eLearning
• Introduction to teaching PADI eRDP-ML
• FREE Pocket-Mask
• PADI OWSI program in Tropical Island environment
• Small ratio - 5 candidates to 1 IDC Staff
• Modern classrooms with all multimedia facilities
• FREE wireless broadband internet (just bring your own laptop)

Discounts:

• 10% Early Booking Discount
• 5% Cash Payment Discount
• 25% Discount for all PADI Training Materials
• 20% Discount for Instructor level Continuing Education courses

If you are a current Scuba Instructor from another training organization crossing over to PADI, we invite you to join us right from the very beginning of our IDC and enjoy all the full IDC benefits and facilities without any extra charges!

**Our PADI IDC Crew Pak includes:

• 2009 PADI Instructor manual (paper or digital)
• Instructor Candidate Workbook
• Confined water instructor cue cards
• Open water instructor cue cards
• PADI Discover Scuba Diving instructor slate
• PADI Adventures in Diving instructor slates
• PADI Rescue Diver instructor cue cards
• Confined Water Lesson Preparation slate
  
• Open Water Training Dive Lesson Planning slate
• PADI Open Water Diver Course Quizzez & Final Exams booklet
• PADI Rescue Diver Final Exams booklet
• PADI Divemaster Final Exams booklet
• PADI Project AWARE Instructor outline
• PADI Coral Reef Conservation Instructor outline
• PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Instuctor outline
• FREE PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Instructor outline (IDC Silver package only)
• FREE EFR Instructor manual (IDC Silver package only)
• FREE PADI Crew backpack

Please contact PADI Course Director Azman if you already have some of the materials and would like to know the prices for each item individually.