PADI IDC - Instructor Development Course

Learning to teach diving is a bit like learning to drive a car. Passing your driving test does not necessarily mean that you have the skills, experience and confidence to be a good driver. It's the same with diving. Our IDC is more than just a way to get your instructor certification!

PADI Instructor Development Course Start Dates

Our IDCs precede the Instructor Exams (IE) scheduled by PADI.

FIVE TOPICS REVIEW (optional)	EFR INSTRUCTOR (optional, highly recommended)	PADI IDC	PADI IE
01 September 2010	02 September 2010	03 September 2010	14 September 2010
24 November 2010	25 November 2010	26 November 2010	07 December 2010
09 February 2011	10 February 2011	20 February 2011	22 February 2011
06 April 2011	07 April 2011	17 April 2011	19 April 2011
01 June 2011	02 June 2011	12 June 2011	14 June 2011
31 August 2011	01 September 2011	11 September 2011	13 September 2011
23 November 2011	24 November 2011	04 December 2011	06 December 2011

Why do your IDC with Camel?

We offer every IDC in English, plus either Italian or German. By taking your IDC with us, you will:

• benefit directly from the real-world diving industry experience of our two PADI Course Directors. Teo Brambilla of XChallenge owns and manages (since 1998) a successful dive centre in Sharm El Sheikh. Camel's Training Manager, Bianca Greiner, has over six years' work experience as an Instructor, in Thailand and the Red Sea. Their backgrounds mean that Teo and Bianca have experienced many of the situations you can expect to meet as an instructor. They show you how to apply what you learn and handle successfully the challenges instructors face every day.
• become highly employable, worldwide. Dive centres seek instructors who know how to balance the needs of guests, colleagues and management, and who can deliver high-quality courses, sell and promote diving. Our Course Directors will help you to develop and apply the skills that make you attractive to employers and help you find work.
• increase your work opportunities. Approximately 50% of our IDC candidates work with us afterwards. While we do not guarantee you a job, we seek staff who display a positive attitude during the IDC. Our working language is English; speaking German, Italian or Russian gives you an extra advantage.
• gain teaching experience, by shadowing one of our staff teaching a PADI course. You see for yourself the practicalities of running a course, and make a smooth transition to teaching students of your own.
• benefit from Camel staff instructors to assist, advise and support you, on many of our IDCs. They are ready to share with you their experiences of working in diving, living in Sharm, and the challenges and rewards of being an instructor.
• enjoy the same high level of professionalism, high-quality facilities and friendly atmosphere that we offer to everyone diving with us. There is a maximum of six candidates per IDC group, allowing each to receive individual attention.

Our facilities

We run the IDC at Camel Dive Club in Naama Bay. Our award-winning facilities include four-star Camel Hotel, air-conditioned training rooms, and a specially designed diver training pool. After the day's IDC training is completed, you can relax at Camel Bar, the terrace chill out zone, or one of our restaurants.

Our IDC schedule

Day 1	Five Topics Review (optional, free of charge if you are enrolled on our IDC). A review of the five theory topics that you covered in your PADI Divemaster course. It includes presentations on each topic, and a chance to ask questions.
Days 2 to 3	Emergency First Response and Care for Children (EFR) Instructor Course (optional, highly recommended). You are not required to be an EFR Instructor before starting your IDC, but you must become one before applying for your PADI Instructor certification. Our EFR Instructor course is scheduled conveniently to allow you to meet this requirement as soon as you pass the Instructor Examinations.
Days 3 to 8	PADI Assistant Instructor (AI) Course. The 'official' start of the ten-day IDC is at 16:00 on Day 3. You will be introduced to the 'PADI System', and learn how to conduct knowledge development presentations, confined water and open water sessions. Each section includes presentations by you and your Course Director/Staff Instructors, and workshop discussions.
Days 8 to 13	Continuation to PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) Course. You will apply what you learned in the AI, to all PADI courses via a mix of knowledge development, confined water and open water sessions. For every programme and course that an instructor can conduct, you will learn how to conduct and promote them, and the standards that apply. You will also discuss general standards, risk management and business principles.
Days 14 to 15	PADI Instructor Examinations (IE) After completing the IDC, you must pass the PADI Instructor Examinations (IE) to qualify as an Instructor. By the time you reach the IE, you will have covered in your IDC all you need to know to pass with confidence. The IE is assessed by visiting PADI Instructor examiners. It takes place in Naama Bay, over two days.
After the IE	Optional PADI Specialty Instructor courses

A typical day of the IDC

A day of the IDC typically runs from 08:00 to 18:00, with a break for lunch. The day usually ends with a relaxing drink and sheesha in the chill-out zone by the diving centre.
During some evenings you will need to prepare material for the following day, for example knowledge development presentations.
To make sure you go to the IE totally confident, Bianca and Teo are available after 18:00 for individual review and advice sessions if needed.

 

Preparing for the IDC

By preparing thoroughly in advance, you will benefit most from your IDC, and avoid feeling overloaded. Before starting the IDC, we recommend that you:

• Purchase all required materials. Contact us about our IDC Candidate Materials package
• Read the IDC Candidate Workbook, complete the Dive Theory Quizzes and answer the sixteen Knowledge Reviews
• Revise the five theory topics from your PADI Divemaster course (Physics, Physiology, Equipment, Dive Skills and the Environment, Recreational Dive Planner). If it has been a while since you took your Divemaster theory exams, we offer a review of the five topics free of charge, prior to the start of the IDC.
• Update your PADI Instructor Manual with the latest Training Bulletins. You may download these from www.padimembers.com.
• Review the twenty skills you practiced during your PADI Divemaster course
• Practice the ‘Unconscious Diver at the Surface’ exercise from your PADI Rescue Diver course.

If you need extra assistance in preparing for the IDC, we offer on request an optional Preparation Course.

PADI Assistant Instructor Course

Why not start your career as an instructor, with the PADI Assistant Instructor (AI) course? You can become an AI by attending the first four days of the IDC. As an AI, you can teach Specialties including Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty (under indirect supervision), and Project A.W.A.R.E Specialty.

You may upgrade later to PADI OWSI by completing the last six days of an IDC, followed by the IE (two days). If you are already an AI we strongly recommend that you attend the whole IDC with us (with no additional charge for the first four days).