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Instructor Training

Date: As per schedule

Course director: Alex van Welderen

Duration: 9 Days (Two weeks including IE)

Daily Hours: 6.00 pm - 9.00 pm (Introduction evening)
8.00 am - 6.00 pm (Daily)

Investment: $ 1895.00 valid till 31/12/2008 excluding PADI fees

Deposit: A three hundred dollars ($300) initial deposit is required to reserve your position on this program, with the total investment due by the commencement. Refundable up to one week before starting date. The price does not include PADI fees (IDC application, IE)

Location: Pro-Dive Cairns
116 Spence Street, Cairns QLD 4870
Tel: (07) 4031 5255 Fax: (07) 4051 9955
ALEX’S Mbl: (0403) 621 172
Email: alex@aquatica.com.au Web: www.aquatica.com.au

Materials: You will need to have the following materials prior to your course commencement as per PADI requirement.

1) PADI Open Water Manual*
2) Open Water Diver Quizzes and Exam booklet
3) PADI Adventure in Diving*
4) PADI Rescue Diver Manual*
5) Rescue Diver Final Exam booklet
6) PADI Divemaster Manual*
7) Divemaster Final Exam booklet
8) Encyclopaedia of Recreational Diving*
9) Specialty outlines for PPB, Project Aware, Aware CRC
10) The Best of the Undersea Journal*
11) Law & the Diving Professional*
12) Business of Diving*
13) Children & Scuba Diving*
14) Instructor Manual
15) IDC candidate workbook
16) Recreational Dive Planner The Wheel, Table and eRDP
17) Aquatic Cue Cards for Open Water Diver, Adventures in Diving, Rescue Diver, Divemaster and Discover Scuba diving

* Items available from library (fee applies)

Equipment: As a Dive professional it is expected that you have your own tools (dive equipment). Your Course Director can help you with advise on equipment and any equipment purchases during the IDC will be offered at a discounted industry rate. Rental equipment is available.


For the IE it is required that you have a full set of Scuba Equipment including al Safety Equipment (Knife, Whistle, Safety Sausage) and a Rescue Pocket Mask. (as per PADI standards)


Course Includes: Student Stationary Kit in Instructor Briefcase (See extra’s sheet), All Air Fills, Pool Fees and Dive Trips, Professional counselling and career advice, Teaching Practice / Experience.


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1. Knowledge Assessment
- General Knowledge Review
- Exams in Dive Theory (equipment, physics, physiology, RDP, skills)
- Standards and Procedures
- Examination Review


2. Academic Modules:

1. Course Orientation
2. Learning Instruction and The PADI System
3. Developing Knowledge Development Presentations
4. Teaching Project Aware and Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialties
5. PADI Discover Scuba and Snorkelling Programs
6. Teaching in Confined Water
7. Conducting Open Water Training Dives
8. Diving Industry Overview
9. General Standards and Procedures
10. Legal Responsibility and Risk Management
11. The role of Media and Prescriptive Teaching
12. PADI Scuba Diver and Open Water Diver Course
13. How to Teach the Recreational Dive Planner (optional)
14. Adaptive teaching
15. The PADI Continuing Education Philosophy
16. Business Principles for the Dive Professional
17. Adventures in Diving Program
18. PADI Specialty Diver Courses and Master Scuba Diver Program
19. Rescue Diver Course
20. Divemaster Course
21. Diver Retention Programs

3. Orientation to Academic Teaching
- Academic Teaching
- Practice Teaching Presentation

4. Orientation to Confined Water Teaching
- Confined Water Teaching
- Practice Confined Water Teaching

5. Orientation to Open Water Teaching
- Open Water Teaching
- Practice Open Water Teaching

6. Water Skills
- Scuba Skills (Skill Circuit)
- 800 m Snorkel swim
- Advanced course Orientation (Work shop)
- Rescue course Orientation (Work shop)
- Rescue Skills (Workshop)


7. General
- Course Orientation
- Dive Equipment / Sales Orientation & PADI Equipment Specialty
- Work place Health and Safety Presentation
- IE Orientation
- Candidate Review and Recommendation

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