If you like people, have a passion for scuba diving and want an extraordinary life - become a PADI 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.

This is a two-part course - the Assistant Instructor (AI) course and the Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program. Most dive professionals complete the entire IDC and go on to attend an Instructor Examination (IE), which is the final step to earn a PADI Instructor certification. Successfully completing just the AI course results in a PADI Assistant Instructor qualification.

The IDC teaches you to conduct all PADI core courses. You'll be able to organize and present information, conduct skill development sessions and control open water dives. Basically, you become a better public speaker and get really good at demonstrating skills while watching out for student diver safety.

Key topics include:

• PADI Standards and Procedures for courses you can teach with in water workshops

• Learning, Instruction and the PADI System

• Risk Management and Diver Safety

• The Business of Diving and your role as an instructor

PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors are the most sought-after dive professionals around the world because they've completed the program that sets the standard for training dive professionals.

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 yours.

Prerequisites

• Open Water Scuba Diver who has been certified for at least 6 months

• Minimum of 60 logged dives are required to start the course and 100 logged dives are required to take the Instructor Exam

• CPR and First Aid certification within the last 2 years

• A medical statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months

• You must also be an Emergency First Response Instructor to become a certified Open Water Instructor