Koh Tao, Thailand is one of the most beautiful and popular diver training locations in the world. Complete the Instructor Development Course (IDC) with Scuba Shack and start living the dream. We offer the IDC in a relaxed environment in our small family-run dive center.
The Instructor Development Course (IDC) consists of two parts; the PADI Assistant Instructor course (AI) and the PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Course (OWSI).
We also include the Emergency First Responder Instructor (EFRI) course and the Emergency O2 Provider specialty instructor course into our IDC program.
Topics you will cover include:
Knowledge Development; both self-study e-learning (16 sections) and Course Director led presentations
Dive Theory
The PADI system General Standards & Procedures
Sales techniques workshop
Knowledge Development Presentation Workshops & Candidate Knowledge Development teaching presentations
Confined Water teaching workshop
Skill development workshops
Discover Scuba Diving confined water workshop
Confined Water Training Workshop and Candidate Confined Water Teaching Presentations
Open Water teaching workshop
Descent & Ascent workshops
Rescue Diver workshop
Discover Scuba Diving conduct and control workshop
Advanced Open Water workshop
Open Water Training Workshop and Candidate Open Water Teaching Presentations
All independent eLearning needs to be completed before you begin the Instructor Development Course.
Address: 15/1 Moo 1, Sairee Beach, Surat Thani, Koh Tao, No State, 84360, Thailand
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