PADI IDC Instructor training on Phi Phi and Phuket

The PADI Master Scuba Diver and Specialty Instructor Course.

What is a PADI Specialty Instructor?

Earning PADI specialty Instructor ratings allow you to teach a wide array of exciting courses in special interest areas. Besides giving you the chance to do your favorite type of diving, specialty diver courses allow you to share your interest and expertise with others. Many PADI Specialty courses are supported with videos and books that make them easier to teach and sell. Taking Specialty Instructor Training Courses with us provides you with practical experience for conducting these courses. The emphasize is on fun and in-water application. Each course takes a day, and we schedule them after the IE. Here are a few to choose from:

• Boat Diver Specialty Instructor
• Drift Diver Specialty Instructor
• Dive Propulsion Vehicle Specialty Instructor
• Multilevel Diver Specialty Instructor
• Night Diver Specialty Instructor 
• Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Instructor 
• Search and Recovery  Specialty Instructor
• Underwater Naturalist Specialty Instructor 
• Underwater Videographer Specialty Instructor 
• Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor 
• AWARE Fish Identification Specialty Instructor 
• Wreck Diver Specialty Instructor
• O2 Administration Distinctive Specialty Instructor

Price: 4 500 Baht per specialty.

What can PADI Specialty Instructor do?

Description

What will I need to start?

1.   Be a renewed PADI Assistant Instructor, PADI Instructor or have completed an IDC or Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program within the past 12 months.

2.   Certified PADI Assistant Instructors may participate in PADI Specialty Instructor Training courses prior to attending an OWSI program and PADI Instructor Examination (IE). After successfully completing training, PADI Assistant Instructors may apply for Specialty Instructor certifications in non-diving specialties, such as Equipment Specialist, as long as all other certification requirements are met.

o    For all other Specialty Instructor Training courses, PADI Assistant Instructors must successfully complete an OWSI Program and IE prior to submitting Specialty Instructor applications.

o    Candidates who have successfully completed an IDC/OWSI program, but not an IE, are required to be certified as PADI Assistant Instructors before submitting any Specialty Instructor applications for non-diving specialties.

3.  To attend a PADI Enriched Air Instructor Training Course the participant must also:

o    be certified as a PADI Enriched Air Diver or equivalent (equivalency means trained in the procedures and use of enriched air “nitrox” for no-decompression diving with blends of up to 40 percent oxygen).
OR

o    complete the PADI Enriched Air Diver course in conjunction with the PADI Enriched Air Instructor Training Course.

4.  To attend a PADI Semiclosed Rebreather (Ray or Dolphin/Atlantis) Instructor Training Course the participant must also:

o   be certified as a PADI Enriched Air Diver Specialty Instructor.

o    be certified as a PADI Semiclosed Rebreather Diver (Ray or Dolphin/Atlantis, as appropriate) or equivalent
OR

o    complete a PADI Semiclosed Rebreather Diver course (Ray or Dolphin/Atlantis, as appropriate) in conjunction with the PADI Semiclosed Rebreather (Ray or Dolphin/Atlantis) Instructor Training.

5.    For Cavern Diver, candidates must submit proof of certification as a cave diver by a recognized organization (example: NSS, NACD or other equivalent, authorized organization) in addition to the dive documentation.

1.        Registration and Orientation

2.    Overview of PADI Specialty Diver Courses

3.    Specialty Diver Course Outline Review

4.     Knowledge Development Workshop

5.     Specialty Course Marketing and Promotion

6.     Establishing Costs

7.     Open Water Sessions/Workshops

8.     Graduation and Certification Procedures