• Module 1: Academic Training
• PADI Discover Scuba Diving and Snorkeling Programs
• Developing Knowledge Development Presentations
• Teaching Project AWARE and Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialties
• Teaching in Confined Water
• Conducting Open Water Training Presentations
• Module 2: Independent Study
• Knowledge Development
• Module 3: Practical Application
• Confined Water and Open Water Teaching Presentations
• Standards Exam
• Dive Rescue Skills Assessment

• Teach academic presentations under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor
• During confined water dives, present initial skills training under the direct supervision of a PADI Instructor
• Evaluate Open Water Diver surface skills under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor
• Teach and certify  PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Divers under the direction of a PADI Instructor
• Teach Project AWARE Specialty courses
• Teach the AWARE Coral Reef Conservation specialty course
• Conduct PADI Discover Scuba Diving experiences in a pool or confined water
• Conduct PADI Seal Team AquaMissions
• Teach PADI Digital Underwater Photographer specialty courses under the direction of a PADI Instructor after earning the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor rating

• Two confined water teaching presentations
• Two knowledge development presentations
• One open water teaching presentations integrating two skills

• Course Orientation
• Dive Industry Overview
• General Standards and Procedures
• The Role of Media and Prescriptive Teaching
• Legal Responsibility and Risk Management
• PADI Scuba Diver and Open Water Diver Course
• Adaptive Teaching
• The PADI Continuing Education Philosophy
• Business Principles for the Dive Instructor
• Adventures in Diving Program
• Specialty Diver Courses and Master Scuba Diver Program
• Rescue Diver Course
• Divemaster Course
• Diver Retention Programs
• How to Teach the RDP (Instructors from recreational diver training organizations other than PADI must complete.)

• Performing all 24 dive skills listed on the Skill Evaluation.
• Performing a facedown, nonstop swim for 800 metres/yards using a mask, snorkel and fins.
• During the course you’ll need to demonstrate competency in Dive theory by passing a five-part theory exam scoring 75% on each part.

• 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
• Marketing Diving and Sales Counseling

Our packages are designed to help you get the most from your professional development and IDC experience. Combining various elements of our pro courses gives you great value and makes the best use of your time with our Course Director.

The silver package includes:

• IDC Prep (2-5 days)
• IDC
• Emergency First Response Instructor Course

Our packages are designed to help you get the most from your professional development and IDC experience. Combining various elements of our pro courses gives you great value and makes the best use of your time with our Course Director.

The gold package includes:

• IDC Prep (2-5 days)
• IDC
• Emergency First Response Instructor Course
• Nitrox and O2 Provider Instructor Courses

Our packages are designed to help you get the most from your professional development and IDC experience. Combining various elements of our pro courses gives you great value and makes the best use of your time with our Course Director.

The platinum package is our ultimate package, and includes:

• IDC Prep (2-5 days)
• IDC
• Emergency First Response Instructor Course
• Six PADI specialty instructor courses

Our packages are designed to help you get the most from your professional development and IDC experience. Combining various elements of our pro courses gives you great value and makes the best use of your time with our Course Director. This course takes you from being a recreational diver through to being a Pro, and includes:

• PADI Divemaster Course
• IDC
• EFR Instructor Course

This is a unique package for those who are not certified divers but want to spend time learning to dive and following through the PADI educational system, developing and learning to become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.

The package includes:

• PADI Open Water Course
• PADI Advanced Open Water Course
• PADI Rescue Diver Course
• PADI EFR Course
• PADI Divemaster Course
• PADI IDC
• PADI EFR Instructor Course

The PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer rating sets you apart as a dive instructor who takes continuing education seriously and is committed to teaching a variety of courses. (Potential employers like this.) Being an MSDT signifies that you've got the experience and certifications to offer all the training a diver needs to become a Master Scuba Diver - the ultimate recreational diver rating.

Our MSDT Program includes 5 specialty instructor courses to enable you to achieve the rating of MSDT. This rating is the next step up the professional ladder and is a prerequisite for IDC Staff Instructor as well as for many TecRec Instructor ratings.

• Presenting course content.
• Encouraging self-discovery in students.
• Evaluating student understanding and skill mastery during hands-on skills practice.
• Managing effective scenario-based learning experiences.

The PADI Adaptive Techniques Specialty course will help PADI Professionals:

1. Become more aware and mindful of individual considerations when introducing people with disabilities to diving or freediving.
2. Explore adaptive techniques that can be applied while supervising and training divers or freedivers with disabilities in PADI courses and programs.
3. Properly counsel and direct student divers, based on their abilities, toward PADI certification, PADI experience programs or a disabilities-dedicated diving organization for limited certification programs.
4. Learn additional techniques to motivate and encourage student divers with mental and/or physical challenges.

The course consists of knowledge development, two confined water skill development workshops and two open water workshops.