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The IDC is a 10 day course plus a further 3 days of extra presentations that teaches you how to instruct recreational scuba diving and prepares you for the PADI Instructor Exam. You sit the Instructor Exam directly after the Instructor Development Course. Once you have passed the IE, you are certified as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor and able to teach Open Water, Advanced, Rescue and Divemaster students.

Award winning IDC program
The Koh Tao IDC Group has won numerous awards for the excellence of its Instructor Development Course, taught by PADI Course Director Jonas Samuelsson. This is because the course goes beyond the minimum required to ensure instructor candidates not only can pass the Instructor Exam but are fully confident about instructing once they are certified.

Candidates work with Jonas and his staff as well as each other to build on their existing scuba knowledge. Through numerous open water, confined water and academic presentations, each candidate gets to individually hone their instructing skills both in and out of the water. Candidates are also continually retested on their knowledge of Divemaster theory topics to ensure full understanding of all areas. Best of all, lunch is provided free each day!

The IDC makes for an intense but extremely rewarding 10 days and provides maximum support for passing the Instructor Examination.

EFR Instructor included in the IDC package
After the IDC, we also train you to become an Emergency First Response (EFR) Instructor, which certifies you to instruct EFR courses, which is a necessary part of the PADI Rescue Diver certification.

Held in air conditioned classrooms a few seconds’ walk from the beach, the Koh Tao IDC Group has the use of top quality swimming pools for Confined work and a large, comfortable dive boat for Open Water presentations.

Here’s what’s included in Every IDC Package:

:: Preparation Course
:: Assistant Instructor Course
:: Open Water Scuba Instructor
:: EFR Instructor
:: Language translation for non-english speakers
:: IDC Candidate Workbook (required to take the Instructor Exam, worth US$55)
:: Lunch during the IDC
:: Fundiving two weeks prior to the IDC Start date (max two dives/day)
:: Divemaster refresher course during two weeks prior to the IDC Start date including Divemaster Theory review, Skill practice in Confined Water, Assisting on courses etc.
:: Rental fee of diving equipment during the preparation phase and during the IDC
:: Extended IDC with many added classrooms presentations and water sessions
:: Access to PADI Materials
:: Instructor 2004 T-Shirt
:: Assist on your first Diving Course after the IE with a Senior Instructor at Ban's Diving

Do you have any further questions about the Instructor Development Course? Email Jonas direct for answers.