PADI IDC Staff Instructor

PADI IDC Staff Instructors are PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainers who have successfully completed an IDC Staff Instructor course. During their training, IDC Staff Instructors receive an overview of the entire PADI Instructor Development Program and learn to act as instructor-level assistants during the course.

IDC Staff Instructors work with Course Directors to develop candidates' teaching skills and shape their attitudes as dive professionals. IDC Staff Instructors are also authorized to independently conduct PADI Assistant Instructor courses.

To enroll in a PADI Staff Instructor course, you must:

1. Be a current teaching-level PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer with a current PADI membership renewal.

2. Commit to conducting all PADI certification courses and all PADI Experience Programs using methods consistent with PADI Standards and the PADI Philosophy, as described in the PADI Instructor Manual.

3. Commit to using the complete PADI System of Diver Education, including all related PADI educational materials, when conducting PADI courses and programs.

As a PADI IDC Staff Instructor, you are authorized to:

1. Independently train and certify PADI Assistant Instructors

2. Conduct specific components of an IDC/IOC under the supervision of a PADI Course Director

3. Evaluate and critique IDC/IOC candidates' teaching demonstrations in theory, in the pool (or confined water), and in open water

4. Advise IDC/IOC candidates and IDC Staff Instructor candidates and provide additional training

5. Assist with continuing education programs at the Instructor level

6. Participate in the orientation and completion of a PADI Instructor Examination