Are You Ready To Share Your Love Of Scuba With Others?
Now that you have been diving for a while it’s time to pass it on. You already know how much fun it is helping with classes and leading dives as a Divemaster. Becoming a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) is your next step to being able to teach all those scuba courses that got you this far.
Your Open Water Scuba Instructor Course
Your instructor course is broken up into two parts. First, you will attend an Instructor Development Course (IDC). During this course you will be introduced to the entire PADI System of diver education. Here you will concentrate on further developing your abilities as a professional dive educator. Your IDC teaches business principles, teaching children, risk management, and other important topics relevant for the dive professional. You will learn how to teach the core curriculum courses of PADI. These courses include Discover Scuba, Open Water Scuba Diver, Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver and Divemaster. You will also learn how to teach some specialties.
After your IDC you will spend the weekend at a PADI run Instructor Examination (IE). During your IE you will show off all your teaching skills and in-water demonstration quality diving skills. Once you have successfully completed your IE you will be an Open Water Scuba Instructor! Then, you can begin to teach others scuba and introduce them to the amazing underwater world in which we dive. Also, you can work your way to become a Master Scuba Diver Trainer with the ability to teach all sorts of different scuba programs.
Requirements For Open Water Scuba Instructor
Besides having 100 dives and already being certified as a Divemaster or PADI Assistant Instructor there are a couple other things you will need to have. You will need to have taken an EFR course within the last two years. Also, you will need to be an Emergency First Response Instructor (EFRI). If you have not already become an EFRI we offer the training around the time of the IDC to ensure you have what you need to take the course. Finally, you're going to have to see the doc. You will need a signed medical statement stating you are physically fit to be a scuba instructor.
