DIVENESS ACADEMY
PADI Instructor Development Course
Next Course 04/10/2021 to 18/10/2021
Description:
Scuba diving is the most emerging pastime on the planet. More and more people chose this special activity to have fun, relax and live experience moments that nothing else can offer..
So if you want to be a part of this new world, if you want to turn your hobby into a career and use your passion and skills to motivate, train and certify scuba divers then the PADI Instructor Development Course is exactly what you need!
Our vision is to create the diving professionals of tomorrow! We will share all of our secrets and demonstrate all of our skills so that you can become instantly a valid member of any PADI dive center or resort in the world! We respect your choice of working for the diving industry and we will do our best to show you how to become the best!
Why take the IDC Course with us:
Diveness’ IDC Course has features and services that make it UNIQUE and INNOVATIVE throughout the Greek diving industry!
For the first time in Greece there will be a Course Director coming to us from Egypt, the country where diving tourism is No 2 national income source. Following you will see a short curriculum of our Course Director and you can check that his experience is nothing like anyone has ever seen in Greece…and all this will be handed in to you without restrictions so that you can be the diving professional that all will seek out!
Let’s have a closer look to our Course Director:
- He’s been a Course Director since 2007
- He is the owner of a dive center in Egypt since 2004
- He’s successfully completed 73 IDC courses so far
- He has certified 410 Open Water Scuba Instructors and 375 Specialty Instructors/Tec Instructors to the day
- He has 24 years of experience in managing Dive Centers and resorts and 27 years of experience in Scuba Diving Training
With this cooperation we open yet another professional path for the participants of this course towards the Egyptian market… a place which absorbs diving professionals constantly!
Our IDC’s duration is 14 days! Almost double in length compared to any other similar course. We want to be sure that you will be ready and able to work in ANY PADI dive center or resort of the planet and not just be successful at your exams! We want to have the required time to achieve the thoroughness, perfection and professionalism that we envision for you!
All of our staff and specifically J. Aggelakos, A. Spanea, J. Efstathiou, M. Vrentzos and N. Vrentzos will be by your side from the first moment to transfer their personal experience regarding the handling of your professional stance, sales, image and all the practices that make up a successful dive center like Diveness along with anything else that you may need in order to become successful!
This is us…we make up DIVENESS ACADEMY and we are waiting for you with our only goal to make you a part of the global diving industry!
What you will learn:
During the PADI IDC Course you will learn how to train your student divers in all the PADI Scuba Diving Courses. You will learn how to organize and present your theoretical sessions. You will evolve and perfect demonstrating your diving skills and you will also learn the way, through which you will correct and train your own diver students, in the near future. Among other things you will be trained in the following subjects:
- PADI’s Standards and Procedures for all the courses you will be teaching
- PADI’s system, Learning and Training
- Risk Management and Divers’ Safety
- Business of diving and your role as a PADI Instructor
- Sales and Promotion of Scuba Diving
Prerequisites:
- PADI Divemaster or an equivalent certification from any other diving organization
- At least 18 years of age
- Diving Certification 6 months prior to the IDC date
- 60 logged dives
- 100 logged dives to be able to participate in the examination process
- Signed medical statement of fitness in the last 12 months
- Certification of First Aid within the last 24 months
Price:
1000 € + VAT including:
- IDC Course and Course Director
- EFRI
- Scuba diving gear SCUBAPRO
- DAN Insurance
- Transfer of scuba equipment to and from the dive site
- Diveness’ facilities (lockers, showers, classroom etc)
- Pool when and where needed
- Additional Instructional Material
COMPLIMENTARY SERVICES:
- 2 PADI Specialties. PADI Enriched Air Diver and one of the PADI U/W Navigator or PADI Night Diver
- Preparation for the a month prior the exams
- WiFi
- 3 meals per day for the student diver for every day during the IDC
- Drinks and refreshments for the student divers for every day of the IDC
- Coffee, tea, water
Price does not include:
- PADI fees (exam participation fees, scuba diving application, EFR Instructor application)
- Instructional Materials for the instructor candidate
- Greek/English Guide to Teach
