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#IDCwithKAI teams up with SCUBA DIVE ONLINE
#IDCwithKAI teams up with SCUBA DIVE ONLINE

#IDCwithKAI teams up with SCUBA DIVE ONLINE

We’re excited to announce a new flexible way of completing your IDC with KAI by incorporating the very exciting and innovative online platform offered by SCUBA DIVE ONLINE.

The PADI Instructor Development Program usually takes about 2 weeks to complete and if you ad travel time it is quite normal for candidates to have to take up to 3 weeks off work to complete the program.

scuba dive online

Scuba Dive Online

This is where SCUBA DIVE ONLINE comes in, by giving live lectures, (not pre-recorded videos) at a time and schedule that suits you via an online classroom. There are seven, 3 hour online sessions, where one of the SCUBA DIVE ONLINE course directors goes through the material that you would normally complete in a classroom session with me. Additionally, there is a day where you cover the Emergency First Aid instructor knowledge review.

What does this mean for your IDC? It means that you can cut the time away from home and the required time to be physically present at the dive centre to complete your IDC to about half. This is a new and exciting option for those candidates that are short on time and can’t afford to be away from home for longer periods.

Virtual classroom

Yes, we still will offer our original programs where all the training is done onsite for those who prefer this option.

Is the training just as good? Yes it is, the online training is conducted by one of four very experienced PADI Course Directors covering all the same material I would in a traditional classroom session:

Tim Hunt
PADI Course Director (PADI Examiner)
10 years experience as Director for PADI Asia Pacific Specialising in Tourism and Business Management

Natalie Hunt
PADI Course Director
+20 years in Dive Resort Management
Worked in Caribbean, Canada, Australia, Thailand, Egypt Specialising in Resort & Dive Centre Operations

Monique Richards
PADI Course Director
Celebrating 20 years as a PADI Professional
Worked in Australia, Egypt, Thailand, Mexico Specialising in Communication, Sales and Marketing

Neil Richards
PADI Course Director (PADI Examiner)
7 years experience as a PADI Regional Manager Specialising in Marketing, Pro and Tec Diver Training

For more information about our traditional IDC programs or the SCUBA DIVE ONLINE version please email me at kai@diveinstructor.com.au

Disabled Divers International

Disabled Divers International

As part of the training, I learned different techniques of assisting Jason, getting him ready for the dives, entering the water and exiting of course as well. Having done hundreds of PADI introductory dives I was ready to be, there, control, buoyancy, assisting with propulsion, only to be blown away by Jason’s ability to leave me in the dust, swimming around having better buoyancy and trim than some of the Divemaster candidates who have joined some of my PADI IDC programs.

A PADI Award

A PADI Award

The rating of PADI Platinum Course Director is the highest award that PADI issues to its Course Directors. It’s not important to me how many candidates have come through the instructor development program I offer. What is far more important to me is that as a result of running a high quality PADI instructor development course, candidates place their trust and faith in me to be part of their journey to become a PADI Openwater Scuba Instructor.

Help your dive center and dive pro

Help your dive center and dive pro

As a dive pro and as a dive center we pay fees every year to which every training agency ( PADI, NAUI, BSAC, RAID, SSI, etc. ) we are affiliated with to be able to teach and operate. These fees are important and without them our industry would not be what it is today in terms of safety, support and educational materials.

Which PADI Course Director should I choose?

Which PADI Course Director should I choose?

Your course director will become your mentor, should remember you and be able to assist you long after the PADI IDC is finished. If you have a burning question about some training standard two years after you did your IDC, can’t contact PADI because it’s a weekend and you can’t find the answer, then a quick message to your Course Director should be an option.

Which certification agency to choose as an Instructor?

Which certification agency to choose as an Instructor?

To start off with I believe that the all training agencies have their advantages and disadvantages, but most importantly there are good instructors from training agency “A” as well as bad instructors. The agency gives the instructor a recognized training system which the instructor must follow and the training agency issues the recognized certification cards so that your students receive proof of training which will allow them to go scuba diving.

Internships

Internships

There are basically two types of internships, the one where you work for a set amount of time without pay in return for your instructor qualification during which time you are promised to gain experience. Basically, what this boils down to is free labour disguised as an internship.