Learn to work in diving, how to teach, how to guide divers and above all improve your diving skills. Learn from professionals. Become a PADI member ! Live the life !

• Why Choose Palm Beach Divers for your career ?
• PADI Divemaster
• PADI Assistant Instructor Course
• PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor

Why choose Palm Beach Divers for your career ?

As with any other job you have done, you might have noticed that you are being hired on your interview, your resume and of course your character. You know what you would like to see in a Divemaster or Instructor, when you are fun diving or doing a course some where. I am sure you know good and bad Divemasters / Instructors. Places you would like to work and places you never want to go back to.

It is our job to make you the best possible Divemaster / Instructor, in a style that fits with your character. To build up your resume, so you will actually find a job, where you would like to work. To explain to you what you need to reach YOUR GOAL !!

Simply stated we are here for you. We don’t only make sure you understand your theory, your swimming requirements and your practical requirements. We also allow you to grow, to adapt your own style and assist you with training and practice that will further build your resume.

In contrary to other IDC Courses, I am not only a Course Director, this is also my dive center, where I am the General Director and also Instructor. I work with students from all over the world every day. I also hire Instructors and review resumes, so I know what kind of Divemasters / Instructors I would like to hire. This gives you real life examples during the course, a real life setting during the course and hands on experience. This will make you a better Divemaster / Instructor and improve your chances of finding YOUR DREAM JOB !

This is a life style many people would like to have and to do. You are actually starting YOUR DREAM !! We will provide you with all the tools, knowledge and information to make you a better Divemaster / Instructor. We want you to be able to live our life style. So we do have the same GOAL and DREAM !

Let’s make your future together !

Lisa Bier

General Director and PADI Course Director 469396

Palm Beach Divers

PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Center 36138

Koh Lanta, Thailand

www.palmbeachdivers.com

lisa@palmbeachdivers.com

PADI Divemaster

Begin your dive career with the first step – PADI Divemaster. You’re eligible to start your PADI Divemaster training after after 20 logged dives and successfully completing the PADI Rescue Diver course. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level. The most fulfilling part of the course is learning to supervise dive activities and assisting with diver training.

PADI Divemasters are qualified to supervise and assist with both training and non training dive activities. Dive centers and resorts around the world need PADI Divemasters to assist with dive classes and guide underwater tours. PADI Divemasters may conduct the PADI Discover Local Diving experiences and Scuba Review programs for certified divers. They may also conduct the PADI Discover Snorkeling experience and the PADI Skin Diver course, as well as qualify to teach the Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty and Emergency First Response courses.

Assistant Instructor and Instructors Course

Are you a PADI Divemaster?

You’re getting close. Now it’s time to start your PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC). The IDC consists of two sections, the Assistant Instructor (AI) course and the Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program. This structure lets you divide the course into two blocks for schedule convenience if you need to. However, you may prefer to complete the two portions together, going through the entire IDC in as few as seven days.

The first part of the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) is the PADI Assistant Instructor course. This course provides you additional experience as a PADI Professional and teaches you the PADI System of diver education.

PADI Assistant Instructors:

• Teach knowledge development (classroom) presentations (under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor)
• Evaluate Open Water Diver surface skills (under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor)
• Teach the Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course
• Teach the Project AWARE Specialty course
• Conduct PADI Discover Scuba experiences
• Teach Emergency First Response courses after successfully completing the Emergency First Response Instructor Course

Prerequisites: 

• PADI Divemaster rating or qualifying certification from another organization
• Be at least 18 years old
• 60 logged dives (with experience in night, deep and navigation)
• Proof of CPR and first aid training within the last 24 months

What it takes:

• Self-study – Knowledge reviews, quizzes, lectures and presentations
• Confined water – Skills review and assessment, workshops and presentations
• Open Water – Workshops, rescue assessment and candidate presentations

The Open Water Scuba Instructor program portion of the PADI IDC further hones your leadership and teaching skills to prepare you for life as a PADI Instructor.

PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Program Course Prerequisites:

• PADI Assistant Instructor certification
• Certified diver for at least six months
• 60 logged dives (with experience in night, deep, and navigation)
• Proof of CPR and first aid training within the last 24 months.

What it takes:

• Self-study – Knowledge reviews, quizzes, lectures, presentations
• Confined Water – Skills review and assessment, workshops and presentations
• Open Water – Workshops, rescue assessment and presentations

You must have a minimum of 100 logged dives to become a PADI Instructor (though you can begin training as one with 60 logged dives).

Instructor Examination
After you complete your IDC, you demonstrate what you’ve learned in the Instructor Examination (IE). Here a PADI Instructor Examiner independently and objectively assesses your knowledge and skills, testing everything from dive theory to PADI training standards. PADI is the only certification organization that requires an objective, independent examination to qualify as a professional instructor. This balanced and consistent evaluation process is one of the hallmarks that makes PADI professionals the most demanded and respected instructors in the dive industry.

Instructor Examination Prerequisites:

• Successful completion of PADI IDC

What it takes:

• Dive theory and standards and procedures exams
• Waterskills and diver rescue assessment
• Teaching pesentations in classroom, confined and open water