Next PADI Instructor Course - Menorca
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Upcoming IDC courses
| LOCATION | EFR Instr DATES | IDC DATES | IE DATES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menorca / IE Mallorca | 12 - 13/05/2025 | 14 - 23/05/2025 | 24 - 25/05/2025 |
| Marseille | 09 - 10/06/2025 | 11 - 20/06/2025 | 21 - 22/06/2025 |
| Hurghada (Red Sea) | 31/8 - 01/09/2025 | 02 - 19/09/2025 | 20 - 21/09/2025 |
| Menorca | 11 - 12/10/2025 | 13 - 22/10/2025 | 23 - 24/10/2025 |
| Marseille | 03 - 04/11/2025 | 05 - 14/11/2025 | 15 - 16/11/2025 |
| Hurghada (Red Sea) | 17 - 18/11/2025 | 19/11 - 05/12/2025 | 06 - 07/12/2025 |
Become a PADI Instructor
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Are you a certified divemaster or assistant ready to take dive leadership to the next level?
So, you're ready to start your journey to PADI® Instructor status.
PADI Instructors are the most in-demand dive professionals, with professional dive opportunities available around the world.
As a PADI Instructor, you will transform the lives of others while living a life others only dream of.
Why Become a PADI Dune Instructor?
Red Dune is present on four continents of the world:
- Africa
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
The Dune group includes several diving centers as well as life on board.
Our goal is to train Instructors who share our values, which are:
- FUN
- Smile
- Easy
- Curiosity
- PRO
- Security
- Sincerity
- ο»ΏSustainable development
And offer the opportunity to work in any destination of the Dune group.
Implying?
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- If you are ready to become a PADI Instructor, enroll in the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC).
- During your training at the IDC, you will expand your knowledge as a certified divemaster or assistant, while developing your public speaking and teaching skills. You will also hone your in-water drills to demonstration levels, and learn how to properly assess the in-water drills performed by student divers.
- ο»ΏUpon successful completion of the IDC, you will attend a PADI Instructor Exam conducted by PADI Regional Office staff. This is the final step in earning your PADI Instructor certification. The Instructor Exam is exclusive to PADI and ensures that all new PADI Instructors are prepared for real-world teaching prior to certification.
What can I teach as a PADI Instructor?
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As a PADI Instructor, you can teach and direct a wide variety of PADI's most popular courses and recreational programs, including:
- PADI Scuba Diver/Open Water Diver
- Adventure Diver/Advanced Open Water Diver
- Rescue Diver
- Divemaster
- Advanced Snorkeler (Skin Diver) y Discover Snorkeling
- Discover Scuba® Diving
- PADI Seal Team™ y Bubblemaker™
- PADI ReActivate® y Discover Local Diving
- Peak Performance Buoyancy
- PADI AWARE™ Specialty
- ο»ΏCoral Reef Conservation
How it works ?
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As a candidate you will have to complete the following curriculum components:
- Get Started
- Diving Theory
- PADI System
- Learning, Instruction (...)
- Discover Scuba Diving (...)
- Open Water Diver Course
- Risk management and legal considerations
- Quality Management
- Introduction to academic presentations
- Direct and evaluate Knowledge Development
- Confined Water Training
- Open Water Training
- Continuing Education (.. .)
- ο»ΏThe Diving Business
workshops
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You will also need to complete the following components of the IDC:
- Orientation
- Diving Theory Workshop
- PADI System Workshop
- Learning and Instruction Workshop
- DSD Workshop
- Open Water course organization workshop
- Risk Management Workshop
- Academic presentations workshop
- Exercises development workshop
- Confined water training workshop
- Open water training workshop
- Continuing education workshop
- Advanced Open Water course workshop
- Rescue course workshop
- Sales techniques workshop
- ο»ΏClosing of the course
Skills
You have to execute the 24 diving exercises of the Exercise Evaluation, obtaining a minimum score of 82 total points.
Swim 400 metres/yards without stopping, without swimming aids and using any stroke or combination thereof.
Complete 10 minutes of flotation, moving or floating without using swimming aids and wearing only a bathing suit.
theoretical exams
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Earn a score of 75 percent on all sections of the Diving Theory Exam:
- PhysicsPhysiologyEquipmentDiving Skills and the EnvironmentRecreational Dive Planner (RDP)
Exam Standards and Procedures
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Earn a minimum score of 75 percent on the PADI System, Standards and Procedures Exam.
knowledge development
Submit at least three academic knowledge development presentations, earning a minimum score of 3.4
Presentations in confined waters
Present at least four Confined Water (in water) teaching presentations, earning a minimum score of 3.4 in at least two
Open Water Presentations
Present at least two integrated teaching presentations (two exercises) in open water (in the water), earning a minimum score of 3.4 on each exercise for one presentation
