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Preparation


The PADI IDC is a very intensive course, which you prepare for the Instructor Exam (IE). If you follow the preparations below before you do the IDC in Netherland, Egypt or Cyprus, you will have a lot of fun with your Course Director Chris during the IDC.

    It’s important that you know which sections the Instructor Manual contains and how to find them. As a PADI Divemaster you can download he Instructor Manual now from the PADI website. The Standards and Procedures will be covered during the IDC .
    Prepare your diving knowledge, the 5 sections have been covered in your Divemaster Course. It’s not a part of the IDC but we will test it and provide feed back. Study the Diving Knowledge workbook and the Encyclopedy again, you should be familiar with it.
    Teaching Presentations will be covered in detail during the IDC. It helps to be familiar with the Student Manuals and the Instructor Outlines of the Open Water Diver-, the Adventures in Diving-, the Rescue Diver- and the Divemaster Course.
    During the AI-Course you will learn how to teach effectively in Confined Water. Watching the PADI Open Water- and Rescue Video is helpful to refresh yourself.
    Refresh your confined water training skills of the Open Water Diver course in demonstration quality. Remember your Divemaster Course. The evaluation criteria are the same. Buddy Breathing is cancelled.
    Be familiar with skills from the Advanced en Rescue Diver course. Knot tying and Lift bag, Underwater Navigation and Peak Performance Buoyancy skills are included in the IDC en IE.
    You have to demonstrate proficiency in mouth to mouth and mouth to pocket mask ventilation and it will be evaluated in the IDC. Refresh yourself and we will practice this during the IDC as well in a workshop.
    At last: Be Fit, there is a snorkel swim test of 800 meter which we will complete during the IDC and don’t miss the opportunity to dive whenever possible to improve your general diving skills.

Succes and a lot of fun during your preparation! As more you do before, as easier the IDC will be.