What do you need to start?

Be certified as a PADI Assistant Instructor or Divemaster, or as an instructor with another recreational diver training organization

Be at least 18 years old

Be fit for Diving and submit a medical form signed by a physician

Have been a certified diver for at least six months and logged at least 60 open water dives with experience in night, deep and navigation prior to starting the IDC, and have logged at least 100 dives prior to entering the Instructor Examination (IE)

Submit proof of EFR training within 24 months.

An 10 Day expanded IDC

Although PADI requires an IDC to have a minimum duration of 7 days, we have found some extra presentations and workshops highly beneficial to our candidate success. To accommodate these extra presentations we have found an 10-day program more suitable.

Extra workshops include:

Ascents and Descents, Buoyancy control, Buddy Breathing, Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent, Rescue exercises, students control and scenarios.

Planning, organizing, scheduling all the PADI Courses in different environments.

With a relaxed, low stress 10 day IDC you can focus and elaborate on specific topics, review certain parts of the program, give extra time or lectures to our candidates.

The main focus of our program is to give the best knowledge to our candidates before they start teaching.

OUR 10 DAY IDC PROGRAM/SCHEDULE

IE/IDC Pass Guarantee

Offered to all our IDC candidates

What will you do?

It's Easier Than You Think
When you participate in Discover SCUBA Diving, you learn about SCUBA Diving in three simple steps. A PADI Instructor conducts a brief orientation, followed by your first underwater experience in a swimming pool or pool-like body of water. Then under the careful supervision of your PADI instructor, you will go on an actual SCUBA dive in shallow water where you safely experience the same sense of wonder and excitement shared every day by SCUBA divers throughout the world.

What's included in the course?

At Diver's Network Philippines, all our scuba Diving certification courses include manuals and free scuba Diving equipment rental. In addition we teach all of our diver level courses in small groups to ensure that you receive the attention that you deserve. All our courses are taught to PADI Standards.

How much will it cost?

Check price list for course fee. You can also book this course Book Now

Note: To enroll on an IE and receive teaching status candidates must pay both IE Fee and IDC Application fee.

All payments are payable direct to PADI by credit card.

What can you do next?

Enroll in Instructor Specialties, MSDT , Emergency First Response Instructor or IDC Staff Instructor.

Packages, Promos, Combos.

Recommended Equipment

All PADI professional videos
All PADI diver videos
PADI Specialty Diver Manuals
The Law and the Diving Professional
The Best of the Undersea Journal
The Business of Diving
Children and Scuba Diving: A Resource Guide for Instructors and Parents
Nav-Finder
Open Water Diver Course Lesson Guides (standard and prescriptive)
Rescue Diver Course Lesson Guides (standard and prescriptive)
Divemaster Course Lesson Guides
Discover Scuba Diving Flip Chart
Scuba Tune-Up guidebook
Skill Evaluation Slate
PADI Career Advancement Series materials
Adventure Log – Pro Modules
A.W.A.R.E. – Our World, Our Water Manual
Ten Ways a Diver Can Help to Protect the
Aquatic Realm brochure
Discover the Underwater World video and
The Snorkeler’s Field Guide
PADI Adventure Log Book with Teaching/
Supervising module

Required Equipment ?

PADI Instructor Manual
Instructor Candidate Workbook
Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Instructor Outline
Diving Knowledge Workbook
Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving
Project AWARE Specialty Instructor Outline
AWARE – Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Instructor Outline
RDP – all three versions (Wheel, table and eRDP including associated Instructions for Use booklets)
PADI Open Water Diver Manual
Open Water Diver Quizzes & Exams booklet
PADI Adventures in Diving Manual
PADI Rescue Diver Manual
Rescue Diver Final Exams booklet
PADI Divemaster Manual
Divemaster Final Exams booklet
Aquatic Cue Cards – for Open Water Diver, Adventures in Diving, Rescue Diver, Divemaster and Discover Scuba Diving
Confined Water Lesson Preparation Slate
Open Water Training Dive Lesson Planning Slate

The following programs are available:

Divemaster (DM)

To begin your professional career in Diving, you’ll need to attain the PADI Divemaster rating. After successfully completing Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver training, you’ll work closely with a PADI Instructor to expand your Diving skills and knowledge to the professional level.

Then, in the most fulfilling part of your course, you’ll learn and practice supervising Diving activities and assisting with student training. Our Divemaster courses follow PADI’s new DM course outlines.

More info & prerequisites
See the price list for our Divemaster Program.

Assistant Instructor (AI)

The PADI Assistant Instructor program is the first part of the Instructor Development Course (IDC). It can either be taken as a stand-alone program or immediately before the Open Water Scuba Instructor program. During the course you'll gain experience as a PADI Professional and start learning the PADI System of diver education.

More info & prerequisites
See the price list for our Assistant Instructor Program.

Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI)

The PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program is the second part of the Instructor Development Course (IDC). During this program you'll learn to adapt the PADI System of diver education to individual student needs. This comprehensive course is supported by a wide variety of PADI educational materials. After successful completion of the PADI Instructor Exam (IE), you'll be able to teach a broad range of PADI courses from Discover Scuba to Divemaster.

More info & prerequisites
See the price list for our Open Water Scuba Instructor Program.

Instructor Development Course (IDC)

The IDC is a combination of the PADI Assistant Instructor and Open Water Scuba Instructor programs. After successful completion of the PADI Instructor Exam (IE), you'll be able to teach a broad range of PADI courses from Discover Scuba to Divemaster.

More info & prerequisites
See the price list for our Instructor Development Course Program.

Instructor Exam (IE)

The PADI IE is conducted by PADI Examiners. You will repeat many of the things that you have learnt during the IDC, including academic, confined water and open water teaching presentations. Upon successful completion you will be certified as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.

See the price list for the Instructor Exam.

Emergency First Response Instructor (EFRI)

This program will show you how to teach PADI's new medic courses Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) and Emergency First Response Secondary Care.

More info & prerequisites
See the price list for our Emergency First Response Instructor Program.

Specialty Instructor

Being able to teach Padi Specialty Programs with Diver's Network will enable you to offer your new and existing students an increased number of courses to choose from. It will also allow you to indulge in the types of Diving you enjoy while being paid for it!

More info & prerequisites
See the price list for our Specialty Instructor Program.

Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT) Prep Program

This program will qualify you to teach 5 PADI Specialty courses from the Specialty Instructor Programs. Once you have certified 25 divers, you will be able to apply to PADI for the Master Scuba Diver Trainer rating. By taking 5 Specialty courses at once, you will save money compared to paying for each course individually.

More info & prerequisites
See the price list for our Master Scuba Diver Trainer Program.

IDC Staff Instructor(IDCS)

PADI IDC Staff Instructors can independently train PADI Assistant Instructors as well as assist in the training of PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors.

More info & prerequisites
See the price list for our IDC Staff Instructor Program.

DSAT Tec Instructor (Tec and Trimix)

We offer the full range of DSAT Tec Instructor programs, including Trimix Instructor.

More info & prerequisites
See the price list for our DSAT Tec Instructor Programs.

TDI Tec Instructor

We offer the full range of DSAT Tec Instructor programs, including Trimix Instructor.

More info & prerequisites
See the price list for our DSAT Tec Instructor Programs.

Management programs

Dive Resort Management
During this program At Diver's Network Philippines, Philippines, you will deal with real life situations in our 5 Star Instructor Development Center in Subic Bay, Manila, and Anilao Beach. Practical Diving experience will be gained aboard our daily excursion boat to the various dive sites around the Subic and Anilao.
Duration: 10 days.

Business of Diving

Working in the Diving industry, like in The Philippines, is not just a matter of being a good instructor. To be successful, you will also need good business skills beyond those taught during the IDC. Don't rely on just luck to run a Diving business. Instead, use the skills you will learn on this 2-day program to ensure that you maximize your profits.
Duration: 2 days.

Sales Training

The Sales Training course in The Philippines is going to show the different aspects of being successful in the dive industry. This one day program will teach you how to develop excellent sales skills.
Duration: 1 day

Work Experience program

The Work Experience program we propose At Diver's Network Philippines, Manila, Subic and Anilao, in The Philippines is unique. At the end of your IE, you will team teach with our Senior Instructors, many of them have years of experience behind them. You will team teach Diving courses from beginner to Divemaster levels.

The Work Experience program in The Philippines is a natural extension of your IDC towards the Master Scuba Diver Trainer. With this program you will certify 25 students, one of the pre-requites to gain the MSDT rating. The advantage of having this experience when you are applying for a job is enormous.

IDC packages

Becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver, Divemaster, or Instructor, isn’t the purpose of the system, but a result of achieving its purpose.The purpose of the PADI System is to provide the means by which you:

Meet people who share the same interest

Travel to new dive locations

Do & learn things underwater

Sound familiar?

Turning Pro: At some point, you may decide to make Diving a full or part time profession. For a lot of people, it beats working at a desk, and if you love working at a desk, you can still turn pro and become the most in-demand dive professional in the dive industry.

It takes effort and commitment to become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, but each step rewards you – and you’re Diving. Meeting people. Going places. Doing things.

With our Career Packages we will train you up from non-diver, or any level of diver, to PADI Instructor level and beyond. 

Instructor Crossover & OWSI (5 days)

If you are already a Diving educator from another recreational scuba certification agency, you can take advantage of dive industry demands by becoming a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.

The PADI Crossover program acknowledges that you're an experienced scuba instructor who only needs an orientation to the PADI system.

This condensed course focuses on first analyzing and understanding the PADI system, and then adapting your instructional style to conduct PADI programs.

The Crossover program consists of the five days OWSI program.

We invite you to attend the full nine-day IDC Program (AI and OWSI) at the reduced Crossover price.

All IDC benefits and incentives as listed above are included with your Crossover program.

More info & prerequisites

Required forms and releases? Please fill this forms prior to your orientation class.

PADI Statement Of Risks And Liability

PADI Liability Release & Assumption of Risk form

PADI PADI Medical Statement form

PADI Standard Safe Diving Practices Statement Of Understanding

Note:The above charges do not include PADI regristration cost.

PADI and TDI Instructor and diver courses - Diver's Network - Subic, Manila, Anilao, Philippines.