Your PADI IDC in Phuket: How to prepare for the IDC

Preparing for a diving career is a considerable investment of time and commitment.

The right preparation significantly reduces your IDC course load and allows you more time to assimilate and apply the information you learn.

To benefit the most from our program we encourage you to start your IDC already today:

1. Check that you meet the prerequisites to attend the IDC/IE:

• Be certified as a PADI Divemaster or PADI Assistant Instructor or hold a leadership level certification with another recreational diver training organization.

• Be at least 18 years of age.

• Submit medical clearance for diving signed by a physician within the last 12 months (PADI Medical Statement recommended).

• Have been a certified diver for at least 6 months and logged at least 60 dives (AI and IDC requirement).

• Have been a certified diver for at least 6 months and logged at least 100 dives (I.E. requirement).

• Submit proof of CPR training within the past 24 months.
  
  

• NOTE: Special IE option for PADI 5 Star CDCs:
  
  Candidates enrolled in five pre-and/or post-IDC courses (Pre-study, EFRI, Specialties etc.) OR candidates of a six-week career development program who successfully complete a PADI IDC, conducted by the CDC, may attend a PADI IE if they have been certified divers for at least six months, have logged 60 dives and are certified PADI Assistant Instructors (the AI course is part of the new IDC).
  CDC candidates who successfully complete an IE and subsequently meet the 100-logged-dive certification requirement will be certified as PADI Instructors when their paperwork has been processed by PADI.
  
  

2. Please complete the Sign-up form. We will then reconfirm your reservation by e-mail within 24 hours.
   
   

3. Check that you have documentation of ALL your certifications from Open Water to Divemaster or Assistant Instructor. If some of them are missing please contact PADI prior to the IDC and ask for a fax or e-mail confirming your certifications and PADI Number (if available). Some of you may have certifications from other organizations. Please bring them so we can provide PADI with a photocopy.
   
   

4. Complete an IDC Application Form and fax it to us.
   
   

5. If you are planning on a diving career in South East Asia, please remember to transfer your PADI Membership to our PADI office in Sydney, as soon as possible. This will save you valuable time when PADI processes your IDC Application. Please download the Membership Transfer Form , complete it and fax it to your current PADI office and PADI Asia Pacific in Sydney. You will find the fax numbers on the form.
   
   

6. All tourists are granted a 30-days tourist visa upon arrival in Thailand. If you plan to stay longer than 30 days we will recommend that you obtain a Non-immigrant B visa via your local Thai Embassy PRIOR to entering Thailand. This will save you both time and money later.
   
   

7. Purchase the following PADI materials: Instructor Manual (paper or digital version), IDC Candidate Workbook, Encyclopidea, Knowledge Workbook, Open Water and Confined Water Cue cards, Open Water and Confined Water Lesson Preparation slates. This is all you need (All PADI materials are available via us, at a special IDC Candidate price). 
   
   

8. Please answer all 16 Knowledge Reviews in the IDC Candidate Workbook. This is a prerequisite to attend the new IDC.
   
   

9. It is highly recommended that you purchase a PADI Knowledge Workbook and answer all the questions. This is the absolute best way to prepare for the IE Dive Theory Test.
   
   

10. Make sure that all your equipment is complete and in good working order.
    
    

11. Try to go out with an Instructor as his/her assistant as often as possible.
    
    

12. RELAX! And look forward for an enjoyable IDC as a well-prepared candidate

Please click here for more information about the IDC schedule and PADI materials. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. I will do my very best to assist you.

You can download additional forms here..

EFR Instructor Application
Specialty Instructor Application
Divemaster Application
Master Scuba Diver Trainer Application
IDC Staff Instructor Application

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