BECOME A PROFESSIONAL
Instructor Development Course
French Riviera, France
5 candidates maximum per course director
Duration: 14 days including Instructor Examination
€1550 plus IDC crewpack, IE fee, PADI application/membership fee. Call or e-mail for a complete quote.
About this Course
If you like people, have a passion for scuba diving and want an extraordinary life – become a PADI Instructor via the PADI Instructor Development Course.
Teaching scuba diving allows you to share your love of the aquatic world with others while doing what you enjoy – being in, around and under water.
PADI Instructors are the most sought-after dive professionals around the world because they’ve completed a course that sets the standard for training dive professionals.
You earn a PADI Instructor rating through hard work and commitment, and you’re rewarded with a job that lets you share incredible underwater adventures with others –
transforming their lives for the better and enriching yours.
There are multiple reasons to do your IDC with Alex and our partner 5* IDC Centre Aqualonde Plongée:
• Great customer service (we provide in-depth advice and ongoing coaching on how best to prepare)
• Two experienced Course Directors with very complementary profiles
• An accent on the business side of diving, and ongoing support in finding your first job in the industry via our large network of contacts worldwide
• Alex effectively got trained twice (once as a Translator and the following year for himself)
• A fantastic environment in one of the legendary holiday destinations of the world, The Cote d’Azur!
• State-of-the-art classroom with Pro Shop display area and a heated swimming pool for all confined water work
• Access to the amazing dive sites of Port Cros and Porquerolles for Specialty Instructor Training
• 96% first-time IE pass rate
What's included?
- Tuition by very two experienced and complementary PADI Course Directors
- Visio call pre course to provide in depth coaching for optimum preparation
- Ten days of personalised tuition and coaching in small groups
Pre-Requisites
- 18 years old
- Divemaster or equivalent from another dive training organisation
- At least 60 logged dives and 100 dives to attend an IE
- Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) training within the past 24 months
- A medical statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months
A medical statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months
Program
day 1 AND 2
An IDC will typically start on the first Monday. Days start at 8.00am and finish around 6.00pm. You will be presented with a specific schedule on the induction on the first day. Days will be a mix of written exam preparation, workshops and staff presentations, pool work and evaluated teaching presentations (classroom, pool, open water) from you and your fellow candidates.
2026 dates are as follows, including the Exam:
• 14th to 27th March
• 8th to 21st June
• 2nd to 15th November
Instructor Development Course
14 days including Instructor Examination
Pricing
€1550
plus IDC crewpack, IE fee, PADI application/membership fee.
Call or e-mail for a complete quote.
5 candidates maximum per course director
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