PADI Open Water
Scuba Instructor Course
Are you looking
for something extraordinary? To do something others
can only dream of? To help people transform their
lives? To open doors you didn’t even know existed?
All of this, and more, awaits you as a PADI Open Water
Scuba Instructor.
The Open Water
Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program is one of two distinct
components of PADI’s Instructor Development Course (IDC)—the
core of PADI Instructor training. The first portion is
the Assistant
Instructor course followed by the Open Water
Scuba Instructor program.
The OWSI program
is a minimum of four days. It introduces you to the
entire PADI System of diver education and concentrates
on further developing your abilities as a professional
dive educator.
The Fun Part
It’s about
life transformations—both yours and those around
you.
The fun part of
instructor training is interacting with course
participants while creating friendships that continue
long after the course concludes.
You’ll begin
networking with other professionals and begin to
explore PADI
Pro Diving Jobs worldwide. You’ll also have the
opportunity to continue your professional education by
participating in specialty
instructor courses, which train you to teach
specialties after instructor certification.
The Challenging
Part
The challenging
part of this course is your personal commitment to the
training. The course requires you to complete all the
self-study Knowledge Reviews before the course begins
and to prepare daily assignments for teaching
presentations daily. Organization and dedication are
key.
What You Learn
During the
course you’ll learn how to apply the PADI System of
Education by presenting at least
- Two confined
water teaching presentations
- Two knowledge
development presentations
- One open
water teaching presentations integrating two
skills
You will also
attend and participate in the following 14 curriculum
presentations:
- Course
Orientation
- Dive Industry
Overview
- General
Standards and Procedures
- The Role of
Media and Prescriptive Teaching
- Legal
Responsibility and Risk Management
- PADI Scuba
Diver and Open Water Diver Course
- Adaptive
Teaching
- The PADI
Continuing Education Philosophy
- Business
Principles for the Dive Instructor
- Adventures in
Diving Program
- Specialty
Diver Courses and Master Scuba Diver Program
- Rescue Diver Course
- Dive master Course
- Diver
Retention Programs
- How to Teach
the RDP (Instructors from recreational diver
training organizations other than PADI must
complete.)
You will
demonstrate competence at
- performing
all 20 dive skills listed on the Skill Evaluation.
- performing a
facedown, nonstop swim for 800 metres/yards using
a mask, snorkel and fins.
During the
course you’ll need to demonstrate competency in Dive
theory by passing a five-part theory exam scoring 75%
on each part .
What You Can
Teach
After becoming
an Open Water Scuba Instructor, you will be able to
conduct the entire range of PADI programs from Discover
Scuba Diving up to Divemaster.
The Learning
Materials You Need
The PADI
Instructor Development Course crewpak includes all the
materials needed to prepare for the Instructor
Development Course. The 23-item pack includes:
- Instructor
cue cards for PADI’s core courses (Open Water
and Advanced, Rescue and Divemaster)
- Instructor
Development Course Candidate Workbook and related
reference materials,
- Lesson
planning slates for confined and open water
- Quiz and exam
booklets for the core courses
- Specialty
outlines for Project AWARE
- PADI
Instructor Manual
Prerequisites
To qualify for
training as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, you
must:
- Be certified
as a PADI Divemaster or a PADI Assistant
Instructor or be an instructor in good
standing with another training organization for at
least six months (check with a PADI Course
Director or Contact Us for qualifying
credentials.)
- Be certified
as an Emergency First Response Instructor
- Be at least
18 years old
- Be certified
as a diver for at least six months
- Have 60
logged dives that include experience in night,
deep and navigation diving to participate in the
Instructor Development Course. You’ll need 100
logged dives to take the Instructor Exams
- Have proof of CPR
and First Aid training within the last 24
months. The Emergency First Response course
meets this requirement
- Be fit for
diving and submit a Medical Statement (PDF) signed
by a physician within the last 12 months
