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PADI Instructor Development Course IDC

 

11 days 1095 min uSD

Check out what sets us apart with our PADI Instructor Course in this video!!


GoPro in Utila, Honduras- PADI Scuba Instructor and beyond, with our PADI IDC & MSDT internships

You can qualify as a PADI Scuba Instructor with our PADI IDC in Utila, Honduras, the Whale shark capital of the Caribbean. The PADI Instructor Development Course is comprised of 2 components. The 1st portion is the AI (Assistant Instructor) program. The 2nd portion is the OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor) program. The IDC develops candidate's abilities to prepare academic, confined water and open water teaching presentations. As a PADI Instructor candidate you'll also learn about business principles, teaching children, risk management and other important topics relevant for the dive professional. On our course at the Utila Dive Centre we have also added practical workshops during the IDC, to develop your ability to retail dive equipment and counsel divers into continuing education programs.

Unlike most PADI IDC facilities we schedule our IDC program over a period of 11 days, (or 8 days woth online learning option, see below) with a 'Preparation Program' included for those who arrive early, and have 2 resident Course Directors. This allows us to make the course much more relaxed and to give us more time to focus on individual counseling and development which guarantees your success at the exams and in reality after the training is implemeted into real teaching. Our IDC's are scheduled to end 2 days before local PADI IE's commence, allowing time if necessary for our in-house Course Director to remediate with individual candidates. 

New for 2010 Online learning option in the IDC (8 day option)

For candidates who are already certified as PADI Divemaster prior to arriving on Utila for your IDC there have been changes to the curriculum, that from January 2010, now allow you to;

1)    Study and pre-assess your dive theory online.

2)    Study 9 of the course presentations online which can be used to save time from the course.

With this option you'll start 3 days later than our 'Live delivery' IDC with the start date on the Saturday evening at 5pm.  The course will then end one week later on the Sunday (with EFR Instructor course) and then a day's fun diving on Monday prior to the IE on the Tuesday/Wednesday, allowing you to leave on the Thursday am flights.  This takes just 13 days for the complete Instructor course, EFR Instructor and 2 day PADI Exams, and even less if you arrive on Utila already certified as a PADI Assistant Instructor.

There is an additional charge for this each of these options, that deliver convenience and value enhancement to the IDC, and this is paid to PADI.  Please contact us for more information to register for this option and read more below on our Instructor course.


Our IDC is award winning, dynamic, proven and includes the following;

  • IDC Preparation program

  • Pool session and free try dive on rebreathers, no other staff on Utila are trained or qualified to offer this additional experience or insight into future technologies

  • Internet access

  • Prestige card - entitles you to reduced rates, and quality dive services at our 'preferred partners' in Central America, Asia and Australia

  • Lunch buffets

  • Discounts on scuba equipment (the only full service retail store on Utila)

  • Additional work shops on Rescue techniques and technical diving

  • The longest serving team on Utila, with the highest rated Course Director in Central America 'Platinum status', no other Course Director in Central America has achieved this rating in as many consecutive years

  • 2 Course Directors involved on your program and a guaranteed group size of no more than 6 candidates

  • Guaranteed pass at the IE or free IDC and IE

  • On site accommodation

  • Job placements, proven and successful (We have conducted over 80 IDC's in the last 9 years, we know the region and industry the best)

  • The most comprehensive choice of Instructor level continuing education programs
  • Additional study and support materials, free of charge, designed to aid your learning development
  • A lot of fun loving people, come and find out why..............

We provide quality training, in a professional yet fun atmosphere, and unsurpassed support during and after your course. Through our extensive global network of dive professionals, we provide job placements and career assistance.

Andy Phillips and Angel Navarro are the Course Directors that will conduct your PADI Instructor course here in Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras. They are have a wealth of experience and knowledge beyond the average 'Instructor Trainers' in the region, are true professionals and love diving, Instructing and having fun! There award winning IDC's have seen them both receive countless certificates of excellence from PADI Vice President James Morgan based on the comments and feed back of the Instructors they have trained.

Andy has over 5000 logged dives, is also a DSAT Trimix Instructor Trainer, Closed Circuit Rebreather Instructor, DAN Instructor Trainer and IANTD Instructor Trainer. Andy's diving background has taken him all over the world, instructing and diving afar as the Great Barrier Reef, Galapagos, South Africa, Yucatan caves of Mexico, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, Thailand, Costa Rica and his current home in the Caribbean. Andy has trained over 2000 divers and issued over 1500 professional level certifications and is an accomplished and experienced mixed gas technical diver, full cave diver and 'Closed Circuit Rebreather' diver, and with such a qualified background is often involved in local diving projects as a safety and support diver and technical consultant. Prior to working in the scuba industry in 1997, Andy worked in commercial insurance in market analysis and designing future policies, his business background and expertise will help you get the best possible start to your professional dive career. Andy also has a Masters degree in e-commerce, and is the highest qualified and most experienced Course Director in Central America and has received the most awards for his work in training dive professionals, many of his previous IDC candidates now hold prominent positions within the dive industry as successful Instructors, in managing resorts, operating live aboard vessels, working for PADI and also as PADI Course Directors themselves.

Angel Navarro, originally worked in Spain as a mountain guide, but like many of our candidates turned his love of marine biology, eco systems and meeting people into his livelihood. Angel is experienced in dive centre management and has risen from 'Open Water Scuba Instructor' to PADI Instructor Trainer in just 3 years and gained extensive worldwide experience along the way. His patience, role modeling, empathy, attitude have had PADI Vice Presidents label him the consummate professional. Angel has played a pivotal role in upgrading and adapting our IDC curriculum beyond the generic course structure that PADI designed. Angel has developed workshops on knot tying, lift bag deployment, CESA's and descents and a session on future technologies. Angel also uses our internet equipped classroom to guide you through PIC online, PADI's employment board, many scuba related websites and forums to make you as best informed as can be.

The PADI IDC is held in the Mango Inn resort, on Utila, Honduras, Central America, equipped with a spacious, modern, A/C class room with fully stocked reference library and wireless internet access make your scuba Instructor course comfortable and productive. The Mango Inn is away from the main settlement of Utila in quiet gardens yet is only a few minutes walk from all amenities and conveniences should you need to procure any items or accessories.

Our presentations are given on widescreen TV's and LCD projector display. Outside the classroom you are surrounded by luscious gardens with accommodation, freshwater training pool and restaurant a few steps away. The tranquil gardens of the Mango Inn are the perfect location, in this tropical paradise, for a low stress learning environment and you are need more than a 5 minute walk from where you may be staying whilst on Utila.

Come join us in Utila, Honduras, Central America, for the life changing experience you have always dreamed off-GoPro!

Also if you really want to get a head start, and find out what sets UDC apart from the rest of the dive industry, read about our 'MSDT prep program - get a head start to your dive career and teach 5 specialties and earn up to 25 certifications after your PADI Instructor course'.

Call us +1-305-4205959 or UK 0203 3719488, we'll call right back for a personal discussion about your professional training goals, specific course prices, requirements and other questions, or e-mail gopro@utiladivecenter.com.

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I just wanted to say thank you very much to Andy, Ed and every staff from UDC as I realize I got a high level of tuition during my IDC and MSDT internship. I am very grateful for all the opportunities you have given me.
Aurelien Jondeau
France