Course overview

Become a PADI professional in Sharm El Sheikh, one of the world's leading instructor-training destinations thanks to its year-round diving and huge variety of sites. The Instructor Development Course prepares you to teach across the PADI system, with confined and open-water teaching practice on Red Sea reefs before the Instructor Examination. It is the path to a global diving career.

What you’ll learn

• Teaching the PADI system of diver education
• Confined and open-water teaching presentations
• Classroom and knowledge-development delivery
• Risk management and standards application
• Conducting skill demonstrations to instructor level

Prerequisites

• PADI Divemaster
• EFR Instructor or current EFR
• Minimum age 18
• 60 logged dives (100 for the IE)
• Certified 6+ months
• Medical clearance

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Teaching foundations

   Presentation skills and the PADI system of education.
2. Day2
   In-water teaching

   Confined and open-water teaching practice on Sharm reefs.
3. Day3
   Standards and IE prep

   Standards, exams and final preparation for the Instructor Examination.

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