PADI IDC Requirements

To enroll of the IDC you need to meet these pre-requisites:
  1. Be certified as a PADI Divemaster (or hold a leadership level certification with another training agency)
  2. Be at least 18 years of age 
  3. Have been a certified diver for at least 6 months 
  4. To enroll on the AI course or IDC you need to have logged at least 60 dives & show proof of deep, night & navigation dives 
  5. To be able to take the PADI Instructor Exam (IE) you need to have logged at least 100 dives (if you have less than 100 dives can join our internship program to increase your number of logged dives)
  6. Be fit for diving & submit a medical statement signed by a physician dated within past 12 months (you can cheaply and easily visit a physician here in Bali to sign your medical statement, but none are really knowledgeable about diving-related issues)
  7. Submit proof of CPR and First Aid Training within the last 24 months (if you haven’t taken a CPR and First Aid course within the last 24 months you can take PADI Emergency First Response here for $150).

PADI IDC Required Materials & Price

These required materials for the PADI IDC are included in the IDC Crewpak (which costs US$550);
 
•       PADI Instructor Manual
•       PADI’s Guide to Teaching
•       PADI Specialty Course Instructor Manual
•       Open Water Diver Quizzes and Exam booklet
•       Rescue Diver Final Exams booklet
•       Divemaster Final Exams booklet
•       Aquatic Cue Cards for Open Water Diver, Confined Water
•       Aquatic Cue Cards for Open Water Diver, Open Water
•       Aquatic Cue Cards for Adventures in Diving
•       Aquatic Cue Cards for Rescue Diver
•       Confined Water Lesson Preparation slate
•       Open Water Training Dive Lesson Planning slate
 
These required materials for the PADI IDC are sold separately;
 
•       Aquatic Cue Card for Discover Scuba Diving: $10
•       PADI Open Water Diver Manual: $25
•       Adventures in Diving Manual:  $25
•       PADI Rescue Diver Manual:  $25
•       PADI Divemaster Manual:  $35
•       Divemaster Slates: $45
•       The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving: $45
•       Diving Knowledge Workbook: $20
•       RDP Table including Instructions for Use booklet: $25
•       eRDPML, including Instructions for Use booklet: $30
•       How to Use and Choose Dive Computers book: $30 
 
You also need to bring these for your IDC:
 
Pocket Mask
Timing device
Compass
Knife/diver’s tool
Two surface signaling devices – one audible and one visible
Medical Examination Form signed by a physician (max. 12 months old)
Verification of CPR and first aid training (max. 24 months old)
Certification proof for OW, AOW, Rescue, EFR, DM or equivalent
Diving logbook with minimum 100 dives signed off
2 passport size photographs
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IDC Requirements & Materials often change so keep an eye on this page (last updated May 2010)