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 are the required materials for the PADI IDC

If you don't own anything yet the Complete IDC Crewpack includes ALL these materials and the cost is US$895. 

The Standard IDC Crewpack costs US$675 and includes the same as Complete IDC Crewpack except Open Water manual, Advanced manual, Rescue manual, Divemaster manual, Diving Knowledge Workbook, Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving, Divemaster slates, and both versions of the RDP.

If you own some, but not all, of the IDC required materials here are the individual prices.

Instructor Manual
US$255
Instructor Candidate Workbook
US$76
Confined Water Cue Cards
US$51
Open Water Cue Cards
US$35
Confined Water Lesson Presentation Slate
US$16
Open Water Lesson Presentation (planning) Slate
US$16
DSD (Discover Scuba Diving) Cue Card
US$9
Adventures in Diving Instructor Cue Cards
US$46
Rescue Diver Instructor Cue Cards
US$74
Open water Diver Quizzes and Exams Booklet
US$9
Rescue Diver final Exams Booklet
US$5
Divemaster final Exams Booklet
US$9
PPB Specialty Instructor Outline
US$17
Project Aware Specialty Instructor Outline
US$17
AWARE - Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Outline
US$17
RDP (table and multi-level electronic version)
US$18(table) /
US$34 (electronic)
Diving Knowledge Workbook
US$19
Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving
US$47
Divemaster Cue Cards (slates)
US$41
Go Dive (Open Water) Manual including RDP table
US$43
Adventures in Diving Manual
US$51
Rescue Diver Manual
US$49
Divemaster Manual
US$33

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
Calculator (mobile phones are NOT allowed in the IE)