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 materials for the PADI IDC are all included in the IDC Crewpak (US$690);
 
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
PADI EFR Instructor Manual
How to Choose and Use Dive Computers
  
You also need to bring these for your IDC (or buy them here):
 
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

IDC Requirements & Materials often change so keep an eye on this page (last updated November 2010)