PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
Professional Course
From $3799.00
Duration From 10 Days
Turn your passion for diving into a professional career
Becoming a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor is about more than passing an examination. It is about learning how to lead, communicate, solve problems and confidently introduce others to the underwater world.
Perth Scuba’s PADI Instructor Development Course gives you the knowledge, practical teaching experience and individual coaching required to prepare for the PADI Instructor Examination—and your first real students.
You will learn how to present engaging classroom sessions, teach and evaluate confined-water skills, manage open-water training and apply the PADI system of diver education professionally and safely.
Contact Perth Scuba for a complete IDC information package or arrange a meeting with PADI Course Director Braedon Curd.
Why complete your PADI IDC with Perth Scuba?
Perth Scuba is a PADI 5 Star Career Development Centre with a long history of training divers and dive professionals in Western Australia.
Our IDC is designed to prepare you for more than the Instructor Examination. You will be coached to become a capable, organised and confident instructor who is ready to take responsibility for real students.
During your program, you will develop practical skills in:
- Preparing and delivering knowledge-development presentations
- Teaching confined-water skills clearly and effectively
- Conducting safe, well-organised open-water training
- Demonstrating dive skills to instructor-level standards
- Identifying and correcting student difficulties
- Supervising and positioning students during training
- Applying sound judgement and professional decision-making
- Using the PADI system of diver education
- Managing courses confidently from preparation through to certification
You will receive constructive feedback throughout the program, allowing you to improve with every teaching presentation.
What is included in your Perth Scuba IDC?
- PADI IDC eLearning
- PADI Dive Theory eLearning
- PADI Instructor Development Course
- Emergency First Response Instructor Course
- Emergency First Response Instructor eLearning
- Perth Scuba PADI Professional Instructor shirt
- Confined Water and Open Water Instructor cue cards
- Adventures in Diving cue cards
- Rescue Diver Instructor cue cards
- Divemaster Instructor cue cards
- Open Water and Confined Water lesson-planning slates
- PADI Professional Reference Collection—digital
- Rescue Diver exam
- Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor outlines—digital
- PADI’s Guide to Teaching—digital
- Positive Approach Selling—digital
- Specialty Course Instructor Manual—digital
- Open Water Diver quizzes and exams
- Divemaster exams
Not Sure If the PADI Instructor Development Course Is Right for You?
Book a complimentary phone consultation with Perth Scuba PADI Course Director Braedon Curd.
Discuss your current qualifications, course prerequisites, training schedule, costs and career goals—and receive personalised advice about the best pathway to becoming a PADI Instructor.
Book Your Complimentary ConsultationComplimentary 20–30 minute telephone consultation. No obligation.
Course materials and inclusions may be updated by PADI. Contact Perth Scuba for the current IDC information package and complete list of inclusions.
Not included
- IDC application fee
- Emergency First Response Instructor registration fee
- Instructor Examination fee
- PADI Instructor registration fee
These fees are payable directly to PADI Asia Pacific and are approximately $1,650 in total. Please confirm the latest PADI fees before enrolling.
Optional extra
- Mock Instructor Examination
Ask our team about adding the Mock IE to your program for additional preparation and examination-style practice.
PADI IDC prerequisites
To begin the Instructor Development Course, you must:
- Be at least 18 years old
- Be certified as a diver for at least six months
- Be a PADI Divemaster, PADI Assistant Instructor or an instructor in good standing with another recognised diver-training organisation
- Have at least 60 logged dives, including experience in night, deep and underwater navigation diving
- Have at least 100 logged dives before attending the PADI Instructor Examination
- Hold current CPR and First Aid training completed within the previous 24 months
- Be fit for diving
- Submit a medical statement signed by a physician within the previous 12 months
- Meet all current PADI Instructor Development Course eligibility requirements
Not sure whether your qualifications meet the prerequisites? Contact Perth Scuba and we will review your experience and help you plan your next step.
Meet your Course Director
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Braedon Curd
PADI Course Director • Engineering Student
Braedon is proudly “born and bred Perth Scuba,” having progressed through the complete diving and professional pathway with the centre—from Open Water Diver to PADI Course Director.
A PADI Instructor since 2020, Braedon has staffed or conducted approximately ten Instructor Development Courses. His experience spans recreational diver education, professional-level training and a broad range of diving specialties.
Experience and professional credentials
- PADI Instructor since 2020
- Staffed 10+ Instructor Development Courses
- Deep Diver
- Wreck Diver
- Night Diver
- Enriched Air Nitrox
- Emergency Oxygen Provider
- Dry Suit Diver
- Underwater Navigator
- GoPro and underwater content
- Course delivery in English
Braedon’s teaching philosophy
Providing students with the resources, individual coaching and practical experience they need to succeed and grow as individuals.
“My goal is not simply to help you pass the IE. I want you to finish the program able to stand in front of your first students, take control of the course and teach with confidence.”
What happens during the IDC?
The IDC is an intensive professional-development program combining independent study, workshops, presentations and practical teaching sessions.
Knowledge development
You will practise delivering teaching presentations to your fellow candidates. Braedon will evaluate your presentations and coach you on structure, communication, accuracy and the effective use of real-world examples.
Confined-water teaching
You will learn how to brief, demonstrate, supervise and evaluate dive skills in confined water. The focus is on clear communication, student control, problem-solving and professional conduct.
Open-water teaching
You will develop the organisation and judgement required to conduct open-water training safely. This includes positioning, supervision, skill evaluation and responding appropriately when students experience difficulty.
Professional development
The course also examines the responsibilities of a PADI Instructor, risk management, course administration, continuing education and building a professional career in diving.
Prepare for the IE—and the students who come after it
The PADI Instructor Examination is an important milestone, but it is not the final goal. Your real test begins when you meet your first students.
Perth Scuba’s IDC is designed to help you leave the program ready to organise a course, communicate confidently, demonstrate skills clearly and take responsibility for your students’ development and safety.
This is not intended to be a “pay and pass” course. It is professional training for divers who are ready to accept the responsibilities that come with teaching others.
Train within an active Perth diving community
As an IDC candidate at Perth Scuba, you will train within an established PADI 5 Star Career Development Centre offering:
- Modern, air-conditioned training rooms
- A dedicated presentation theatre
- Extensive recreational and technical diver training
- Underwater photography and videography support
- Regular local and international dive travel
- An experienced instructional team
- Weekly Manta Club community dives
- Opportunities to continue developing after certification
Completing your IDC is the beginning of your instructor development—not the end. Perth Scuba can help you continue towards specialty instructor ratings, Master Scuba Diver Trainer, IDC Staff Instructor and other professional goals.
Start your PADI Instructor journey
Your IDC is a significant investment in your time, skills and future. Before enrolling, we invite you to meet Braedon, tour Perth Scuba and discuss what you want to achieve as a dive professional.
We will explain the program, review your prerequisites and help you prepare for the next available intake.
Contact Perth Scuba today to request your complete IDC information package.
Perth Scuba
Unit 4/180 Bannister Road
Canning Vale WA 6155
Phone: (08) 9455 4448
Email: info@perthscuba.com
