PADI OPEN WATER SCUBA INSTRUCTOR

Sea Sports Belize has been offering instructor level courses in Belize since 1997. Our goal has been to grow the local demand for dive professionals.  Class sizes are small, and our results are excellent!  If you're ready to be a scuba instructor, read on!

Class Starts Today! 
Want to excel in your IDC? Then begin preparing now and order your IDC Crew Pack and sign up for eLearning today!  The Instructor Course has 2 eLearning Course available to help you succeed, Dive Theory and IDC.

UPCOMING COURSES 2018

May 12
May 14
TBA

EFR Instructor
IDC
​IE

Oct 13
Oct 17
​TBA

For more details on the IDC please see the IDC Fact Sheet!

Are you looking for something extraordinary? To do something others can only dream of? To help people transform their lives? To open doors you didn’t even know existed? All of this, and more, awaits you as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.

The Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program is one of two distinct components of PADI’s Instructor Development Course (IDC)—the core of PADI Instructor training. The first portion is the Assistant Instructor course followed by the Open Water Scuba Instructor program.

The OWSI program is a minimum of four days. It introduces you to the entire PADI System of diver education and concentrates on further developing your abilities as a professional dive educator.  The OWSI Course at Sea Sports Belize is longer so candidates have more opportunity to develop the skills and teaching technique needed to be successful in the Instructor Exam.

The OWSI Course at Sea Sports Belize is longer than most so candidates have more opportunity 
to develop the skills and teaching techniques needed to be successful in the Instructor Exam.

IDC CREWPACK

Study Materials
Guide to Teaching (with hologram) paper and digital version

Slates
Confined Water Lesson Planning Slates
Open Water Lesson Planning Slates
Confined Water Instructor Cue Cards
Open Water Instructor Cue Cards
Adventures in Diving Instructor Cue Cards
Rescue Diver Cue Cards
Divemaster Cue Cards

Quizzes and Exams
Open Water Quiz and Exam booklet
Rescue Diver Exam booklet
Divemaster Exam booklet

Miscellaneous
Applications and Forms
PADI backpack
Positive Approach Selling DVD
Specialty Instructor Manual (Digital Version)
Open Water Prescriptive Lesson Guides
Diving Knowledge Workbook

The Fun Part
It’s about life transformations—both yours and those around you.  The fun part of instructor training is interacting with course participants while creating friendships that continue long after the course concludes.  You’ll begin networking with other professionals and begin to explore PADI Pro Diving Jobs worldwide. You’ll also have the opportunity to continue your professional education by participating in specialty instructor courses, which train you to teach specialties after instructor certification.

The Challenging Part
The challenging part of this course is your personal commitment to the training. The course requires you to complete all the self-study Knowledge Reviews before the course begins and to prepare daily assignments for teaching presentations daily. Organization and dedication are key.

What You Learn
During the course you’ll learn how to apply the PADI System of Education by presenting the following presentations with a score of 3.5 out of 5 total points.

• Two confined water teaching presentations
• Two knowledge development presentations
• One open water teaching presentations integrating two skills

You will also attend and participate in the following curriculum presentations:

1. Course Orientation
   
2. Dive Industry Overview
   
3. General Standards and Procedures
   
4. The Role of Media and Prescriptive Teaching
   
5. Legal Responsibility and Risk Management
   
6. PADI Scuba Diver and Open Water Diver Course
   
7. Adaptive Teaching
   
8. The PADI Continuing Education Philosophy
   
9. Business Principles for the Dive Instructor
   
10. Adventures in Diving Program
    
11. Specialty Diver Courses and Master Scuba Diver Program
    
12. Rescue Diver Course
    
13. Divemaster Course
    
14. Diver Retention Programs
15. How to Teach the RDP* (Instructors from recreational diver training organizations other than PADI must complete.)

You will demonstrate competence at

• performing all 24 dive skills listed on the Skill Evaluation.
• performing a facedown, nonstop swim for 800 metres/yards using a mask, snorkel and fins.

During the course you’ll need to demonstrate competency in dive theory by passing a five-part theory exam scoring 75% on each part and also a Standards & Procedures exam and pass with 75% or higher.

What You Can Teach
After becoming an Open Water Scuba Instructor, you will be able to conduct the entire range of PADI programs from Discover Scuba Diving up to Divemaster. You may also choose to acquire specialty instructor ratings in areas of interest, such as Digital Underwater Photographer or Enriched Air Diver.

At a glance, compare what you can teach when you continue your professional diver education.

The Scuba Gear You Use
You will need to equip yourself with all the basic scuba gear as well as two scuba signaling devices —one audible and one visual.

The Learning Materials You Need
The PADI Instructor Development Course crewpak includes all the materials needed to prepare for the Instructor Development Course. The 23-item pack includes:

• Instructor cue cards for PADI’s core courses (Open Water and Advanced, Rescue and Divemaster)
• Instructor Development Course Candidate Workbook and related reference materials,
• Lesson planning slates for confined and open water
• Quiz and exam booklets for the core courses
• Specialty outlines for Project AWARE

You will also need materials from the other PADI course you have taken including:

• PADI Instructor Manual from your Divemaster Course
• PADI Rescue Manual
• Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving
• Adventures in Diving Manual
• Open Water Manual

Prerequisites
To qualify for training as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, you must:

• Be certified as a PADI Divemaster or a PADI Assistant Instructor or be an instructor in good standing with another training organization for at least six months (check with a PADI Course Director or Contact Us for qualifying credentials.)
• Be certified as an Emergency First Response Instructor
• Be at least 18 years old
• Be certified as a diver for at least six months
• Have 60 logged dives that include experience in night, deep and navigation diving to participate in the Instructor Development Course. You’ll need 100 logged dives to take the Instructor Exams
• Have proof of CPR and First Aid training within the last 24 months. The Emergency First Response course meets this requirement
• Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement (PDF) signed by a physician within the last 12 months

If you are looking for information on where to go pro, please contact your PADI Instructor Development Center or Career Development Center and sign-up today!

Your Next Adventure
You’ll want to continue your professional training by completing courses that allow you to teach beyond the core courses. For example, Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor, Emergency First Response Instructor, and specialty instructor courses complement your Open Water Scuba Instructor rating and add to your professional portfolio.