Find out below what the Instructor Development Course (IDC) is all about. Discover what is the Instructor Examination (IE). Learn what you can gain from an SDI Instructor Course. Check out what you need to do to enrol on an IDC in Sharm!
SDI Open Water Scuba Instructor at Circle Divers Tec and CCR – IDC in Sharm
What is the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor (OWSDI) course designed to do? Simply, to teach current Divemasters or Assistant Instructors to effectively function as scuba instructors. They need to be certified with a recognized dive training organisation. This program is divided into two sections. Firstly, an instructor development course (IDC) ran by our in-house Course Director, Andy Auckland. Secondly, an instructor evaluation course (IEC). Find out about booking an IDC in Sharm El Sheikh!
Playing in the Sand
Who this course is for: Individuals that wish to share their love for the underwater world with others.
Course prerequisites: Minimum age 18. Certified diver for a minimum of 6 months. Proof of 100 logged dives. Dives should be from a number of different environments with varying depths. Be certified as a SDI Divemaster, SDI Assistant Instructor, or equivalent. Provide proof of current CPR, first aid and oxygen provider*, where local law permits.
*Note: CPR, first aid, and oxygen provider courses may be combined with the IDC Program by qualified instructors
Classroom Antics
What you can expect to learn
The SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more (1):
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History of SDI.
Products and procedures.
How to place an order.
Registration procedures.
Yearly renewals.
Liability and insurance.
Risk management.
Waivers and releases.
Filling out an accident report.
Methods of instruction
The SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more (2):
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b. Lesson preparation
i. In classroom
ii. In confined water
iii. In open water
c. Use of training aids
d. Use of assistants
e. SDI home study program, use of knowledge quest
f. Use of eLearning and blended learning
7. Successfully Selling Scuba
a. Budgeting courses
b. Recruiting students
c. Organizing and scheduling a course
d. Retail sales
8. Instructor Ethics
9. Physics and Physiology of Diving
Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate include – part 1:
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a. Two classroom presentations
b. Two lessons in confined water
c. Two lessons in open water
2. Show preparation, planning and control in
a. Dive management
b. Diving activities
3. Perform, to demonstration quality, one complete rescue scenario
4. Perform a 10 minute survival-float, without the use of swimming aids
5. 400 metre swim on the surface, non-stop, any stroke, without the use of swimming aids, in less than 10 minutes; swim goggles permitted
6. 800 metre swim with mask, snorkel, and fins non-stop without the use of arms in less than 17 minutes
7. Bring a diver, simulating unconsciousness, up from depth, not greater than 6 metres / 20 feet; at the surface swim them 100 metres in less than 4 minutes
Pool/ confined water
Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate include – part 2:
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a. Two classroom presentations
b. Two lessons in confined water
c. Two lessons in open water
2. Show preparation, planning and control in
a. Dive management
b. Diving activities
3. Perform, to demonstration quality, one complete rescue scenario
4. Perform a 10 minute survival-float, without the use of swimming aids
5. 400 metre swim on the surface, non-stop, any stroke, without the use of swimming aids, in less than 10 minutes; swim goggles permitted
6. 800 metre swim with mask, snorkel, and fins non-stop without the use of arms in less than 17 minutes
7. Bring a diver, simulating unconsciousness, up from depth, not greater than 6 metres / 20 feet; at the surface swim them 100 metres in less than 4 minutes
Pool/ confined water
Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate include – part 3:
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1. Candidates must perform , to demonstration quality, all skills listed in the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Course
2. Pool/confined water problem solving
Open Water
1. In open water candidates must perform, to demonstration quality, all skills listed in the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Course
2. Open water problem solving
Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate include – part 4:
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1. Present a minimum of
a. One classroom presentation, minimum time 15 minutes in duration
b. One full lesson in confined water
c. One full lesson in open water
2. The evaluating instructor trainer must verify all required subjects were covered and skills were performed
Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate include – part 5:
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1. Present a minimum of
a. One classroom presentation, minimum time 15 minutes in duration
b. One full lesson in confined water
c. One full lesson in open water
2. The evaluating instructor trainer must verify all required subjects were covered and skills were performed
After the IDC in Sharm
What’s in it for you?
Upon successful completion of this course, graduates may:
Teach the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver, Advanced Adventure Diver Specialty, Computer Diver, Rescue Diver, Divemaster and Assistant Instructor course
SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor minimum requirements:
Satisfactorily complete the SDI Instructor written exam or online equivalent. Successfully complete the IDC and the IEC. Demonstrate mature and sound judgment
For the next SDI Instructor Development Course – IDC in Sharm El Sheikh
We’re planning a course in late 2023 and another in early 2024. Why not get in touch for details, and to look at possible scheduling? You could be attending the next SDI IDC in Sharm El Sheikh. What are you waiting for?
Join Scuba Diving International!
Push your boundaries and become an Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor with Scuba Diving International. Attend an Instructor Development Course and Instructor Examination. Become a part of the International Training family. SDI is one of the most friendly and professional training agencies in the World! Feel like part of the SDI family.
Already a Scuba Instructor with another agency and wanting to change? Contact us for details on how to cross over to SDI and TDI. This is a very easy process which introduces you to the International Training family, and crosses you over to an equivalent level with all your existing teaching ratings!
* denotes that equivalent qualifications from other agencies can be used to meet pre-requisite certifications