Featured course · DIPLOMA in Scuba Instruction
Become a PADI Scuba Instructor
Turn your passion into a career. Train in the Bay of Islands with our Course Director and graduate ready to teach the world to dive.
Student loan & allowance avaliable through studylink
Small groups with a Course Director
Real ocean training in the Bay
Career support & job leads
40 wks
DIPLOMA duration
0 experience
required to start
2027
Feb - Nov
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Instructor Development Course (IDC)
The PADI IDC takes you from Divemaster to Open Water Scuba Instructor. Learn to teach, present and evaluate — then sit your Instructor Examination.
Knowledge development & presentation workshops
Confined and open water teaching practice
Full prep for the PADI Instructor Examination
Duration
2 weeks
Prerequisites
Divemaster · 100 dives · 6 months certified