INSTRUCTOR ORIENTATION COURSE

The PADI Instructor Orientation Course (IOC) is a special program designed to enable qualified Instructors from other diver training organizations to become PADI Instructors. This program recognizes that training and experience instructors gain through their affiliation with other training organization, and enables them to qualify for PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC). As a result, the IOC concentrates heavily on orientating the candidate to the PADI system of diver education and training philosophy. The four day IOC is followed by a two day Instructor Evaluation (IE). The IE is held several times a year and is conducted by PADI Instructor Examiners.

• Current Teaching Status Instructor with Recognized Training Agency
• Be at least 18 years of age

• Course Orientation
• General Standards & Procedures - Part 1 & 2
• The PADI System of Diver Education
• How to Organize and Conduct the PADI Open Water Diver Course
• Effective Academic Teaching Presentations - Part 1, 2, & 3
• Teaching in Confined Water Part 2 & 4
• Conducting Open Water Training Dives - Part 1 & 3
• The PADI Continuing Education Philosophy
• How to Teach the Recreational Dive Planner

• Dive Industry Overview
• Business in Diving
• Teaching in Confined Water - Part 1
• How to Organize and Conduct the PADI Advanced Open Water Program
• How to Organize and Conduct the PADI Rescue Diver Course
• How to Organize and Conduct the PADI Divemaster Course
• Legal Responsibility and Risk Management
• How to Organize and Conduct PADI Specialty Diver Courses
• Medic First Aid
• How to Organize and Conduct the PADI Experience Programs

• One Academic Teaching Presentation
• One Confined Water Teaching Presentation
• Two Open Water teaching Presentations