Mike’s Pre-IDC

Preparation programme for the PADI IDC

Mike’s Pre-IDC Preparation Programme

The PADI IDC is a very intensive course, which prepares you for the Instructor Examination (IE) and real world teaching. The financial investment in this training is already significant. Add to this, the fact that many candidates will have dreams of a new career which depend on success. These factors among others contribute to the stress and anxiety typically experienced by candidates in the build-up to the exam.

Over the years, our Platinum Course Director, Mike, has noticed that many participants had problems when they arrived here with insufficient preparation.
They had to work harder during the IDC than other candidates because they had to learn things which they should have known already. This invariably results in a higher level of stress.

In order to try to minimise or avoid these stressful difficulties, Mike has developed his very own Pre-IDC preparation programme.

The Pre-IDC covers important topics in which candidates are usually under-prepared. These include dive theory; using the RDP and eRDPml; and effectively using the PADI Instructor Manual.

The Pre-IDC takes 2 days. It is strongly recommended for anyone who has completed the Divemaster training over 6 months prior to the IDC, or is at all nervous about any of the topics described here.

What is involved?

Mike’s Pre-IDC programme covers various key topics such as:

PADI Systems, Standards and Proceedures: You don’t need to memorise all PADI standards, but you do need to have the most up-top-date version of the PADI Instructor manual and – just as important – you need to be proficient in quickly finding relevant training standards.

Dive theory: Physics, Physiology, Equipment, Skills and Environment, the RDP and eRDPml – how well do you remember these from your Divemaster preparation. Many people seem to believe that these topics will be taught during the IDC – this is wrong! All of this dive theory should have been developed during the Divemaster training. Refer to your copy of the Diving Knowledge Workbook (provided during the Divemaster course). If you can answer these multiple-choice questions correctly whist being able to explain why other options are incorrect then you have nothing to worry about. Don’t underestimate how much you’ll have forgotten.

Basic dive skills such as rescue skills, tying knots and rigging lift-bags etc.

Mike’s Pre-IDC

Preparation programme for the PADI IDC

Mike’s Pre-IDC Preparation Programme

What is involved?

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