PADI Instructor Course - Flora Bay Divers Dive Centre - PADI 5 Star Gold Palm Dive Resort and Center | Scuba Diving in Pulau Perhentian Islands

This is the rest of the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC), the PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program, is the final development step in your quest to become a PADI Instructor. During this program, you’ll be introduced to the entire PADI System and it focuses on further developing your abilities as a professional educator. This comprehensive training supported by a wide variety of PADI educational materials earns PADI Instructors respect from both students and peers.

This rating sets you apart from the crowd. As a PADI Instructor, you may conduct the entire range of PADI programs – from PADI Discover Scuba Diving through PADI Divemaster Course.

Successfully completing this program qualifies you to attend a PADI Instructor Examination (IE).

Current Instructor members in good standing from another training organizations are welcome to take a closer look at PADI System of Diver Education by just attending the PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) part of the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC).

However; at Flora Bay Divers and Go Pro Malaysia, we invite Cross-over Instructor candidates to join our entire IDC by just paying the PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program fee!

After successfully completing the entire PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) or just the PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program, Cross-over Instructor candidates are eligible to attend the PADI Instructor Examination (IE) if they decide to become PADI Instructor!

CLICK HERE to download our "Commonly Asked Questions" about our PADI IDC in Perhentian Island, Malaysia.

OWSI Program prerequisites:

1. Be certified as a PADI Assistant Instructor (AI) or as a current instructor member in good standing with another recreational diver training organization including BSAC (Club Instructor or higher), CMAS (two or three star), FAUI, IDEA, Los Angeles County, MDEA, NAUI, PDIC, SSI, SAA (Instructor Grade 2 or higher) or YMCA (other may qualify, please contact Azman for more information).

2. Be at least 18 years old.

3. Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement for a diving medical examination conducted within 12 months. A licensed physician must sign the form and state that the candidate is fit for diving. The physician signing the form may not be the applicant.

4. Have been a certified diver for at least six months and have completed and logged at least 60 open water scuba dives and have documentation of experience in deep, night and navigation diving. To attend an PADI Instructor Examinations (IE), you must have at least 100 logged dives.

5. Submit proof of First Aid & CPR training within the last 24 months.

6. Submit documentation of any equivalent certification for entry level, advanced, rescue and leadership-level issued by another recreational diver training organization. (PADI Member who has these records on file does not need to resubmit).

Required PADI training materials for this program:

1. PADI Instructor Manual
2. PADI Instructor Candidate Workbook
3. PADI Open Water Diver course Instructor cue cards
4. PADI Adventure in Diving Instructor cue cards
5. PADI Rescue Diver instructor cue cards
6. PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Instructor outline
7. PADI Project AWARE Specialty Instructor outline
8. RDP Table
9. RDP Wheel
10. eRDP

Please contact PADI Course Director Azman for more information about his PADI Open Water Scuba instructor course.