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This is it, you've
made it to the top you are now at the pinnacle of your own Personal
Underwater Journey. In a short time you have the opportunity to
prove yourself to some of the worlds best diver trainers from PADI
itself. At this point you have out performed over 95% of those that
initially started their journey at the same time as you, right now
you should be feeling incredibly proud of yourself and justifiably
so !
So far you have been
involved only with our own Scuba + Outdoor Pursuits Centre Training
Team, and over time they have become well known and friendly faces
too you. Well now its time to go external, you are about to be
exposed to a whole new group of diver trainers, from our regular
PADI Course Directors right up to the highest levels of PADI
Examiners. This is it, your chance to excel is here, lets help you
grasp it with both hands ...
Your PADI Instructor
Development Course is part one of the two stages to becoming a fully
qualified PADI Instructor and you will most probably feel by
far the hardest. It is designed to fully prepare you, both in
knowledge and skills, to face the second stage of the PADl
Instructor Examination. The examination itself is completely
external and run by PADI head office itself, so yes, we really do
need you to be ready for this one, both our reputations depend on
it.
At this level of your
Personal Underwater Journey, your course must be conducted by a very
specific and highly qualified instructor. Although it will be based
fully at our main training facility in Cannock, our regular PADI
Courses Director, Les Taylor, will be conducting and managing your
PADI Instructor Development Course.
  The
specific timings of the elements of your course may vary, and will
depend very much on the progress of the group as a whole, however we
have included a sample schedule. The schedule is spread over three
consecutive weekends, and will of course comprise a considerable
amount of self study preparation work.
  This
is now the true sum of everything you have learned so far, whether
is has taken you 12 months or 12 years to get to this level, you are
now obviously ready to complete your journey. You are ready to
become the one at the top who everyone else admires, and most likely
secretly aspires to one day be equal to.
Once completed you
will receive, on payment of your registration fee, a PADI Instructor
Development Course completion certificate, this will then
allow you to proceed to the next and final level, the PADI
Instructor Examination. The examination is totally independent of
The Scuba + Outdoor Pursuits centre and is organised by PADI
International themselves.
The PADI Instructor
Examination is a two day event, generally held at either Northampton
or Leicester, meaning an overnight stay may be required. Over the
two days the examiners from PADI will assess and test every aspect
of your instructor training, from swimming ability and confined
water skills demonstration to comfort in both lecture and open water
situations. The fees for this portion of your transformation into a
PADI Instructor may vary and are payable directly to PADI; we can
confirm this on application.
One additional
portion of the three weekend program that will be of special
interest is the PADI Emergency First Response Instructor Course that
runs on the final Sunday. This of course is a must for any PADI
Rescue Diver courses you are planning on running, but also now may
open other opportunities for you, as it is now a non-diving specific
program. To find out more about this additional instructor level
programme, and get yourself enrolled -contact our training
department.
So that’s it, you've
done all the hard work, you've almost completed your own Personal
Underwater Journey, you're one of only a handful that have shown the
commitment, ability and skill to get this far lets go for it !
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