OWSI
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Course (OWSI)
The PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor program is your final step in the quest to become a PADI Instructor. During the IDC, you’ll learn to use and adapt the PADI System of diver education to individual student needs. Comprehensive training, supported by a wide variety of PADI educational materials, earns PADI Instructors respect from both students and peers.
The PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor rating sets you apart from the crowd. PADI Instructors may conduct the entire range of PADI programs – from Discover Scuba Diving through Divemaster.
PADI Instructors do things others can only daydream about.
What do I need to start?
- Meet all IDC/AI course prerequisites
- PADI Assistant Instructor or current instructor member in good standing with a recognized recreational training organization for at least six months
Please Note: 6 months as a certified diver and 100 logged dives are required to enter the Instructor Examination unless enrolled in our CDC package.
Since Planet Scuba is a PADI Career Development Center, you can participate in the PADI IE prior to meeting the experience requirement of 100 dives, when enrolled in five of the CDC pre- and/or post-IDC courses (Pre-study, EFR and all Specialty courses qualify).
Candidates who successfully complete a PADI IDC conducted by a Career Development Center may attend a PADI IE if they have been certified divers for at least six months, have logged at least 60 dives and are certified PADI Assistant Instructors.
Certification as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor will take place when the 100 dives requirement has been met.
What will I do?
- Knowledge development through self-study, quizzes, lectures and presentations
- Confined water skill review and assessment, workshops and presentations
- Open water workshops, rescue assessment and candidate presentations
- Have at least 100 logged dives prior to entering a PADI Instructor Exam
How long will it take?
In conjunction with our AI program the course will be conducted over 5 days. The course is conducted in a relaxed resort setting, with the days starting around 8.30 am and ending around 5.00 pm. We have a scheduled day off in between the AI and the OWSI Courses, where we invite you for a complimentary days diving.
What materials are needed?
The IDC Crew pack which includes;
- PADI’s Guide to Teaching w. hologram
- Open Water Lesson Planning Slate
- Confined Water Lesson Preparation Slate
- Open Water Aquatic Cue Cards
- Confined Water Aquatic Cue Cards
- Adventures in Diving Cue Cards
- Rescue Diver Cue Cards
- Open Water Diver Quizzes and Exam booklet
- Rescue Diver Final Exams Booklet
- Divemaster Final Exams Booklet
- Specialty Course Instructor Manual (Digital, multilingual version, E, DU, F, S)
- Law and Diving professional book
- CD containing Best of USJ-, Children & Diving-, Business of Diving (3 PDF manuals)
- Positive Approach Selling DVD
Furthermore you will also need;
- PADI Instructor Manual 2010 Version
- RDP Table and E-RDPML version, including instructions for use booklets
- Discover Scuba Diving Cue Card
- Divemaster cue cards
- Encyclopedia of Diving
- Diving Knowledge Workbook
- Open Water diver manual
- How to Use and Choose Dive computers book
- Adventures in Diving Manual
- Rescue diver manual
- Divemaster manual
Career Options?
Once you become a new PADI Instructor you will want to continue your education to expand your career options. Our Go Pro Packages offer comprehensive training to maximize your opportunity and to give you a cutting edge to succeed in the Dive Industry
If you would like to know more about our comprehensive Go Pro Packages please click here
- Early Booking bonus secured with 30% Deposit 30 days advance
If you like to participate in the complete IDC (AI and OWSI), add 4.000,-Baht to the course price
