Trawangan Dive is running monthly Instructor Development Courses and invites you to join, finally giving you the opportunity to have the job of your dreams.   For the duration of the course you have backpacker accommodation and lunch included in the price, meaning that you can spend plenty of time with your fellow candidates and get the most out of the IDC experience.  Unlike the typical 10 day IDC ours runs for 16 days, this gives plenty of time for workshops on each of the courses, ensuring that once you pass your Instructor Examination you will feel completely ready and confident to teach all courses right the way up to Divemaster.  Additional days are included as part of the IDC to give personal one on one attention to each candidate, helping to fine-tune individual skills.

If you are new to the PADI system, or unfamiliar with the step's to becoming a successful instructor, let us be the first to welcome you to the world's largest diver training organization and some of the most modern instructional methods and material used in diver education today. The path to becoming an instructor is easy and it has been split to accommodate everyone's needs:

• An eight (8) day Assistant Instructor course (AI), for those wanting to take the first step into teaching.
• An eight (8) day Open Water Scuba Instructor Course (OWSI), if continuing your education or crossing over from another organization.
• A sixteen (16) day Instructor Development Course (IDC), which encompasses both the AI and OWSI programs
• A Three day instructor exam (IE)

The Instructor Development Course will be conducted our PADI Course Director Ayala Cohen and our PADI IDC Staff Instructors.

Our resident Course Director, Ayala Cohen, has a fun, professional, detailed way of bringing you through your training.  She spends time with each candidate to ensure they become the best possible instructors.  Her training focuses on helping candidates organize and teach all PADI courses.  Please feel free to come in and speak to Ayala for more information, you can also email her This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or call her on (+62) 08133 8594806.

This pack contains information concerning not only the IDC, but also other associated courses offered before and after the IDC itself. Our entire schedule is flexible. A price list is also included which we are happy to discuss with you.

• We have added additional days onto our course to give you extra time and experience in all the area's of being an Instructor.
• After the IDC, there's a full range of Specialty Instructor training courses to choose from.
• For your convenience, you'll find that there are instructor development courses scheduled for nearly every month of the year.

We are dedicated to providing you with professional service and quality education you'll be proud of. The course offered is designed to do far more than just get you through the instructor exams. We believe you deserve more of an all-round education that will prepare you for a job in a competitive market place. On completion of your course, we also provide a job placement scheme, which includes all of Indonesia. We will also find time to take you on a couple of exciting fun dives during the program free of charge.

Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI): 

This is the second portion of the full Instructor training.  Candidates must already be certified as Assistant Instructors in order to take part.  Over the course of 8 days you will be taught how to present skills and dive theory both in and out of the water at an instructor level.  You will also take part in workshops aimed at organizing and teaching all dive courses including Advanced, Rescue and Divemaster.  Classroom time focuses on conduct, professionalism and standards as well as refreshing your Divemaster theory.  At the end of this course students will take part in the 3 day Instructor Exams conducted by a PADI Examiner.

Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) Program - Course Prerequisites

1. All AI prerequisites

2.  PADI Assistant Instructor, or current instructor member in good standing (eligible to renew) with another recreational diver training organization for  at least six months.

Instructor Development Course (IDC) including Emergency First Response Instructor (EFRI): 

The IDC takes the Assistant Instructor and Open Water Scuba Instructor Courses and combines them with EFR Instructor for the full package.  Throughout the full 16 days you will work with Ayala in the classroom, swimming pool and open water.  Rescue skills are assessed and fine tuned, confined water skills are taught to presentation quality and workshops are done on all possible Advanced dives so that each new instructor is ready to teach as soon as the exams are completed.  After 14 days the candidates are given the last 2 days before the exams to work with Ayala one on one in any of the departments they feel needs fine-tuning.

Instructor Development Course (IDC) - Course Prerequisites (These prerequisites are the same as those for AI)

1. PADI Divemaster, or leadership level with another diver training organization including, 60 logged dives; documented experience in night diving,  deep diving and underwater navigation

2. Be a minimum of 18 years old

3. Be a certified diver for at least six months

4. Medical clearance attesting to dive fitness signed by a Physician within the previous 12 months, if you have completed your Divemaster course in that time period, the same medical form can be used.

5. Have completed an Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care Course (or qualifying training) within the last 24 months

 If you are not a PADI Divemaster, you will need to complete the diver rescue assessment from the PADI Divemaster course. You will also need to submit documentation of your qualifying certifications for Open Water, Advanced, Rescue and leadership level if from another organization to the Course Director.

Open Water Scuba Instructor Duties after certification

Teaching Status Open Water Scuba Instructors are authorized to teach the following PADI courses:

1. PADI Scuba Diver/Open Water Diver

2. Adventures in Diving Program (Adventure Diver/Advanced Open Water Diver)

3. Rescue Diver

4. Divemaster

5. Skin Diver and Discover Snorkeling

6. Discover Scuba Diving

7. PADI Seal Team and Bubblemaker

8. Scuba Review and Discover Local Diving

9. Peak Performance Buoyancy

10. Project AWARE Specialty

11. AWARE - Coral Reef Conservation

PADI Instructor Exams - IE

Instructor Exams are conducted by PADI Instructor Examiners sent from PADI Asia Pacific located in Sydney, Australia.

The IE is a three day evaluation program that tests you, the instructor Candidate in your; Teaching ability, dive theory knowledge, water-skill level, understanding of the PADI System, attitude and professionalism. Our IE's are held between Bali and Gili Trawangan and so for details you will need to contact us directly as to which months you are interested in conducting your IDC and that way we can inform you of where the IE will be held

To attend an IE you must:

• Successfully complete an OWSI program or IDC within 12 months from start date of the IE.
• Have documentation of at least 100 logged dives including experience in navigation, night and deep diving.
• Present an Instructor Certificate of Completion that has both the OWSI IDC completion date and dive experience sections signed by a PADI Course Director, or provide an IE. Certificate of Participation indicating previous attendance at an IE showing which modules need to be repeated.
• Present an IE enrollment form and appropriate IE fee.
• Present a medical statement for a diving medical examination which has been conducted within the past 12 months indicating that the candidate is fit for diving.

To successfully complete an IE, an individual must:

• Score 75 percent or higher on all five sections of the dive theory exam. Only one makeup on one of the sections is allowed.
• Score 75 percent or higher on the Systems, Standards and Procedures exam. No makeups are allowed.
• Score a 3.5 or higher on an assigned Knowledge Development teaching presentation. One makeup presentation is allowed - passing makeup score must be 3.5 or higher.
• Score a 3.4 or higher on an assigned Confined Water teaching presentation. One makeup presentation is allowed - passing makeup score must be 3.4 or higher.
• Score a combined score of 7 over two assigned Open Water teaching presentations. No makeups are allowed.
• Demonstrate competence in the rescue of a scuba diving victim simulating unconscious / non-breathing at the surface. One makeup is allowed.
• Score a 3.0 or higher on five skill demonstrations. In addition, score a total of 17 points or more on the entire skill circuit. One makeup of all five skills is allowed only if one skill demonstration is less than 3.0 or less than 17 total points is scored. Passing makeup score must be 3.0 or higher on each skill demonstration with no less than 17 total points. Scores of 1.0 or 2.0 on two or more skills initially or not passing the makeup will disqualify candidates from certification during the IE.
• Demonstrate competence of all dive skills during Confined Water and Open Water sessions.
• Demonstrate professional behavior, attitude and actions during all phases of the IE.

Written Examination Policy

Provisions may be made during written examinations for instructor candidates with learning disabilities and for those who must take the exam in another language. If you have any special needs, please contact us at Trawangan Dive.

PADI Instructor Exam Fees:

• PADI Instructor Application fee AUD 188.00 - payable direct to PADI
• PADI Instructor Examination (IE) AUD 710.00 - payable direct to PADI
• PADI EFR Instructor application AUD 120.00 - payable direct to PADI
• PADI Specialty Instructor Application AUD 69.00 - payable direct to PADI