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Enjoy small classes and personalised training on the beautiful Caribbean island of Roatan, Honduras.
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Dive free for life As a dive instructor trained with Subway Watersports you will be able to dive with us for free for the rest of your life.
Free accommodation during training
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PADI Scuba Dive Instructor Development Course on the Caribbean island of Roatan, Honduras
Roatan Island, located on the Caribbean coast of Honduras is the home for Subway Watersports. We are a PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Center with locations at Turquoise Bay and Palmetto Plantation. We offer you a great value in quality training, career development and rewarding experience becoming a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.
During the last few years, over 70% of the instructor candidates on Roatan chose Subway Watersports IDC because of “word of mouth” recommendations from previous students. It was more than just the quality program provided through PADI. It also centered around our career development program, reputation, and our staff’s love for diving. Many Divemaster interns have found our IDC to be a value proposition they could not resist and continued their education through the instructor level.
We believe in keeping our IDC classes small (6 candidates maximum) to facilitate personal interaction and to provide any special one-on-one attention that a candidate may need or desire to develop experience.
Depending upon the candidates’ experience and certification level, we are able to offer specialized packages to cater to what you need and want.
Our IDC normally runs for 12 days, which allows some flexibility in the scheduling to accommodate “free days” just to go diving on Roatan's spectacular coral reef and hone your skills. This way it is not a 24/7 experience in the class room. Typically, we conduct the Assistant Instructor segment first followed by the Emergency First Response Instructor Course and then conclude with the Open Water Scuba Instructor segment. We are offering the new PADI IDC curriculum to our candidates.
With this approach, we can tailor the program so that candidates who already have elements of the IDC such as Assistant Instructor (AI), EFR Instructor (EFRI) ratings or did the IDC eLearning can join in later in the program and maximize their time. Alternatively, those who want to take smaller steps and earn the AI and/or EFRI ratings can do this and join in with a later OWSI program.
If you have become an Assistant Instructor under the older IDC curriculum, we are able to help you bridge the gap and come up to speed with the changes.
As a service to our candidates, we provide a “Welcome to Roatan” airport/ferry pick up, 2010 Roatan Marine Park pass, diving before and after the IDC, free use of our dive equipment during training, staff lunches during the course, free internet at the dive center and intern house, free accommodation (double occupancy with another PADI pro candidate) and transport to the IE with full logistical support from the IDC staff. Should the IE be held on Utila Island there are some extra charges for this.
Our IDC program is more than preparation for the Instructor Exam. We believe in career development and life after the IE. Our focus is upon a real life application of how you will use your skills in the local environment and in those areas where you will choose to continue your career.
Here on the Caribbean island of Roatan, Honduras, we offer you two options.
If you are a Divemaster with the prerequisite 100 logged dives, you may enroll into the 12 day IDC program which is held monthly. We schedule the IDC to coincide with an Instructor Examination that is held either in Roatan or Utila. This helps to maximize your experience and give you the ability to begin instructing.
Should you feel like you are not quite ready as a Divemaster and need some more experience or the ability to log additional dives, we can help you to refresh your skills and knowledge through our Instructor Internship program.
If time is a consideration, we can offer a limited program where you are able to complete the Assistant Instructor and/or Emergency First Response Instructor.
Our IDC gives you the confidence you will need to be able to teach in a classroom, confined water, and open water environment. You will be prepared to offer Adventure dives. Once your teaching status has been granted, you will be ready to receive your first students.
You will have many opportunities to develop your skills in class and in the water. We will conduct workshops in marketing, continuing education, risk management, counseling, 4 E’s, Discover Scuba Diving, Ascent/Descent, CESA, Adventure Dives, Rescue, eLearning, Tec Diving, and doing business with PADI. Since we are a National Geographic Instructor Development Program you will learn about this special program.
Last year, PADI changed its training standards to make the Emergency First Response Instructor course a prerequisite for the IE. Our training program will give you practical skills in organizing and marketing training, as well as positive coaching tips. You will be able to refresh and learn skills in Primary, Secondary, and Children/Infant Care, as well as AED and Oxygen administration. When you complete the EFRI course you will receive the following ratings: Primary and Secondary Care Instructor Care for Children Instructor AED & CPR Instructor
For the last three years, 2008 – 2010, every single one of our IDC candidates have passed the Instructor Examination on the first attempt (industry average is 89%). This is a reflection of the level of training and preparation you receive with us and the efforts of our students.
For more details on the prerequisites, materials, and costs of our Instructor Development Course see Cost.
We want you to be ready for the challenges of being a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, wherever your dreams will take you. Contact us by email IDC@subwaywatersports.com or phone +504 413 2230 (in the us dial 011 for international call) for more detailed information on how our program makes our Instructors so successful.
We will help you find a job after you
successfully passed the instructor exam. Here are two useful links as
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Many of the candidates
decide to spend another week afterwards to obtain specialty
instructor ratings in preparation for their MSDT. Together with our
Course Director we will plan a program to fit your interest and the
market where you will work. We also work with you to help you in job
placement. The MSDT preparation program helps you to become more
marketable as a prospective employee with a dive center.