Are you looking for something extraordinary? To do something others can only dream of? To help people transform their lives? To open doors you didn’t even know existed? All of this, and more, awaits you as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.

The Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program is one of two distinct components of PADI’s Instructor Development Course (IDC)—the core of PADI Instructor training. The first portion is the Assistent Instructor course followed by the Open Water Scuba Instructor program.

The OWSI program is a minimum of four days. It introduces you to the entire PADI System of diver education and concentrates on further developing your abilities as a professional dive educator.

What You Learn
During the course you’ll learn how to apply the PADI System of Education by presenting at least

• - Two confined water teaching presentations
• - Two knowledge development presentations
• - One open water teaching presentations integrating two skills

You will also attend and participate in the following 15 curriculum presentations:

• - Course Orientation
• - Dive Industry Overview
• - General Standards and Procedures
• - The Role of Media and Prescriptive Teaching
• - Legal Responsibility and Risk Management
• - PADI Scuba Diver and Open Water Diver Course
• - Adaptive Teaching
• - The PADI Continuing Education Philosophy
• - Business Principles for the Dive Instructor
• - Adventures in Diving Program
• - Specialty Diver Courses and Master Suba Diver Program
• - Rescue Diver Course
• - Divemaster Course
• - Diver Retention Programs
• - How to Teach the RDP (Instructors from recreational diver training organizations other than PADI must complete.)

You will demonstrate competence at

• - performing all 20 dive skills listed on the Skill Evaluation.
• - performing a facedown, nonstop swim for 800 metres/yards using a mask, snorkel and fins.

During the course you’ll need to demonstrate competency in Dive theory by passing a five-part theory exam scoring 75% on each part