As a PADI Professional, you do things others only dream of. At OZD, we will make your dream come true. Your professional education is a serious matter and we take pride in educating leaders to there highest potential.

Imagine a job where you actually look forward to heading off to work in the morning. Lead a life others fantasize about. Sailing into incredible sunsets could be the rule, not the exception, especially if you work in a tropical dive destination. The commute to work could be as easy as a ten-minute boat ride. Work now becomes an adventure in itself. While experiencing new cultures and lifestyles, you'll be surrounded by people who are always happy. When you take people diving all day - everyone's happy. It's not all fun and games in paradise, but the rewards are well worth the effort.

If you set your sights close to home and aspire to work at a local dive center, you teach people how to dive and guide trips to exotic dive destinations. There's a sense of pride sharing something you are passionate about. You help others enrich their own lives by experiencing the adventure of diving.

Open doors you have only imagined

Take the first step in your dive career and become a PADI Divemaster. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, you'll expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills as you become a dive professional. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities by training you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers.

What can PADI Divemasters do?

Work at local dive centers, on live-aboard dive boats, yachts and at exotic resort locations
Assist PADI Instructors with students
Lead PADI Scuba Divers on guided dive tours
Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers
Teach PADI Discover Snorkeling programs
Conduct PADI Scuba Review programs for certified divers
Lead certified divers on Discover Local Diving experiences
Teach Emergency First Response programs after successful completion of an Emergency First Response Instructor course.

	8 Days or Internship		8 Dives
	Learn dive leadership through classroom and independent study sessions
	Complete water skills and stamina exercises in confined and open water
	Training exercises to test organizational and problem solving abilities
	More Info	1135.00 USD	Online Booking

The PADI Assistant Instructor course is the first portion of the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC). You'll not only gain additional experience as a PADI Professional but you'll also start learning the PADI System of diver education.

What can PADI Assistant Instructors do?

Teach academic presentations under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor
Evaluate Open Water Diver surface skills under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor
Teach the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course
Teach Project AWARE Specialty courses
Conduct PADI Discover Scuba experiences
Teach Emergency First Response after successful completion of an Emergency First Response Instructor course

	3 Days or Internship		4 Dives
	Knowledge development through self-study, quizzes, lectures and presentations
	Confined water skill review and assessment, workshops and presentations omplete water skills and stamina exercises in confined and open water
	Open water workshops, rescue assessment and candidate presentations
	No Additional Info	Call us	Online Booking

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. PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors may conduct a broad range of PADI programs from Discover Scuba to Divemaster.

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 through Divemaster.

PADI Instructors do things others can only daydream about. If you want to live an extraordinary life, you're in the right place.

	8 Days		6 Dives
	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
	No Additional Info	Call us	Online Booking

Emergency First Response Corp., a PADI corporate affiliate, offers the Emergency First Response CPR and first aid program.

What can I do?
As an Emergency First Response Instructor, you can conduct Emergency First Response Primary (CPR) and Secondary Care (first aid) courses.

	1 Day		No Diving
	Learn how to conduct the Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) and Emergency First Response Secondary Care (first aid) courses
	You’l also learn to conduct the recommended Automated External Defibrillator (AED), emergency oxygen and conscious choking management skills
	Open water workshops, rescue assessment and candidate presentations
	No Additional Info	Call us	Online Booking

After becoming a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) you'll want to teach divers specific types of diving dependant to what your local area offers. To do this you need to be able to teach PADI Specialties. By doing so you can heighten your students' comfort level and strengthening their underwater skills, ultimately leading to their enjoyment of diving more than ever before.

	1-2 Days		2-4 Dives
	Follow a specialty instructor course
	Log 25 dives in the desired specialty and submit an application to PADI
	No Additional Info	Call us	Online Booking

Interested in becoming a PADI Diver and you're already certified through another training organization? PADI may recognize your training and experience to enroll in a PADI continuing education course.

	4 Days		4 Dives
	Complete all required performances in Academic, Confined Water and Open Water teaching
	Passe the General knowledge and Standards and Procedures exam
	No Additional Info	Call us	Online Booking

For those serious about becoming a technical instructor and joining the ranks of DSAT technical instructors, the Tec Deep Diver Instructor course is an obvious choice. The DSAT Tec Deep Diver Instructor course incorporates instructional philosophies and course goals that directly address the demanding and challenging nature of technical diving.

What can Tec Deep Instructors do?
· Conduct the Discover Tec experience
· Teach the DSAT Tec Level 1 Diver course
· Teach the DSAT Tec Deep Diver course

	9 Days		12 Dives
	Prepares candidates to conduct the Tec Deep Diver course and addresses the philosophy, organization, practical considerations, promotion and other aspects of teaching the Tec Deep Diver course
	No Additional Info	Call us	Online Booking

If you want to train your dive students to the highest purely recreational dive level in the PADI System of diver education, you'll want to be a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer. By attaining this level, your dive students will know where to come when they want to learn from an expert.

What can PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainers do?

Teach PADI Master Scuba Divers

	5 Days		10-12 Dives
	Hold five PADI Specialty Instructor certifications
	Have at least 25 certifications
	No Additional Info	Call us	Online Booking

PADI IDC Staff Instructors are PADI Instructors moving towards instructor-level training or teaching the Instructor Development Course (IDC). IDC Staff Instructors can independently train and certify PADI Assistant Instructors as well as help train PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors.

What can I do as a PADI IDC Staff Instructor?

Teach PADI Assistant Instructor courses
Help PADI Course Directors conduct the PADI Instructor Development Course
Help PADI Course Directors conduct instructor

	2 Days + Full IDC		8 Dives
	Master of instructor-level dive theory, knowledge development teaching presentations and confined water teaching presentations
	Audit a complete IDC
	No Additional Info	Call us	Online Booking

What can PADI Master Instructors do?

Teach PADI Assistant Instructor courses
Help PADI Course Directors conduct the PADI Instructor Development Course
Help PADI Course Directors conduct instructor

	2 Days + Full IDC		8 Dives
	PADI IDC Staff Instructor certification
	Be a PADI Instructor for at least two years
	EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE™ Instructor certification
	Have certified at least 150 students as PADI Divers
	No Additional Info	Call us	Online Booking

The Course Director level is the pinnacle of the PADI System of diver education, representing less than one percent of all PADI Members. Course Director hopefuls submit an application for acceptance into one of two annual Course Director Training Courses. From almost 200 applications submitted each year only about 70 participants are selected to attend the two week long Course Director Training Course (CDTC).

The Course Director rating is the equivalent of having a postgraduate degree in scuba diving instruction, there is not a more prestigious level of certification within the dive industry. Course Directors are the only people who may conduct the Instructor Development Course needed to become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.

	14 Days		8 Dives
	Hold the PADI Master Instructor certification for at least six months
	250 logged dives
	Renewd EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE™ Instructor
	You will need to successfully complete the 2 weeks PADI Course Director Training Course
	No Additional Info	Call us	Online Booking