Apply to do the Course Director Development Course with the minimum cert requierments

[grassgreen]

Does anyone have any experiance of doing this themselves or been on the course and seen others in this position??

What i want to know, is very difficult, and do people ever get accepted with the minimum, any other relevent info would be great a

lso thanks

 

[Wookie]

The CD course is quite competitive. If you meet the minimums, you may get bumped by someone who has thousands of con-ed certs. PADI loves con-ed. I have 30 c-cards from a CD applicant who needed to get their con-ed certs up. They were for courses I could teach as a specialty instructor, but never bothered to get the card as a student. My wife has a similar number of cards obtained the same way. My suggestion is to staff a bunch of IDC's to get your name on the roster, issue specialties to all of your friends and instructors who might not have the card, and do lots of Project Aware projects like beach cleanups etc. One CD friend applied 4 years in a row before she was accepted. It was all about the con ed certs.

 

[scadreau]

As Wookie said. Con-Ed certs and ratio are a big deal. The other big deal is to staff about 8 - 10 IDC's. In theory, 50% is the business plan but the handful of CD applicants I have seen have good Con-Ed ratio and good IDC numbers.

If you have the minimum, you could get accepted but you would have to have a weak applicant pool.

 

[santy2506]

When you apply, you will be compared to all the other applicants. If there are enough applicants that rate higher than you to fill the class, then you won't get in. Keep working/teaching...persistence pays off.