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Yes, but there is a huge difference in how one becomes an instructor for any agency and how one becomes A GUE Fundamentals instructor.
You have to be asked to attend the ITC by one of the training directors. Not just anyone shows up. These guys all do a minimum of three (probably more for most) interns of the Fundamentals class before they are considered eligible to attend the ITC. Each one is three days long and you have to be willing to travel a good distance.
I saw Mark during the ITC/IE. I thought he did a great job and yet AG wasn't ready to sign off. AG picks his candidates very carefully.
You have to be asked to attend the ITC by one of the training directors. Not just anyone shows up. These guys all do a minimum of three (probably more for most) interns of the Fundamentals class before they are considered eligible to attend the ITC. Each one is three days long and you have to be willing to travel a good distance.
I saw Mark during the ITC/IE. I thought he did a great job and yet AG wasn't ready to sign off. AG picks his candidates very carefully.
OneBrightGator once bubbled...
Not trying to pick a fight, but...
To become a PADI Instructor you have to have taken Advanced, Rescue and be a PADI DM
PADI DM courses require an intership module or practical training
You must attend a 7-10 day IDC taught by a CD where you must teach a minimum of two knowledge development presentations, two confined water skills and 4 open water skills (I had twice or three times as many during my IDC and consider that about average) along with a 5-part theory exam and skill circuit, then you must complete a 2 day IE run by one of few IEs and usually with one or more CDs assisting with another knowledge development presentation, confined water skill, 2 open water skills, a skill circuit, another 5-part theory exam and a standards exam.
Luckily I passed my IE the first time, but we did have one canidate fail out of 6.
I'm not trying to say the instructor path for both agencies is the same, just that each adequately prepares their instructors with the skills and knowledge to perform the job.
Ben