Idc & ie

[Apecks]

I sometimes get confused about how the IDC & IE are run, what they consist of, how long it takes etc.

As I will be looking to do mine in the near future could anyone help with a brief outline.

 

[Arizona]

Apecks,

Are you enrolled in one yet? Your Course Director should thoroughly brief you. Check out Limbo's homepage. He has descriptions for everything you mention. I was sent a complete outline and schedule months before it began. You will need to get a significant amount of material in advance for study and use once becoming an instructor.

Good luck,

AZ

 

[The Kraken]

IDC = Scuba Diving College
IE = Senior Exit Exams

The IDC is conducted by a PADI course director. Although there is a given syllabus, the quality of instruction can vary among different instructors. The IDC teaches you how to teach the PADI way, it has nothing to do with advancing the mechanical knowledge of diving.

The IE is conducted by a group of PADI professionals. The exam is divided into 2 segments, the classroom/presentation portion and the confined/open water portion.

the K

 

[Apecks]

Apecks,

Are you enrolled in one yet? Your Course Director should thoroughly brief you. Check out Limbo's homepage. He has descriptions for everything you mention. I was sent a complete outline and schedule months before it began. You will need to get a significant amount of material in advance for study and use once becoming an instructor.

Good luck,

AZ

Arizona,

No I am not enrolled in one yet - Presently out of country for a month earning some pennies to fund my diving habit

I had looked at Limbo's homepage as a potential venue to do my IDC (Koh Samui) - preference would be to do it in Pattaya but I am not keen on either Mermaids or Aquanauts.

If you do not mind me asking, how long did you study the materials for prior to the course?

 

[Don Wray]

A lot of study is required before going to the IDC. All the material must be studied beforehand and knowledge reviews completed (13 if I remember correctly) and ready for review. There are several books you need to read i.e. The law and the diving professional, the business of diving, and Children and diving. You will also be required to retake the exams you took for your DM rating, and know the material as the IDC is not persay remedial. You should know the physics, physiology, etc. upside down and backwards. Your skills need to be to a 4 or 5 demonstration quality. You need to know how to tie a bowline, sheet bend and half hitches.

The IE is two intense days of test taking, presentations and water demonstrations. The rescue portion is pass/fail and you are allowed one retake. Mess up one thing in the rescue, say let the victim's head go under water, fail. You have to demonstrate 5 skills chosen by the examiner, you are allowed 1 retake. You are given 2 confined water skills to teach, if you mess up one, you do the other. Same in open water.

No one in my IDC (EASE) was unsuccessful. There were around 3 from other IDC's who had to come back at a later date, and one who was taking an exam retake who failed again and left.

The IDC is fun but again, pretty intense as time is limited. The first 3 or 4 days is the AI portion, the last few, the Instructor prep, learning to teach the PADI way.

Good luck and have fun.

 

[Arizona]

Arizona,

No I am not enrolled in one yet - Presently out of country for a month earning some pennies to fund my diving habit

I had looked at Limbo's homepage as a potential venue to do my IDC (Koh Samui) - preference would be to do it in Pattaya but I am not keen on either Mermaids or Aquanauts.

If you do not mind me asking, how long did you study the materials for prior to the course?

I'll send you a PM, but briefly there is a lot of reading. Before starting go back to your Encyclopedia of Diving and refresh what you learned as a DMT. Completing the workbook with special attention to the physics was very helpful to me. I completed the IDC/IE one year after becoming a DM. I tried to get as much experience as I could with my regular job during that year in between. I worked with several instructors and tried to learn as much as I could. I found being in the pool and open water with different instructors helpful as I picked up things and adapted what works best for me. I also found the DM exams helpful which you should get in your IDC supplies. I took these exams prior to the IE and it was very helpful. Everyone has an area they need more work in. Your Course Director should pre-assess you and help you focus your time most appropriately.

You could still do your IDC IE away from Pattaya. Samui has many benefits IMO. You could always join me on a Sameasan/Pattaya trip. When will you be starting? I am out of town till the end of July.