PADI Pro Training

Think Like an Instructor

The PADI® Pro Training app is the gateway to the reknowned PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC). This program sets the standard for dive education. It provides the training that allows dive professionals to move up the ladder to become PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors – the most sought-after dive instructors around the world.

On the path to becoming a PADI Professional, you will train with experienced and dedicated dive educators and discover a career that allows you to transform lives. You will earn a PADI Instructor rating through hard work and commitment, and will be rewarded with a credential that qualifies you to share incredible underwater adventures with others.

Becoming a PADI Instructor consists of developing instructor-level dive knowledge, role-modeling water skills, leadership skills, and learning to teach in confined water, classroom and in open water. The independent study portion of the IDC, accessed through PADI eLearning®, helps prepare you for workshops with your PADI Course Director. The IDC emphasizes development, not testing, so you learn in a low-stress environment that allows you to concentrate on knowledge and skill development. The final step to certification is the Instructor Examination (IE), which evaluates your teaching ability, dive knowledge, skills level, understanding of the PADI System, attitude and professionalism – all attributes required of PADI Instructors.


To get started on your instructor journey each candidate will need to be a current PADI Divemaster who has been a certified diver for six months or more. (Instructor/leadership level certifications with other recognized recreational diver training organization may also qualify.) To get started contact your local PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Center.