The Raise the Divebar Instructor Development Program embraces a successfully proven concierge approach, designed specifically for its valued professional candidates.
Working with respected PADI 5 Star IDC Centers in Florida & the Caribbean, we have numerous PADI Instructor Examination opportunities every year. This allows us to create a specific curriculum schedule to satisfy personal success on your professional path as an Open Water Scuba Instructor and beyond.
We strive to provide one of the finest PADI IDCs and Instructor training programs available. Every student is a direct reflection of his or her mentor. Raise the Divebar adheres to the highest training standards for every student.
With such a commitment to thorough, quality-driven education, our instructors always find work in the dive industry—locally, and spanning the globe.
No matter if you are a local candidate or choose to travel from far & wide to complete your training with us, we pride ourselves on a special course design specific to you and your goals.
With a personal approach to our instruction, we nurture & cultivate our students with a relaxed methodology that inspires learning, adapting and reflecting—allowing us all to learn together.
Education is a shared experience, giving us the time to address attention-needing areas in your studies, while fine-tuning your learning process and building on your strengths.
Your schedule will be allocated for the special considerations of the candidates' needs. The schedule will be determined by your initial meeting with our Guidance Team.
CONTACT MichaelWith each student, we build comprehensive dive education plans that reflect the needs of the student—all centered on developing a student's personal and professional goals.
The Raise the Divebar Instructor Development Program has total-emersion-programs capabilities, conducted during a seven-day period, and complete with Master Scuba Diver Trainer Prep, or a personally crafted schedule option—for your erratic schedule considerations.
Raise the Divebar is completely committed to your success and your structured development.
The IDC has a number of different components:
• Participate in a number of knowledge development presentations
• Deliver at least 3 knowledge development presentations
• Deliver at least 4 confined water teaching presentations
• Deliver at least 2 skill-combined open water teaching presentations
• Rescue assessment
• 800-meter snorkel swim
• Dive theory and Standards & Procedures exams
• And much, much more
One of the best things about the Instructor Development Course is that there are no maximum number of attempts. If you put in the effort & preparation, you will be successful.
Raise the Divebar is affiliated with premier PADI-certified, 5 Star Instructor Development Dive Centers worldwide. With a concierge-styled approach to your learning experience, our professional, personal approach gives you access to individual resources. You will receive full access to our Course Director, with continued professional guidance & mentoring that are vital to quality career development.
Having access to Raise the Divebar—and its extensive tools—will enhance your training. You will receive expert instruction for real-life experiences far beyond your PADI Instructor Examination.
During 2021, we can develop a special schedule within the year to accommodate your schedule—targeting any of the scheduled PADI Instructor Exams slated for the Fort Lauderdale area. Our IDC opportunities include EFR instructor Training and Master Scuba Diver Trainer Prep to coincide with the PADI Instructor Exams.
To book a place on the PADI Instructor Exam of your choice, click below or contact Raise the Divebar by calling (267) 257-9782 so we can build a custom-designed program for you.
• PADI Instructor Manual
• Standard dive equipment (excluding tanks and weights)
• PADI Guide to Teaching*
• PADI Specialty Course Instructor Manual, or these specialty course instructor guides: Peak Performance Buoyancy, Project AWARE and AWARE – Coral Reef Conservation*
• PADI Open Water Diver Manual
• Recreational Dive Planner – RDP Table and eRDPML, including Instructions for Use booklets
• How to Use and Choose Dive Computers
• Open Water Diver Quizzes and Exam booklet*
• Adventures in Diving Manual
• PADI Rescue Diver Manual
• Rescue Diver Final Exams booklet*
• PADI Divemaster Manual
• Divemaster Final Exams booklet*
• Aquatic Cue Cards for Open Water Diver, Adventures in Diving, Rescue Diver, Divemaster and Discover Scuba Diving*
• Confined Water Lesson Preparation slate*
• Open Water Training Dive Lesson Planning slate*
• The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving
• Diving Knowledge Workbook
*These items are all included in the IDC Crew Pack, which is available for purchase from Raise the Divebar at 10% below the PADI member price. Any other items that you require can also be purchased at the same time for 10% off.
Most of us cannot relax before going into a course, or examination. To help, we highly recommend the PADI Dive Theory online eLearning program where you can revise your Physics, Physiology, Dive Theory, Decompression Theory, Equipment and General Skills questions.
As part of your PADI Divemaster Crew Pack, you received the Diving Knowledge Workbook. This is also an excellent resource for revision.
There are a number of ways to accomplish your goals. Below are the development options. Contact Michael for your personally designed development plan.
Assistant Instructor
(Includes all materials, E learning Code and PADI fees)
Open Water Scuba Instructor
(Includes all materials and PADI fees)
FULL Instructor Development Course
(Includes all materials and PADI fees)
Master Scuba Diver Trainer Prep Package
(Includes Wreck, Search & Recovery, Deep Underwater Navigation, Emergency O2, AWARE Shark Conservation)
(Includes all materials and PADI fees)
IDC Staff Instructor
(Includes Student Materials, Pool Time and all fees)
Emergency First Response Instructor
(Includes Crew-Pack with digital IM and all fees)
Please note that we do not offer arrangements where you can work the course fees off instead of paying upfront for them. Please also be aware that completing your IDC with Raise the Divebar is not an offer of employment.