What are the reasons to do your PADI IDC in Kenya? There are many places around the world that you can become a PADI diving instructor.
So why do your PADI IDC here in Diani Beach, Kenya?
You are a Divemaster wanting to take the next step. The location of your PADI IDC is very important to ensure that you get the right balance of an excellent PADI IDC and experience of the area.
You also should consider life after the IDC and what the IDC package is preparing you for.
So what are the reasons to do your PADI IDC in Kenya? Check it out below!
Fantastic Location
Diani Beach is consistently rated one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. The diving on offer consists of both coral diving and wreck diving and loads of dive sites.
Kenya is not as far as some places to get to with direct flights from Europe taking around 8 hours. The Middle East is 5 hours away. Yes the Americas and Asia are that little bit further away but we can promise you it is well worth the visit.
From Diani you can also get to Kenya’s other main attractions, the wildlife game reserves within a matter of hours. It is the only place in the world where you could conceivably see a wild whale sharks and turtles in the morning and wild elephants and lions in the afternoon. Combine Finding Nemo with the Lion King.
Coming to Kenya and East Africa, you are opening yourself up to so many experiences.
From the coast of Mombasa to the peaks of Mt Kenya and Mt Kilimanjaro. The cultural sights from the Swahili coast to the hundreds of tribes in the region.
The largest canyon in the world and craters of the Great Rift Valley. The might of the River Nile at Jinja rapids. The flamingo-covered lakes and searching for the Big 5!
One of the most diverse wildlife havens on earth. From the savannahs of Tsavo, the Masai Mara and Serengeti. To the mountains of the Aberdares in Kenya, the Mountains of the Moon, and gorillas in Rwanda and Uganda, there is so much to see.
You will never be able to experience it all in a lifetime.
PADI IDC Training Centre
Ocean Tribe runs the most up-to-date PADI IDC with state-of-the-art training materials and tools. Our dedicated IDC workshop area includes projectors, screens, digital whiteboards, candidate power sockets and full wifi access. Located in the same complex is our diver training pool and boat launching point on Diani Beach. Everything is in the complex so you can just concentrate on your training.
Award Winning PADI Course Director with 20 years of experience and over 100 IDCs worked on.
PADI Course Director Mark Slingo has been working on IDCs for many years and has taught professional dive courses in over 20 countries. He has additionally run programs for PADI and is an acknowledged specialist in the field of adaptive diving.
Mark encourages you to make the most of your IDC and will be your mentor and guide to turn you out as a very well rounded professional instructor.
For a full bio of our PADI Course Director Mark Slingo please click here.
Informal preparation program
Before your PADI IDC in Kenya, you are welcome to come to Ocean Tribe early and spend time with our instructors preparing for the IDC. This is included free and includes use of the facilities and training pool.
Longer IDC format- Top Notch PADI Instructor Development Course
The minimum training time for an IDC is 7 days. But we don’t believe in rushing you through the IDC. We want to give you as many chances to hone your teaching presentation skills to an awesome level.
As such our IDC is conducted over 14 days with more candidate presentations than the bare minimum. This enables you to really take your time over your learning and reduces stress levels.
We might also mention that it is a top-notch IDC, which will prepare you to go into the PADI Instructor exam with no worries.
Start any time with eLearning
Being well prepared for your PADI IDC will make it so much easier. As such you can start the required PADI eLearning for both the IDC and the EFR Instructor course at any time before you come.
Option to complete classroom segments via live online presentations
Our IDC has also been designed recognising that not everyone can spare the full amount of time to come and complete the instructor training in Kenya.
It is possible to take the dry workshop segments of the PADI IDC and candidate knowledge development presentations online. These will be conducted over live presentations with our PADI Course Director prior to coming to the IDC.
This means that you have the option of only having to complete the water-work part of the PADI IDC in Kenya, which can reduce it to 7 days plus the 2 day IE.
7 PADI Specialty Instructor Courses Included- Be more qualified than the rest
The dive instructor employment market is a highly competitive one. Therefore it really helps if you can set yourself apart from the rest with the amount you can offer a recruiting dive centre.
One of the easiest ways to increase what you can offer is by becoming a PADI Specialty Instructor. This also enables you to be able to teach your specific interests in diving.
When you take the IDC you automatically become a PADI Specialty Instructor for the AWARE Coral Reef Conservation, Project AWARE and Peak Performance Buoyancy specialties.
Ocean Tribe have packaged together a specialty instructor training program that adds 7 more PADI specialty instructor courses. This means that upon graduating from the PADI IDC program at Ocean Tribe you are able to already teach 10 different PADI Specialty Diver courses.
The PADI Specialty Instructor course package includes: PADI Adaptive Techniques Instructor, Enriched Air Instructor and Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor. You can then choose the remaining 4 specialties from:
- Deep Diver
- Digital Underwater Photography Diver
- Fish ID Diver
- Full Face Mask Diver
- Night Diver
- Search & Recovery Diver
- Underwater Navigator Diver
- Wreck Diver
Adaptive Diving Specialist
For those of you who have an interest in working with divers with disabilities Ocean Tribe is a full PADI Adaptive Service Facility Award holder.
All of our professional candidates are trained in the PADI Adaptive Techniques Instructor program with the option to do our extended version.
As a dive professional you will then be able to offer training to a new demographic of people who might have thought it out of their range.
Dive Instructor Internships with Unlimited Diving Available
For those of you who have set your goal to become a PADI Instructor but are not a Divemaster yet, why not complete all of your training as a PADI Instructor here at Ocean Tribe?
We offer custom packages from beginner levels or any level you wish to start up to the PADI IDC.
These internships can include your own set of diving equipment, all PADI courses, hundreds of dives, accommodation, and more.
You will literally save thousands of dollars doing your diver training this way, rather than purchasing each course and dive trip one by one.
Get Involved in Marine Conservation
Diani has a number of marine conservation programs. More specifically turtle monitoring and coral reef restoration. There are opportunities for go pro interns to get involved in these program as volunteers. Ocean Tribe also conducts beach and underwater clean ups, coral monitoring, and dive against debris programs.
Online Learning Centre to Help IDC Preparation
Preparing for your PADI IDC can be stressful as you get ready everything you need to succeed in the program.
Dive theory is one such area you have learned on the PADI Divemaster course and will be tested in written exams on the PADI IDC and IE.
To aid you in your dive theory study, Mark and the Ocean Tribe IDC Team have put together an online IDC Study Centre. In this, you will find videos, diagrams, and explanations of dive theory. These will help you get confident with the five dive theory areas. Physics, Physiology, Dive Skills & The Environment, Equipment and the RDP.
The IDC online learning centre can be an invaluable tool for preparing for your PADI IDC and you can go onto the course confident you have one area suitably covered.
Go to the Dive Theory Online Learning Centre
Automatically become an Ocean Tribe Dive Club Member
Our IDC Package includes 1 year membership of the Ocean Tribe Dive Club from the course start date. This offers some fantastic membership benefits including unlimited diving.
Dive Club Membership Benefits
• Join existing local boat dives, subject to availability at no extra cost
• 10% off at Funky Monkey cocktail bar and restaurant
• Equipment purchase discounts
• Exclusive boat hire for special prices including dive equipment and guide
• Special member rates at Baobab Beach Resort & Spa, Taita Hills Lodge & Spa and Salt Lick Safari Lodge. Maji Boutique Hotel
Team Teaching Module- Real Life Teaching Experience
Once you have graduated from the PADI IDC and IE as a new PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor you will be anxious to begin teaching. It can be pretty daunting to get started as an instructor.
All Ocean Tribe new Instructors are welcome to participate in teaching their first course alongside one of our PADI Instructors.
You will get the opportunity to receive tips and also general guidance in as little or as much as you need. Ease yourself into your instructional career.
Resume (CV) Workshop
Getting a job in diving once you are a PADI Instructor can be aided a lot by having the right diving resume.
You will do a workshop with the PADI Course Director Mark where you will put together a proper dive CV. This will contain all the elements that dive centres will be looking for and making it catch the eye while being professional. Get ahead in diving.
Intro to Full Face Mask Diving Included
Full face mask diving can be useful especially as an adaptive techniques instructor and in other areas of diving where coms units might be useful. Try out a full face mask at Ocean Tribe following your IDC.
African Safari Included
It would be a crime to come to Kenya and not experience the amazing wildlife on land. As such we have included as an extra to the IDC a free 3 day/2night safari in Ngutuni conservancy in Tsavo. Experience the best of nature on land as well as underwater.
Dive Centre Management Module Available
As you will learn on the PADI IDC, dive professionals take on several roles in addition to just teaching and leading diving.
These can include equipment servicing, sales, compressor maintenance, boat driving, taxi driving, tank filling and more.
Then you have the other side of the business such as accounts, website designs, licence maintenance, logistical management and much more.
Managing a dive centre can be a demanding role and our dive centre management module can teach you the basics of running a small dive business and give you some hands-on experience in the role under the supervision of our management team. Prepare yourself to go further in diving.
Equipment Package Available
As a professional diver, you will need your “tools of the trade”. You don’t want to just be diving on basic borrowed equipment if you are to be the true pro.
We recognise that a diver should have a good set of equipment to work with but to reduce costs for our go-pro dive candidates, we have put together some great equipment offers.
These offers include full sets of dive equipment from top manufacturers including Oceanic, Scubapro, and Aqualung. All packages represent a massive saving on the retail price and ease the start of your diving instructional career.
