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Recommended IDC Materials

To prepare yourself for your IDC you’ll need the following materials.

  • PADI Instructor manual with new Open water and Divemaster guidelines*
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy outlines*
  • Project AWARE Speciality outline*
  • The Law & Diving professional*
  • Teaching Children
  • Recreational dive planner wheel & table version
  • PADI Open Water manual
  • Open water diver quizzes and exam booklet
  • Adventures in Diving Manual
  • PADI Rescue Diver Manual
  • Rescue Diver Final Exam
  • PADI Divemaster Manual
  • Divemaster final exams booklet
  • Aquatic cue cards-confined & open water
  • Lesson plan slates for confined & open water
  • Log book
  • New Discover Scuba/Discover Scuba Diving Guidelines#
  • New Discover Scuba Guidelines#
  • New Adventures in Diving Guidelines#
  • New Rescue Guidelines#
  • Latest training bulletins#

A great way to get your hands on the required materials is to purchase the IDC crew pack

IDC candidate workbook – to be provided by ourselves

Materials marked * are necessary for the home study preparation for the AI/OWSI program, without them candidates can not complete the knowledge reviews.

Materials marked # can be downloaded in PDF format from www.padimembers.com

Top tip:
To prepare yourself for the IDC familiarise yourself with Divemaster, Physics, Physiology, Equipment, Dive Table RDP & Wheel, Skills & Environment. Dive theory should be mastered before attending the IDC.

If you wish to study any part of the Instructor Manual, we suggest you familiarise yourself with the Standards & Procedures section of your instructor manual.


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