2008 scuba diving padi idc ie schedule pattaya thailand

Arriving as a NON-Diver to Mermaids dive center is not a problem at all. In fact almost 40% of our scuba diving interns that are here to change their lives and secure scuba diving work arrive with no dive experience. Mermaids PADI IDC and IE schedule Pattaya Thailand

Mermaids PADI IDC and IE schedule Pattaya Thailand

If you are a non diver traveling to Mermaids for the scuba diving instructor training over the 6 month period then you should be prepared to stay for 6.5 to possibly 7 months.

PADI, the governing body and our diving certification agency state that a certified diver MUST be certified as a diver (open water diver) for a minimum of 6 months prior to being eligible to take the IDC (Instructor Development Course).

Hence by example - If a non-diver arrives January 1st for the scuba dive training, Mermaids dive can have the diver certified to PADI Open Water by 7th of January (approximately). This means that the diver would not be eligible to take the Open Water Instructor Development Course (PADI IDC) until the 7thJune at the earliest. (If you look at the chart below then you shall see that this diver certified on 7th January would be eligible to take the July IDC.

Mermaids are lucky in the way that we have PADI Instructor Examinations quite often – essentially one every 5/6 weeks.

The 6 months of diving and dive accommodation is included within the OWSI dive program. If you are staying on for the 7th month to complete the IDC and IE then the accommodation will need to be covered. This is very inexpensive indeed at approx 6500 baht per month or approx 100 UK pounds ($190) currently.

Some of the divers split the diver training program to have the accommodation included. I.e. They might train for 3 months within the dive program. Then possibly travel around (Thailand is a beautiful country) or even return to school or work. The diver accommodation is then paused at that point in time. When the diver returns they still have 3 months diver accommodation available to them and hence they have not had to pay for the additional month whilst waiting for the Dive Instructor Examination.

The choice is the intern divers and how they wish to tackle this. The majority of the professional divers that we have for the package just stay the additional month covering the diver accommodation to take the IDC and IE. This works very well as this allows them additional time with dive instructors to ensure that dive academics, knowledge and skills are honed that much more prior to taking the dive instructor exam.

Please have a look at the IDC and IE schedule for 2008, Pattaya, Thailand below. You shall see the start date of each and then the conclusion date of the IE. Please note that in blue you shall see the date that the diver MUST be certified in open water diving by (any diving agency such as PADI, BSAC, SSI, YMCA, ScotSAC, CMAS etc) - in order to join that particular IDC. Please do just mail me if you require any assistance with this.

YEAR 2008 IDC/IE Pattaya	PATTAYA	PATTAYA	PATTAYA
Date:	Jan-08	Feb-08	Mar-08
IDC PREP	29/12 - 31/12	27/1 – 29/1	24/2 – 26/2
PADI IDC	31/12 – 11/1	29/1 –8/2	26/2 – 7/3
PADI I.E.	11/1 – 13/1	8/2 – 10/2	7/3 – 9/3
IDC STAFF	29/12 - 11/1	27/1 – 8/2	24/2 – 7/3
PADI EFR INS.	15/1	12/2	11/3
PADI MSDT Training	15/1 - 20/1	13/2 – 17/2	12/3 – 16/3
DAN O2 Provider Instructor	21/1	18/2	17/3
DAN NEURO Instructor	22/1	19/2	18/3
MUST BE: O/W certified by:	1-Jul-07	29-Jul-07	26-Aug-07

YEAR 2008 IDC/IE Pattaya	PATTAYA	PATTAYA	PATTAYA
Date:	Apr-08	May-08	Jun-08
IDC PREP	30/3 – 1/4	27/04 – 29/04	8/6 – 10/6
PADI IDC	1/4 – 11/4	29/04 – 09/05	10/6 – 20/6
PADI I.E.	11/4 – 13/4	09/05 – 11/05	20/6 – 22/6
IDC STAFF	30/3 – 11/4	27/04 – 09/05	8/6 – 20/6
PADI EFR INS.	15/4	13/05	24/6
PADI MSDT Training	16/4 – 20/4	14/05 – 18/05	25/6 – 29/06
DAN O2 Provider Instructor	21/4	19/05	30/6
DAN NEURO Instructor	22/4	20/05	01/7
MUST BE: O/W certified by:	1-Oct-07	29-Oct-07	10-Dec-07

YEAR 2008 IDC/IE Pattaya	PATTAYA	PATTAYA	PATTAYA
Date:	Jul-08	Aug-08	Sep-08
IDC PREP	6/7 – 8/7	31/7 – 2/8	3/9 – 5/9
PADI IDC	8/7 – 18/7	2/8 - 12/8	5/9 – 15/9
PADI I.E.	18/7 – 20/7	12/8 – 14/8	15/9 – 17/9
IDC STAFF	6/7 – 18/7	31/7 - 12/8	3/9 – 15/9
PADI EFR INS.	22/7	16/8	19/9
PADI MSDT Training	23/7 – 27/7	17/8 – 21/8	20/9 – 24/9
DAN O2 Provider Instructor	28/7	22/8	25/9
DAN NEURO Instructor	29/7	23/8	26/9
MUST BE: O/W certified by:	8-Jan-08	2-Feb-07	5-Mar-07

YEAR 2008 IDC/IE Pattaya	PATTAYA	PATTAYA
Date:	Nov-08	Dec-08
IDC PREP	26/10 – 28/10	23/11 – 25/11
PADI IDC	28/10 – 7/11	25/11 – 5/12
PADI I.E.	7/11 – 9/11	5/12 – 7/12
IDC STAFF	26/10 – 7/11	23/11 – 5/12
PADI EFR INS.	11/11	9/12
PADI MSDT Training	12/11 – 16/11	10/12 – 14/12
DAN O2 Provider Instructor	17/11	15/12
DAN NEURO Instructor	18/11	16/12
MUST BE: O/W certified by:	28-Apr-07	25-May-07
IMPORTANT: You must be Open Water Certified by the specified date to participate in the IDC.

Once a Mermaid diver and in the system then all diver jobs assistance is available to the job seeking diver. Whether a dive job is required immediately after passing the diving instructor examination or at a later point. Many of our intern divers have commitments after the dive internship but wish to use the scuba diving job in the future - this is not a problem. Once a Mermaid Diver - always a Mermaids diver. Using the diver forum board, contacts and divers jobs (.com) Mermaids shall assist in every way to aid divers in to scuba diving employment.