PADI INSTRUCTOR EXAMINATION IE

You will need to qualify for certification as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor by passing a PADI Instructor Examination (IE). The IE is conducted by a professional Instructor Examiner from the PADI Asia Pacific office, which ensures that the assessment is fair and objective.

Before you can participate in an Instructor Examination, you'll need to have passed an IDC successfully.

There will be tests on your general waterman-ship and diving skills, your academic knowledge and on your teaching presentations in the classroom as well as in confined and open water environments.

For certification as a PADI Instructor you will need to pass all parts of the IE. In the unlikely event that you are unsuccessful in your initial IE you are permitted to attend a second IE, not less than 5 days or more than 1 year after the first IE.

Areas of evaluation:

Exams:

• Physics

• Physiology

• Equipment

• General Skills and Environment

• Recreational Dive Planner

• PADI Standards & Procedures

Presentations:

• Knowledge Development Teaching Presentation

• Confined Water Teaching Presentation (1 presentation)

• Confined Water Skills Demonstration (5 skills)

• Open Water Teaching Presentation (2 presentations)

• Rescue Demonstration

The application fees for the PADI IE are not included in the IDC course or package prices and are to be paid directly to PADI.

Look here for a list of PADI application fees.