The PADI instructor Development Program prepares you to function as a PADI Open Water Scuba instructor. In addition, it further develops your leadership and teaching abilities to the instructor level and prepares you to teach PADI programs. To qualify for the PADI Instructor Development program, you must: 1. Be certified as a PADI Assistant Instructor or Divemaster, or an instructor with another recreational diver training organization.
2. Be at least 18 years old.
3. Be fit for diving and submit a medical form signed by a physician.
4. Have been a certified diver for at least six months and logged at least 60 open water dives with experience in night, deep and navigation prior to beginning the Instructor Development Program, and have been a certified diver for at least six months and logged at least 100 dives prior to entering the Instructors Examination.
5. Submit proof of CPR training within 24 months.

During the PADI Instructor Development program, you will learn the PADI System of diver education, standards and procedures, effective academic teaching presentations, teaching in confined water, conducting open water training dives and additional related topics.