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Professional Level Courses
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Advance your career in the
dive industry by continuing your education as a PADI Professional. |
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 You’ve
been a scuba diver for over six months, you may have already
attained the Master Scuba Diver rating, and treated yourself to
several fun-filled scuba diving vacations —but something’s missing.
Then one day you realize that you not only want to participate in
scuba diving, but you want to teach the sport you have come to love.
At Scuba Center we've been teaching scuba diving
classes since 1973. We were Minnesota's first PADI 5 Star Training
Facility and have grown
to become
Minnesota's largest Scuba School.
Scuba Center is proud to be a PADI Five Star Instructor Development
Center (Five Star IDCs meet additional training requirements and offer PADI
Instructor-level training). If your goal is to become a PADI Scuba
Instructor look to Scuba Center. With two PADI Course Directors on staff,
we can help you follow your dream. |
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PADI
Divemaster |
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Whether or not you're on
a career path, the PADI Divemaster course can expand your
capabilities and make you a better diver. If your love of diving
interests you in making it a career, the PADI Divemaster course is
also the first step on the professional pathway leading to the PADI
Instructor level. |
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PADI Specialty Instructor |
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You can increase your
marketability by continuing your professional education. Your
ability to teach specialty courses will expand your options... Dive
more, have more fun and teach about your favorite subjects. |
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PADI Assistant Instructor |
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As a PADI Assistant
Instructor, you not only gain additional experience as a PADI
Professional scuba diver, but you also start learning the PADI
System of diver education. You can act as an instructional scuba
assistant and assume limited teaching responsibilities. It’s a great
way to gain experience in order to become a scuba instructor! |
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PADI Master Scuba Diver
Trainer |
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To train your students to the highest
non-professional dive level in the PADI system, you'll want to become a
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer. To attain this rating you must hold five
PADI Specialty Instructor certifications and have certified at least 25
students. Upon completion of all requirements you may apply directly to
PADI. Consult your PADI Instructor manual for the most current
requirements. |
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PADI IDC (Instructor Development Course) |
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Are you looking for
something extraordinary? To do something others can only dream of?
To help people transform their lives? To open doors you didn’t even
know existed? All of this, and more, awaits you as a PADI Open Water
Scuba Instructor. |
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PADI IDC Staff Instructor |
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As a seasoned PADI
Instructor, you have wisdom and experience to share with
up-and-coming PADI leaders. And, you know that continuing your
education never ends. As an Instructor Development Course (IDC)
Staff Instructor, you help bring up the next generation of PADI
Instructors while gaining in-depth instructor-trainer knowledge. |
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PADI Instructor Examination ( IE )
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After you complete your IDC,
you demonstrate what you’ve learned in the PADI Instructor Examination
(IE). Here a PADI Instructor Examiner independently and objectively
assesses your knowledge and skills, testing everything from dive theory to
PADI training standards. PADI is the only certification organization that
requires an objective, independent examination to qualify as a
professional instructor. Instructor candidates become PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors only after
successfully completing an IE. This balanced and
consistent evaluation process is one of the hallmarks that makes PADI
professionals the most demanded and respected instructors in the dive
industry. |
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Instructor candidates
will be evaluated on the following during the PADI IE: |
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PADI IEs are periodically scheduled in
Minnesota as well as in other locations around the World. Look below for IE dates in the
Minneapolis / St. Paul area or for dates in other locations. |
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Safety and Medical
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Emergency First Response Instructor |
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During the Emergency
First Response Instructor course, you will build on your skill as an
Emergency Responder and focus on developing your instructional
abilities to teach these skills to others. The Instructor course
provides you with the additional training necessary to teach the
Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR), Secondary Care (First
Aid) and Care for Children courses. |
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Looking to push your diving education even
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