Instructor Candidate Materials

Required:

  • PC or Tablet with:
    • PADI Instructor Manual
    • PADI’s Guide to Teaching
    • PADI Speciality Instructor Manuals
  • Aquatic Cue Cards of every PADI course
  • Student Manual:
    • PADI Open Water Diver
    • PADI Adventures in Diving
    • PADI Rescue Diver
    • PADI Divemaster
  • Exams:
    • Open Water Diver Quizzes and Exam
    • Rescue Diver Final Exams
    • Divemaster Final Exams
  • Recreational Dive Planner – RDP table + eRDPml, including Instructions for use booklets
  • The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving
  • Diving Knowledge Workbook or eRecord for Dive Theory Online
  • PADI Skill Practice and Dive Planning slate
  • Confined Water Lesson Preparation slate
  • Open Water Training Dive Lesson Planning slate
  • Calculator

Recommended:

  • All PADI professional videos
  • All PADI divers videos
  • PADI Specialty Diver manual
  • Prescriptive and Standard Lesson Guides:
    • Open Water Diver Course
    • Rescue Diver Course
  • Dive Master Course Lesson Guides
  • Discover Scuba Diving Flip Chart
  • Discover Scuba Diving Participant Guide
  • Scuba Tune-up GuideBook
  • Skill Evaluation slate
  • The Law and the Diving Professional Instructor Development SP-13
  • The Best of The Undersea Journal
  • The Business of Diving
  • Children and Scuba Diving: A Resource Guide for Instructors and Parents
  • AWARE – Our World, Our Water – downloadable digital version
  • Project AWARE Tips for Divers to Protect the Ocean Planet – downloadable digital version
  • Discover the Underwater World and The Snorkeler’s Field Guide video
  • PADI Pro Log Book