Posts Tagged ‘IDC’

One life, live it!

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
IDC Kuredu Maldives

Sylvia, Nadia, Sylvie, Mohamed, Wilhelm, Dave, Neil and Brian, our newly certified PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors surely live up to this autumn’s unofficial IDC slogan! Congratulations once again to all of you! It was tough, but – you did something others only dream of! (more…)

Almost there!

Sunday, September 25th, 2011
 IDC Kuredu Maldives

Ute and Miha are here again to run this year’s second IDC on Kuredu.

The course kicked off with the 4 days Assistant Instructor Course and we’re happy to announce that all 8 candidates have successfully completed it! They’re now busy with the Emergency First Response Instructor Course and the 6 days Open Water Scuba Instructor Course will start on Monday! (more…)

They did it on Kuredu…

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
IE Kuredu Maldives

After training hard the last couple of days, finally all 5 candidates are now proudly entitled to call themselves PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors after having successfully finished the IE.

The morning after the IE the new Instructors couldn’t wait to go out for a fun dive and went for an Early Morning dive on the boat.

Slowly they watched the reef waking up and (more…)

The IE is on…

Friday, May 13th, 2011
OWSI Kuredu Maldives

After studying hard the last couple of days, the group decided to free their minds for the IE starting soon and went for a 2 Tank Fluoro Nightdive on Anemone Thila.

To get familiar with the dive site first, they jumped in for the first dive late in the afternoon for doing a chilled relaxed dive. As soon as the sun was going down, they got ready for the Fluoro Dive, excited about how it will be. (more…)

Congratulations to our new Assistant Instructors!

Monday, May 9th, 2011
IDC Kuredu Maldives

During the last few days of the IDC, the group went into the lagoon of Kuredu to do some training for the confined water presentations.

All candidates performed very well and enjoyed being underwater instead of  sitting in the classroom!

By now the Assistant Instructor part is finished and soon all 5 candidates for the (more…)

IDC with Ute and Miha has started!

Friday, May 6th, 2011
IDC Kuredu Maldives

We’re happy to have our PADI Course Director, Ute and Miha Frlec, here on Kuredu again to train another 5 future instructors.

We’ll peep into IDC candidates’ classrooms, both on land and underwater) to check how they are doing and keep you posted over the next days.

Sebastjan, Ute’s former student, now working as an instructor here at Prodivers, is (more…)

Upcoming Instructor Course!

Friday, February 18th, 2011
IDC Kuredu Maldives May 2011

The next PADI Instructor Development Course to be held on Kuredu is just around the corner, starting on the 2nd of May!

If you fancy taking the next step and turning Pro, the IDC marks your step into the Instructor world.  The intimate atmosphere that the IDCs are conducted in offer candidates a high chance of passing the Examination at the end of the course.  (more…)

Boot Show Day 1 – IDC Kuredu 2011

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
IDC Kuredu Maldives

The next Instructor Development Course with Prodivers Kuredu will start very soon; Ute and Miha Frlec are coming to Kuredu from the 2nd to the 15th of May to teach the first IDC of the year and will be back for another from the 10th to the 20th of September.

If you are a Divemaster, Assistant Instructor, or you want to do a cross over from another diving organisation to become a PADI (more…)

PADI Professional Member of the Month Award

Friday, January 7th, 2011
IDC Kuredu Maldives

To wrap up a successful year, Ute Frlec, Prodivers’ IDC Course Director, was awarded PADI Professional Member of December. Congratulations!

Honestly, we can’t think of anyone more devoted to instructor-level training than Ute. Her IDCs are very popular due to her friendly, supportive and open way of guiding candidates through the courses. (more…)

The IDC Diaries – Day 13

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
IDC IE

After 2 weeks of hard work, we are very happy to report that all our IDC candidates have successfully passed their instructor exams here on Kuredu.

Congratulations to Kim and David from the UK, and also to Ivo from the Netherlands for becoming Open Water Scuba Instructors.

Lots of specialty courses, such as Nitrox, Wreck, Night, Drift, Deep and gas blending were also completed on top of the OWSI allowing more (more…)