Instructor Exam

The Instructor Exam (IE) of PADI is a separate part of the process to become a PADI instructor. The Instructor Courses are given by the staff of Skubba Training while the Instructor Exam is administered by PADI Examiners. This has two advantages.

Firstly, you will have plenty of time during the course to make mistakes, correct and learn from them, without it having a negative impact on your results during the IE. Secondly you can be sure that your exams will be as objective as possible as you will never have met your examiners before.

The IE lasts two days and is an evaluation of all the knowledge and skills, learned during your course.

Prerequisites to participate in the IE:

• Have completed successfully the IDC or OWSI program within the last 12 months

• Have at least 100 logged dives

• Being a certified diver for a minimum of 6 months

The new Instructor Exam (from January 2001) has been divided into four evaluation areas. To become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor you have to  successfully pass all four evaluation areas. For certain areas, but not all, you are allowed a single make-up attempt if your performance is unsatisfactory the first time through.

In the unlikely event that you fail in one or two of the four areas, you will have to attend another IE. In such a case you will only have to re-take the evaluation areas in which you were unsuccessful during the first IE. The costs incurred for the second IE are only for the parts which are to be retaken. 

If, yet more unlikely, you are unsuccessful in more than two of the four areas in your first IE, another complete IE is required along with full payment of the IE.

 

 

Below you will find a detailed description of the evaluation areas:

Area	Topic	Minimum Score	Make-up
1	5 topics of 12 questions each: Physics, Physiology, Equipment, Skills & Environment and RDP	75 % on each topic	yes, if only one topic is below 75 %
1	Standards & Procedures: open book exam of 50 questions	75 %	no make-up
2	1 Confined Water Teaching Presentation	3,4 points on 5	yes
2	5 of the 20 exercises from the skill circuit	17 points on 25 in total + no exercise below 3 on 5 points	yes, if only one exercise is below 3 or the total is not 17
3	1 Knowledge Development Presentation	3,5 points on 5	yes
4	1 Open Water Teaching Presentation (2 skills)	3,4 points on 5 average	no make-up
4	Rescue demonstration: unconscious, not breathing victim on the surface	pass or fail	yes