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4th Quarter Training Bulletin PADI 2009

4th Quarter Training Bulletin PADI 2009... What's in the New PADI IDC crewpak?
New Materials for the 2010 IDC Evolution

The 2010 Course Director update just wrapped at DEMA, and our new IDC crewpaks will be available approximately 20 Nov. 2009. I made a chart of what's in the new IDC crewpak versus the old one (please see below).

The big changes are:

* PADI's Guide to Teaching replaces the IDC Candidate workbook. This new product also includes teaching techniques and recommendations previously found in the instructor manual.
* Three books are now on a CD
(Best of the UJ, Children & Scuba and the Business of Diving).
* We now include the entire 2009 Specialty Instructor Manual instead of just the Project AWARE and PPB outlines.

If you have some of the old IDC crewpaks in stock (60033 or 60034): they're valid for use up until June 30th 2010. Course Directors have until 1 July to complete their CD update.

After that date, or if the Course Director is teaching the new "IDC Evolution," the student will need to purchase PADI's Guide to Teaching ala carte. The student may need to purchase a 2010 Instructor manual - if they didn't receive it as part of their 2010 Divemaster renewal.

What's in the PADI IDC crewpak?
(click image below to view a larger version)

(email subscribers may need to click through to view the chart above)

In order to teach the new IDC and utilize the new materials, Course Directors must attend an update. Read about the Course Director and IDC Staff Updates scheduled throughout the PADI Americas territory in 2009 and 2010. The key products of the new program are included as part of the update program cost.01226_4Q09TrainingBulletin.pdf

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