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 (product 60038) versus the old one (60034 / 60033) - please see chart 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 Specialty Instructor Manual on CD-ROM 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 2010 to complete their CD update.

The IDC online material does not replace the IDC crewpak. To put it succinctly: the online IDC material replaces approx two days of classroom lecture. Candidates still need to purchase the IDC crewpak.

What's in the PADI IDC crewpak?

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Update 1 December 2009: We've removed the Pro logbook from the IDC crewpak. This item is now included in the revised Divemaster crewpak.

Update 10 May 2010: We've added a digital copy of the Guide to Teaching. Additionally, all the reference books (Best of the UJ, Children and Scuba, Law and the Diving Professional, Business of Diving) are now on CD-ROM.

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.

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