Liveaboards

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MV Scuba Cat is an ideal scuba diving platform. The design in stability is only found in a very large catamaran liveaboard boat. She operates amongst the protected waters of the Similan Islands making this the most "friendly" boat to be found...seasickness is rare. From only 12,000 Baht per person.

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PADI Instructor Development Course, IDC, Phuket

Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket, Thailand is a PADI Five star CDC Center

The PADI Five star Career Development Center classification is awarded to PADI Five Star IDC Centers and Gold Palm IDC Centers that conduct additional instructor-level training and meet the highest requirements for training dive leaders in reaching their educational and professional goals. PADI CDC Centers offer career-oriented training to prepare dive professionals for employment in the dive industry, as well as offering job placement assistance for program graduates. This is the highest PADI Dive Center achievement possible.

These dive centers are well established businesses with proven success in training PADI Instructors. Because of the services offered, PADI 5 Star CDC Centers are places where candidates receive training to prepare them for careers in the dive industry. PADI divers, members, and the dive industry at large all benefit from the PADI 5 Star CDC Center's commitment to professional development and excellence.

Most local stores offer a competent introductory scuba instruction course, but when you're looking for more than entry-level you need the highest quality facility available, PADI’s 5 Star CDC Center.
Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket, Thailand offers the most complete training at all levels of instruction. Our Dive center is located on the Beach Road in Patong, Phuket,Thailand. Our facilities consist of a newly rebuilt Dive shop with swimming pool and air-conditioned classrooms. Our weekly BBQ at our bar is famous with our customers and staff for the friendly and fun atmosphere.

Our focus is not only passing the PADI IE which is actually the easy part, but on developing new instructors who will go on to enjoy successful careers in the Dive Industry as we have.

What's included in your PADI IDC package at Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket, Thailand?

11 PADI IDC 's every year
Our relaxed 10 days PADI IDC followed by 2 remedial days gives our candidates the opportunity to study at their own pace. In this program we have added classroom presentations and in-water workshops. We do not only teach you how to pass a PADI IE.
2 remedial days at the end of the PADI IDC
Extra in-water workshops and classroom presentations during IDC
PADI IE Pass Guarantee
Computerized classroom for IDC
Wireless internet access at the training facility
Free accommodation during your PADI IDC, EFRI and PADI IE
Language translation for non-English speakers
Access to PADI Material during IDC
Job placement service
National Geographic Course Orientation during IDC
Tec-Rec Orientation during IDC
Free diving before PADI IDC (10 dives/week, up to 20 dives max)
Equipment included for the time of the IDC course
Full support during your Instructor Examination (IE)
Scubacat VIP Card: 20% off all equipment purchase, day trip or liveaboard diving

Included in our package: choose between a 3 days/2 nights liveaboard trip or a Nitrox Instructor course (PADI fees and materials not included) to all our IDC candidates.

- Package
- Length
- Inclusive
- Cost
- IDC
- 12 Days
- Prep, AI IDC
- 38,150 Baht
- Pro Silver
- 13 Days
- Prep, IDC EFR/CFC Inst
- 47,700 Baht
- Pro Silver+
- 16 Days
- Prep, IDC EFR/CFC & Nitrox Inst
- 52,000 Baht
- Pro Gold
- 21 Days
- Prep, IDC EFR/CFC Inst, MSDT
- 60,000 Baht
- Pro Gold+
- *4 Weeks
- Prep, IDC EFR/CFC Inst, MSDT & Work Experience
- 72,000 Baht

* From 4 weeks

Why take your PADI IDC with Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket, Thailand?

At Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket Thailand we are proud of high level of training and have recently reached the 2005 finals of PADI Asia Pacific's Member Awards for Diver Training. We are also a winner of these PADI Awards:

2008 Platinum PADI Course Director
2007 Career Development Center (PADI CDC Rating
2006 Project Aware Foundation Environmental Achievement
2005 Finalist in the PADI Asia Pacific Member Awards for Diver Training.
Outstanding Commitment to PADI System of Education in 2002.
Outstanding Contribution for Instructor Development in 2001 and 2002.
Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in 2003 and 2008

What do you need to start?

Be a PADI Divemaster or equivalent. Contact us for more information on equivalent certifications.
Have been a diver for at least 6 months.
Be at least 18 years old.
Have 60 logged dives* including deep, night and navigation dives.
Have proof of CPR training, such as Emergency First Response within the last 6 months.
Have a current medical certificate signed by a doctor within the last 12 months.

* Please note that 100 logged dives are required for the PADI Instructor Exam

What will you do during the PADI IDC

Knowledge development through self-study, quizzes, lectures and presentations.
Confined water skill review and assessment, workshops and presentations.
Open water workshops, rescue assessment and candidate presentations.

IDC Course dates for 2008

January IDC - 6th – 17th IE - 18th – 20th
February IDC- 3rd – 14th IE - 15th – 17th
March IDC- 2nd – 13th IE- 14th – 16th
April IDC 6th – 17th IE- 18th - 20th
May IDC 4th – 15th IE- 16th – 18th
June No IDC or IE
July IDC- 29th June – 10th July IE - 11th – 13th
August IDC - 3rd – 14th IE - 15th – 17th
September IDC -31st Aug – 11th Sept IE - 12th – 14th
October IDC- 5th – 16th IE - 17th – 19th
November IDC - 2nd – 13th IE - 14th – 16th
December IDC - 30th Nov – 11th Dec IE - 12th- 14th

IDC Staff

Scuba Cat Diving, phuket, Thailand's Resident Platinum PADI Course Director, Christophe Pace:

I started scuba diving in Europe over 20 years ago since then, diving has become my favourite activity. Before working in the dive industry, I used to work as an International Observer for the United Nations in countries such as Mozambique, Cambodia and South Africa. My main task was to implement civil education program, to teach local people how to organize elections and implement Human Rights.

Becoming an Instructor was the best combination of “Teaching and Diving”. My career as an Instructor took me to wonderful places: Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Cayman Islands, Egypt, The Philippines, Sipadan, Indonesia, Vietnam and for the last 9 years in Thailand. The contacts I have made in all these years are very useful for my IDC candidates when they are looking for a job.

Since 2000, I have concentrated on Instructor levels, in 2001 and 2002 I received PADI's prestigious: Outstanding Contribution for Instructor Development Award and in 2003 and 2008 certificates of Recognition for Excellence.

Now, I conduct PADI IDC's in Phuket, Thailand with the Scuba Cat Diving Team and oversee Scuba Cat Diving's innovative Career Development Program and Internship programme

Teaching Experience

I have taught more than 1200 PADI Open Water Diver to PADI Divemaster certifications, and over 1000 PADI Instructors at all levels.

Certification levels

PADI Course Director year 2000
Emergency First Response Trainer year 2002
PADI Specialty Instructor Trainer in 18 areas
PADI Nitrox Instructor Trainer
DAN Oxygen Instructor Trainer year 2000
TDI Advanced Nitrox Diver year 1997
DSAT Tec Rec Diver

A 12 Day expanded PADI IDC

Although PADI requires an IDC to have a minimum duration of 7 days, at Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket Thailand we have found some extra presentations and workshops highly beneficial to our candidate success. To accommodate these extra presentations we have found a 12-day IDC program more suitable.

Extra workshops during the IDC include:

Ascents and Descents, Buoyancy control, Buddy Breathing, Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent, Rescue exercises, student control and scenarios.
Planning, organizing, scheduling all the PADI Courses in different environments.
With a relaxed, low stress 10 day IDC you can focus and elaborate on specific topics, review certain parts of the program, give extra time or lectures to our candidates.
The main focus of our program is to give the best knowledge to our candidates before they start teaching.
2 Remedial Days

We added these two extra days to our IDC program to give extra experience to our candidates for the IE and their future career.

The schedule for these two additional IDC days:

Confined Water Presentation
Open water Presentation #5 and #6
Divemaster and Standard exams
Rescue, Skill practice
Any topic you want us to cover

Accommodation during your IDC

Free Accommodation in an air conditioned room close to the dive center for all our candidates.

Patong Alley Guesthouse is the alternative to expensive hotels in Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand. It offers large nicely decorated rooms, all rooms are fantastically well maintained, just as if they were brand new and include air conditioning, color television, central hot water bathroom, an 'in room' wet bar, and excellent daily maid service. Well situated in a prime location, and almost anything you might desire is nearby. Many International restaurants are within just a few minutes walk; Italian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, and Thai restaurants, open 24 hours a day. The incredibly beautiful 'Patong Beach' is just a minutes walk away.

There are a number of so called 'cheap hotels ' in Phuket, Thailand however, they do not have the same quality of rooms or the excellent services that the Patong Alley Guesthouse provides.

Job Placement Service

Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket, Thailand offer this service to our PADI IDC and PADI Divemaster candidates. The first step of your job search is to prepare a resumé, and then to place it on the internet. There are lots of different sites specialized for diving and PADI has it's own website dedicated for it's members where you can find lots of job offers.

Directly at the end of the program we are going to help you set up your resumé and look at which kind of job or position you are looking to apply for. There are lots of different techniques to finding a job, one of the most important things to find out is if you are going to fit into your desired position.

Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket Thailand has lots of different contacts around the world, so we will be pleased to give you all this information.

Finding a job in the dive industry is not very difficult. You just have to know what to do and how to do it. Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket Thailand is here to help you.

You can find a job in more than 175 countries where PADI is represented. The world is yours now!

Free Diving at Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket, Thailand

Compared to other dive center's, Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket Thailand owns their own fleet of dive boats! Due to this, we can offer to our candidates free diving before the PADI IDC!

Compared with most "dive centers" in Thailand (a lot of them is just a website - a "Virtual Dive Company") - Scuba Cat owns their own fleet of diving boats and have been in operation since 1994. If you do a Course or a Dive Career Package with us, all your dives will be from one of our own dive boats, not "we got to do a beach dive, 'cause it is not enough students" or from a "last minute rented long tail boat, 'cause all the other boats are full".