The confined water section of the exam involves two things:ġ.

If you do not pass with your first presentation you are allowed a second attempt with a different question. To pass you need to score approximately 70% of the available points. In the IDC you are taught a fairly formulaic approach to help you score highly in this section. You will also need to give real-life examples to aid their understanding of the given topic.

One of the focuses is your ability to not only effectively use the PADI materials, but to interact with your students in a meaningful way by asking thought-provoking questions. You will use PADI educational materials such as lesson guides and manuals in a classroom setting, your ‘students’ will be other IE candidates. The presentation should be approximately 4-8 minutes long depending on the complexity of the question you have been assigned. It could be from the Open Water Diver course, Advanced Open Water Diver course, Rescue Diver course, Divemaster course, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Project AWARE or AWARE coral reef conservation specialty courses. In short, explaining the answer to one question from a PADI knowledge review. The classroom presentation is where you demonstrate your ability to use the PADI educational materials to assist students who are having trouble understanding a concept from the knowledge development portion of a PADI course. You are allowed to use a calculator the PADI RDP table and PADI ERDPml. If you fail in 2 or more sections, or you fail the retake, you will have to attend a later PADI Instructor Exam and repeat all written exams again. If you get less than 75% in one of the five sections you will be allowed to retake that section later in the IE.

There are 12 multiple choice questions in each section, for a total of 60 questions. Physics, Physiology, Equipment, Skills and the environment and recreation dive planner. If you get below 75% you will have to return to a later IE to retake the whole written exams section. You can use your instructor manual and guide to teaching to find the answers. Standards and Procedures – An open book exam with 50 multiple choice questions. The written exams are split into two sections:ġ. The exam is conducted by a PADI Instructor Examiner, the instructor exam schedule can be found here. Many people say that IE stands for “It’s easy” which in all truth it should be if you picked the right IDC center and course director. In some locations which have a large number of candidates, it can turn into a marathon extending over three days. The PADI instructor exam or IE is usually spread over 2days.

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