Let Northwest Scuba help you turn your love of diving into a career! Become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor!
By becoming a PADI Instructor you can; do something you love every day, share your enthusiasm of diving with other people, live in the tropics and travel to exotic countries!
Northwest Scuba is one of only a few PADI 5 star IDC training facility in Western Canada and is the only facility in the Edmonton and Northern Alberta, owned and operated by a PADI Course Director (Instructor Trainer).
PADI Course Director's are chosen by PADI to represent the highest instructor rating available in the PADI System. Due to their role in the diving industry, Course Directors are held to a higher accountability by PADI and the diving industry. Only PADI Course Directors teach and certify PADI Instructors, Specialty Instructors, Emergency First Response Instructors, and IDC Staff Instructors. This all means you can expect nothing but the best from Northwest Scuba.
In the teaching settings, Ken Holliday is well known for his easy going teaching style, which he uses humor, real world applications, scenarios and professionalism to help you have a great time while you learn!
Having an experienced full-time PADI Course Director at Northwest Scuba allows us to offer the most comprehensive Instructor programs available anywhere.
Check these prerequisites carefully as they must be met prior to the start of the AI/OWSI/IDC
IDC CREW PACK WHICH INCLUDES
IDC Candidate Workbook – Included in IDC Tuition
PADI Instructor Manual – Supplied by candidate
The Law and the Diving Professional - Supplied by candidate
The Best of the Undersea Journal - Supplied by candidate
The Business of Diving - Supplied by candidate
Children and Scuba Diving - Supplied by candidate
Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Instructor Outline
Project AWARE Specialty Program Instructor Outline
PADI Open Water Final Exam Booklet
PADI Rescue Diver Final Exam Booklet
PADI Divemaster Final Exams Booklet
PADI Slates
Slate and pencil (you will probably need at least 2)
Register for The Online PADI Open Water Instructor (IDC) Here!
Important Note!!!
All Knowledge Reviews from the Independent Study Section of the PADI IDC Candidate Workbook must be completed prior to the start of the AI/IDC program.
The following materials are needed to complete the Independent Study Section of the IDC Candidate Workbook:
Request information on the PADI Open Water Instructor course OR call us at 1 780 438-1218.
We look forward to seeing you diving,

Ken Holliday,
Owner, PADI Course Director, and Avid Diver
Northwest Scuba
6815 - 104Street
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada
T6H 2L5
Toll Free:
1 800 565-2508
Local:
1 780 438-1218
dive@northwestscuba.com
Monday: 9:30 am to 6:00 pm
Tuesday: 9:30 am to 6:00 pm
Wednesday: 9:30 am to 6:00 pm
Thursday: 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Friday: 9:30 am to 6:00 pm
Saturday: 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Sunday: Closed
