Mermaids Dive Center a PADI 5 Star CDC (Career Development Center) Thailand conducts 11 PADI IDC (Instructor Development Courses) times annually from our location in Jomtien, Pattaya, Thailand. Mermaids was the first 5 Star CDC Dive Center on the Eastern seaboard to have achieved this prestigious award for excellence in professional level diver training.
Coupled with this our Educations Manager and Course Director, Russell Martin is a two times Platinum Director being one of only 100 globally. Another Platinum Course Director Desi Doggart works for Mermaids Dive Center since 2008 and just as Russel teach on average 11 IDC each year.
As part of our zeal to make you more employable, we offer full upgrades as well as Technical Diving facilities, with courses that most other schools cannot offer. As well as more than a decades worth of experience in Internship education and training, which means that we do not suffer form teething problems or logistical issues. Been there, done it!
Mermaids 2013 PADI DM/IDC/IE and Instructor Training Programs
Course Director Russell S. Martin (CD-113639), Course Director Desi Doggart (CD-480974)
| Divemaster Course (DM) |
Emergency Fist Response Instructor Course (EFRI) | Instructor Development Course (IDC) | Instructor Examinations (IE) | Specialty Instructor Training |
| 2 -13 January | 11 – 12 January | 14 – 25 January | 25 -27 January | 29 January – 2 February |
| 2 – 13 February | 15 – 16 February | 18 – 28 February | 1 – 3 March | 5 – 9 March |
| 4 – 15 March | 22 – 23 March | 25 March – 5 April | 5 April – 7 April | 9 – 13 April |
| 8 – 20 April | 19 – 20 April | 22 April -3 May | 3 May -5 May | 7 – 11 May |
| 5 – 16 May | 17 – 18 May | 20 – 31 May | 31 May – 2 June | 4 – 8 June |
| 3 -14 June | 25 – 26 June | 28 June – 9 July | 9 – 11 July | 13 – 17 July |
| 12 – 23 July | ||||
| 19 – 30 August | 2 – 3 August | 5 – 16 August | 16 – 18 August | 20 – 24 August |
| 16 – 27 September | 30 – 31 August | 2 – 13 September | 13 – 15 September | 17 – 21 September |
| 21 October – 01 November | 4 – 5 October | 7 – 18 October | 18 – 20 October | 22 – 26 October |
| 17 – 28 November | 29 – 30 November | 2 – 13 December | 13 – 15 December | 17 – 21 December |
| 16 – 27 December |
Please note that this schedule may be subject to change by 1 or 2 days maximum
For more information on Internship programs have a look at our websites dedicated to this: English: www.scubadivinginternship.com, Dansk: www.thaidyk.com Deutsch: www.taucheninthailand.com
Please download Mermaids IDC Candidate Data Collection form and pass it to your Mermaids Course Director when requested.
