PADI Course Director

The Course Director level is the pinnacle of the PADI System of diver
education, representing less than one percent of all PADI Members.
Course Director hopefuls submit an application for acceptance into one
of two annual Course Director Training Courses. From almost 200
applications submitted each year only about 70 participants are selected
to attend the two week long Course Director Training Course (CDTC).

The Course Director rating is the equivalent of having a postgraduate
degree in scuba diving instruction, there is not a more prestigious
level of certification within the dive industry.

Course Directors are the only people who may conduct the Instructor Development Course
<http://www.padi.com/english/common/courses/rec/continue/idc.asp>

needed to become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
<http://www.padi.com/english/common/courses/pro/owsi.asp>.

Requirements include:

* Hold the PADI Master Instructor certification for at least six months
* 250 logged dives
* Renewed EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE^(TM) Instructor