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Jason,

Becoming a PADI Instructor is a two part process. Once enrolled in an
Instructor development course (IDC), he spends about 40 hours being taught
PADI philosophy,  training standards, marketing, teaching format, etc. Upon
completion of the IDC, he is then evaluated by an evaluator during the
Intructor evaluation phase (IE)

If he passes the IE, a PADI Instructor is now allowed to teach Basic
openwater, Advanced openwater, andRrescue diver. Keep in mind that the ONLY
experience the Instructor has in teaching any of the above comes from what he
did prior to the IDC on his own, which in most cases, is nothing. You learn
basically zilch about teh advanced adn rescue diver program, and are expected
upon enrollment to be prepared for the "rigors" (now there is a joke) of
becoming an instructor.

Add to all this the fact that a newly certified PADI instructor can the very
next following day after passing his IE, enroll into a PADI Master Scuba
Diver Trainer program, and poof!, two days later you are awareded the PADI
MSDT rating. Sorry, all instructors were not created equal.

Raimo.

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