PADI IDC Skills Circuit - New Revised IDC Course

PADI IDC Skills Circuit for the New Revised PADI IDC Course is finally out! We at made this brand new video showing you all the 24 PADI IDC Skills Circuit skills in order.

The new PADI IDC Skills Circuit has been long awaited for by PADI IDC Candidates, Divemasters, DMT's and Course Directors. Most skills in the PADI IDC Skills Circuit have stayed the same, but some have been replaced with new skills. PADI now recommends to demonstrate the PADI IDC Skills Circuit neutrally buoyant, or at least the PADI Regulator and the Mask Removal Skill.

PADI IDC Skills Circuit - New PADI Revised IDC Course

PADI New IDC Skills Circuit - Skills:

1. Equipment assembly, adjustment, preparation, donning and disassembly [00:00] 
2. Predive safety check (BWRAF) [09:33] 
3. Deep-water entry [13:48] 
4. Buoyancy check at surface [15:53] 
5. Snorkel-regulator/regulator-snorkel exchange [16:56] 
6. Five-point descent, using buoyancy control to stop descent without contacting the bottom [18:39] 
7. Regulator recovery and clearing* [21:21] 
8. Mask removal, replacement and clearing* [22:50] 
9. Air depletion exercise and alternate air source use (stationary) [24:46] 
10. Alternate air source-assisted ascent [26:52] 
11. Free flowing regulator breathing [29:19] 
12. Neutral buoyancy, rise and fall – using low pressure inflation [31:07] 
13. Five-point ascent [33:21] 
14. Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent [35:53] 
15. Orally inflate BCD to hover for at least 60 seconds [37:12] 
16. Underwater swim without a mask [39:31] 
17. Remove and replace weight system underwater [41:58] 
18. Remove and replace scuba unit underwater [43:57] 
19. Remove and replace scuba unit on the surface [47:45] 
20. Remove and replace weight system on the surface [50:50] 
21. Surface dive while skin diving and clear snorkel using blast method upon surfacing [52:42] 
22. Disconnect low pressure inflator [53:57] 
23. Re-secure a loose cylinder band [55:04] 
24. Perform an emergency weight drop [57:10] 

* To earn a 5 on this new IDC Skills Circuit, a diver must demonstrate skill while neutrally buoyant in the New Revised IDC Course

Please check out the New IDC Skills Circuit YouTube Video below, you can find individual skills by looking at the starting times described above.

Evaluation Criteria PADI IDC and Divemaster Skills Circuit :

1 – participant unable to perform exercise
​2 – exercise performed with significant difficulty or error
3 – exercise performed correctly, though too quickly to adequately exhibit (or illustrate) details of skill
4 – exercise performed correctly and slowly enough to adequately exhibit (or illustrate) details of skill
5 – exercise performed correctly, slowly and with exaggerated movement (appeared “easy”)

You can still demonstrate all the new PADI IDC Skills Circuit on your knees (unless a mobile skill). However, if you want to get full points (a 5.0) on Regulator, Removal and Recovery and the mask removal and replacement skill, then you need to demonstrate those neutrally buoyant. Demonstrating skills neutrally buoyant is growing in popularity. For this we reason we decided to show demonstrating most skills of this new PADI IDC Skills Circuit neutrally Buoyant.

Tips to get the most out of your new PADI IDC Skills Circuit or Divemaster Skill Circuit:

1. Do it Slowly, the slower you demonstrate the new IDC Skill, the easier it is to remember your next step and it also makes you look good.
2. Don't be a robot! Remember that no-one wants to watch or get's inspired from a static, boring Divemaster or Diving Instructor. Try to move fluidly.
3. Care about your scuba diving students. During your new PADI IDC Skills Circuit demonstration you should try and look people in the eye's, smile a bit and make people feel relaxed.
4. Use strong, but friendly scuba diving hand signals during your new PADI IDC Skills Circuit demonstrations. Maybe check out this Scuba Diving Hand Signals here:

To get a 5.0 full points on your PADI Skills Circuit on the New Revised PADI IDC Course you need to demonstrate the Divemaster and IDC Skills exercise performed correctly, slowly and with exaggerated movement. Just remember that your beginner scuba diving students don't have to do that. If you want to know how they have to do it, then check out our PADI Open Water Diver Skill Video.

If you also want to do your PADI IDC Course or if you want to recommend anyone to do the New Revised PADI IDC Course with us then please find more information on our Sairee Cottage Diving IDC Course Koh Tao website and even more IDC Training Information on our IDC Koh Tao Thailand Training page.