Professional Diver Training |PADI IDC Khao Lak Thailand | Technical Diver Training
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Start Your New Career in Diving - Train in Khao Lak

Small group IDC training with a dedicated Course Director. Real training, not a factory course.

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Meet Your Course Director

Ed Bosworth is a PADI Course Director and technical-diving instructor with more than two decades of experience training divers and dive professionals. His IDC programmes focus on small groups, individual coaching, real-world teaching skills and preparation for the PADI Instructor Examination.

Meet Ed Bosworth

Why Choose Khao Lak for Your IDC?

People in wetsuits at surface
Small Groups
More personal attention and better learning compared to high-volume IDC centres.
Similan Islands Thailand
Similan Islands Access
Train in one of Thailand’s best diving environments.
Start your new Diving career in Thailand
Focused Environment
Fewer distractions than Koh Tao → better preparation for your Instructor Exam.

Upcoming IDC Courses – Limited Spaces Available

What’s Included in Your IDC

  • PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC)
  • Emergency First Response Instructor
  • Instructor Exam (IE) preparation
  • Classroom + confined + open water training
  • Teaching presentations & workshops
  • Real-world instructor skills
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  • Instructor delivering a classroom presentation during a PADI IDC
  • PADI IDC candidates receiving a confined-water briefing in the pool
  • PADI IDC candidate completing assessment work beside the training pool
  • Divers completing an underwater instructor-development exercise

Real instructor training in Khao Lak—from preparation and briefing to assessed teaching practice.

THIS ISN’T JUST A COURSE — IT’S A CAREER CHANGE

This isn’t just about passing your Instructor Exam. It’s about changing your lifestyle, your environment, and your career.
Work on a dive boat, not in an office
Wear a wetsuit & booties to work
Fish and marine life

Start Your Career as a Dive Professional

What Our Students Say

Professional, very smart guy that knows his stuff. Its fun to work with him, great teacher, awesome diver. I enjoyed my time with him. BTW cave diving is very hot.
maddy
Maddy Camaro Cave Diving course
Ed is an encyclopedia about diving. Very patient and also passionate about TEC. Became a great Course Director under the wings of Ann Christmas.
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opReisHaan IDC Candidate
Professional diver training offer first class diving instruction. PADI Divemaster, IDC, TecRec, Tec 40, Tec 45 Tec 50, Tech fun dives, wreck diving, pro level courses.
Ed Bosworth - PADI Course Director & Tec Instructor
Ed Bosworth PADI Course Director and TEC Instructor

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