Thresher Shark Divers are very pleased to have completed our first ever IDC (Instructor Development Course). As well as being a historical event for TSD, it is a groundbreaking in being the first ever successful IDC held in its entirety on Malapascua.
Congratulations over and over to David and Sarah on passing their PADI Instructor Exam yesterday.
They have worked very hard over the last 2 weeks of the IDC and improved in leaps and bounds.
The IE (Instructor Exam), is the final part of the Instructor course when evaluators from PADI headquarters test all instructor candidates during a rigorous two day session. During the IE David and Sarah did us proud, scoring consistently high marks throughout. They were presented with their certificates of completion yesterday afternoon by George Wegmann, PADI Instructor Examiner.

L-R: John Taylor (Course Director), George Wegmann (PADI Instructor Examiner), David Vize (OWSI), Sarah King (OWSI), Mike Ferguson (IDC Staff), me (Andrea – IDC Staff)
Many thanks to John Taylor, our Course Director, and Mike our IDC Staff Instructor, for all their hard work with the candidates throughout the IDC, it really paid off. To round off a very successful IDC, David will remain to complete his Specialty Instructor ratings, and Charlie will be finishing her IDC Staff Instructor Course this week.
We had a great party last night, I think there will be some sore heads this morning….

About Andrea Agarwal

Andrea Agarwal is a PADI Master Instructor and the founder of Thresher Shark Divers on Malapascua Island, Philippines. Originally from the UK, she moved to the Philippines in 2003 and built what is now one of the largest and most respected dive operations in the country. TSD is a PADI 5-Star Career Development Center (CDC) and the only PADI TecRec facility on Malapascua. Andrea has spent over 20 years diving Malapascua's waters and has been instrumental in developing its reputation as the world's best destination for daily thresher shark encounters.