Looking to become a PADI Scuba Diving Instructor? Check out our PADI IDC Gili Islands Program! Our Platinum PADI Course Director Holly Macleod can prepare you for a rewarding and successful career as a PADI Scuba Instructor.

Holly is from the UK and has been working as a dive instructor for well over a decade, and has enjoyed some truly amazing experiences, working in some incredible places alongside some truly great people from a variety of cultures and backgrounds, have had a huge amount of fun and seen things that others only dream of! During her career she has worked as an Instructor for several busy dive shops in The Caribbean, Thailand, Malaysia, The Philippines, Australia and Indonesia.

Experiencing working in different diving roles including positions on liveaboard expeditions in the Coral Sea, within dive resorts and have also managed a variety of PADI dive shops, ranging from the small islands of Malaysia to the concrete jungle of Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Holly has enjoyed fantastic diving over her career and worked with some incredibly inspiring people. She is now a Platinum PADI Course Director and lives and works on Gili Trawangan in Lombok running monthly IDC programs at Trawangan Dive as well as the full range of professional level continuing education programs.

IDC Candidates choosing to complete their Instructor training with Holly will benefit directly from her real-world diving industry experience. She has over a decade of experience as a PADI Instructor in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, The Philippines and The Caribbean. Her background means that she has experienced many of the situations an Instructor can expect to meet. She will show you how to apply what you learn and how to successfully handle the challenges instructors face every day.

You’ll become highly employable, worldwide. dive centers seek instructors who know how to balance the needs of guests, colleagues and management, and who can deliver high-quality courses, sell and promote diving. Holly will help you to develop and apply the skills that make you more attractive to employers.

After the IDC you will also be able to gain immediate teaching experience, by shadowing one or more of the dive center staff teaching a PADI course. You see for yourself the practicalities of running a course, and make a smooth transition to teaching students of your own.