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Entering the professional world of scuba diving brings exciting challenges and endless possibilities: There is the chance to explore nature’s fascinating underwater creatures, and the opportunity to share your professional knowledge and experiences with students who want to learn. Getting paid to do something you enjoy is something everyone wants to achieve. Professional divers achieve this goal, and are both respected and admired for their hard work and accomplishments.
From owning and operating a mainland dive center or resort, to working, teaching, and traveling across the ocean on a live-aboard dive boat, professional divers get to take part in a wide variety of fun and exciting experiences – both on land and under water. A career in diving can break you out of a nine-to-five rut, or open the door to adventurous part-time or full-time possibilities.
PADI dive professionals are envied for the lifestyles they lead. Schedule and plan dives on yachts as well as teach. Instructor Trainers travel to the world’s most exotic locations. What do all these people share? They are all diverse individuals who love their jobs. There are endless possibilities, it only takes desire to make it happen. Why not be a role model in your community and get paid for something that you love to do anyway?
At any given time, there are more positions available for PADI leaders than there are dive professionals to fill them. The bottom line is that whatever dive career path you choose, your PADI credentials will get you where you want to go, faster and easier.
Financial Aid Available through PADI to cover classes, required materials and necessary gear. Applications are available through We B Divin'.
PADI DivemasterThe PADI Divemaster course expands the problem solving skills developed by the PADI Rescue Diver program, and extends it from accident management and prevention scenarios to supervisory situations with student divers and certified divers. At the divemaster level, problem solving emphasizes looking for many possible solutions under the circumstances and choosing the best of several. Divemaster problem solving may include more than safety-related issues, and includes handling customer service, business and operational challenges. The course also addresses attitudes and judgment. Attitudes are emotional influences that shape individual choices ranging from professional behavior, role modeling, personal health and following safe diving practices, to very basic values, such as honesty. Judgment applies attitudes, experience, theoretical knowledge, deduction and intuition to problem solving and making decisions based on variables, sometimes under circumstances that aren't "black or white." |
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PADI Assistant InstructorThis course introduces the candidate to the teaching techniques for skill and knowledge development. It concentrates on duties and programs assistant instructors may conduct independently. Completion of six curriculum presentations and successful presentation of two confined water teaching presentations, two knowledge development presentations, and one open water teaching presentation integrating two skills is required. Successfully completing this course earns the candidate an AI certification and qualifies them to continue with the OWSI program. |
PADI OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor)This program introduces the candidate to the entire PADI System and focuses on further developing abilities as a professional dive educator. Completion of thirteen curriculum presentations and three workshops are required in addition to successful presentation of two confined water teaching presentations, two knowledge development presentations, and one open water teaching presentation integrating two skills. Successful completion of this program earns the candidate the right to attend a PADI Instructor Examination (IE) and be tested. Successfully passing the IE certifies the student as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. |
PADI IDCThis course is a combination of the PADI Assistant Instructor and the PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor courses taken in tandem. Successful completion earns the candidate the right to attend a PADI Instructor Examination. |
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PADI MSDT (Master Scuba Diver Trainer)This course prepares the student to teach five of the above listed recreational PADI Specialties. The candidate selects the specialties of their choice and then receives instruction specific to teaching those targeted area of interest. Completion of a successful knowledge development presentation and one open water teaching presentation for each specialty is required. At the completion of this course and at least ten dives in each specialty area, the student is certified to teach each of the recreational specialties. |
PADI Specialty InstructorThis course prepares the candidate to teach recreational PADI Specialties. The candidate selects the specialty of their choice and then receives instruction specific to teaching that targeted area of interest. Completion of a successful knowledge development presentation and one open water teaching presentation for that specialty is required. At the completion of this course and at least ten dives in the specialty area, the candidate is certified to teach that recreational specialty. |
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EFR (Emergency First Response) InstructorThis course teaches instructor candidates to conduct the seven modules of the EFR course including primary assessment, CPR, obstructed airway, control of bleeding, shock management, illness assessment and injury assessment. Upon completion of the course, the candidate is certified to teach the Emergency First Response course to recreational divers and non-divers. |
PADI IDC Staff InstructorThis course is designed to provide PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainers with the additional training necessary to staff PADI Instructor Development programs. This course builds upon the IDC Staff Instructor candidate's experience and abilities as a dive educator while concentrating on developing evaluation and evaluation training and an internship, IDC Staff Instructor candidates learn to teach the PADI Assistant Instructor course and assist with instructor development programs. |