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Continuing Your Education
Continuing your education expands your career options, making you
more valuable as an employee and staff member. It also sets a good
example for your future students.
Career opportunities in the recreational dive industry are increasing
rapidly, however so is the competition, especially for the most
attractive jobs! To maximize your opportunity in the industry you
need to be a cut above the average instructor. Instructor continuing
education gives you that needed edge, as well as the opportunity
to increase your income and expand your own skills.
Here are programs that you should take, and certifications that
you should work towards completing as soon as possible.
PADI EFRI - Emergency First Response Instructor
(1 day)
This course teaches Instructors how to organize, conduct, market
and promote the PADI Emergency First Response Course (EFRI). The
course emphasizes hands-on skills practice and demonstrations. We
have placed the EFRI Course in between the IDC and IE to give you
some additional teaching practice. The EFRI Course is low stress
and makes you feel confident and relaxed prior to the IE.
With EFR being a vital part of several PADI certification levels
(including, Rescue Diver, Divemaster, Assistant Instructor and Instructor
development) it is the one most marketable course in the PADI System
of diver education and allows you to offer all-inclusive programs.
Students will not have to look elsewhere for the training they need.
Also since the Emergency First Response course is not diving specific,
you can offer this training to all your customers, friends and
family. Our EFR Instructor course now includes PADI's new Care
for Children program.
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PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Instructor (2
days)
The most popular Specialty Course worldwide - one day of knowledge
development and one day of local diving (2 dives). During this course
you will learn how to use the PADI EANx tables, the oxygen analyzer,
the benefits of diving with enriched air and be prepared for future
rebreather courses. All teaching materials and course standards
are reviewed. The actual Enriched Air Diver Course itself is included
in the Instructor Course.
To become certified you will need a total of ten enriched air dives.
The last eight experience dives can be conducted during the MSDT
Course or other specialty dives. The eight Nitrox tanks needed are
included in your Nitrox Instructor course.
To learn more about Nitrox Diving, please visit our visit our TEC pages.
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DSAT Gas Blender Instructor (1
day)
You may already be a certified gas blender, but are you prepared to teach others how to provide gas mixtures? If the thought of becoming a DSAT Gas Blender Instructor interests you, then you will find that the DSAT Gas Blender course is one of the most informative and comprehensive programs in the market today. DSAT's instructional philosophies and course goals directly address the emerging and demanding nature of Nitrox and Trimix gas blending.
To learn more about TEC Diving, please visit our visit our TEC
pages.
PADI Oxygen First Aid Instructor
(1 day)
This course makes you familiar with the Oxygen unit and includes
plenty of practice with many scenarios and background information,
emphasizing the importance of early oxygen treatment in case of
a diving accident. The course reviews course standards, qualifying
you to teach the PADI Oxygen First Aid Course.
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PADI Wreck Diving Instructor (2 days)
One of the most popular specialties worldwide. This Instructor
course teaches you how to organize, conduct, plan and promote the
PADI Wreck Diver Course. During the course we will explore and map
the 80m+ steel catamaran King Cruiser and discuss teaching techniques
and course materials/outlines.
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Other PADI Instructor Specialty Programs
The current list of Instructor Specialties we offer includes:
U/W
Photo, Digital Underwater Photography, Boat, Shark, Drift, U/W
Scooter, Deep, Multilevel, Night, Navigation, U/W Naturalist,
Search & Recovery, Equipment, Project
Aware, PPB and Positive Approach Selling.
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PADI MSDT - Master Scuba Diver Trainer
(5 days)
The MSDT course includes 5 different instructor specialties preparing
you towards the MSDT instructor rating. The 5 Instructor Specialty
Courses can be selected to meet your personal goals and interests.
Please consult Bj�rn for further details.
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PADI IDC Staff Instructor (11 days)
Similar to the partnership between AIs and Instructors, IDC Staff
Instructors work with Course Directors as important team members
in the instructor training process. As an IDC Staff Instructor,
you may staff instructor development programs and instructor-level
continuing education courses. You will also be qualified to teach
the PADI Assistant Instructor course - a responsibility only you
and PADI Course Directors share. The IDC Staff Instructor Course
is a prerequisite for the prestigious Master Instructor rating.
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Dive Leadership (10 days)
This course is designed for Divemasters and Instructors intending
to work in a resort environment, focusing on the skills and abilities
needed for a successful career as a diving professional.
We conduct this program all year around and have no fixed class
starting dates. Each participant has a different background and
therefore different training needs. This means you can start any
time you like and that you'll have a personalized, flexible schedule.
During the period of November to the end of April, the possibility
exists that you may gain experience on one of our live aboard trips
to the Similan or Southern Islands.
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Dive Resort Management (10 days)
Most Dive Centers, especially in tropical diving destinations,
have two main sources of income, diving instruction and diving excursions,
and often a combination of both. This means that your duties will
be both of an instructional and supervisory nature. Tourists in
tropical, holiday destinations are often demanding and expect to
dive when they want to, where they want to, and how they want to.
This requires organization and communication, not to mention excellent
scheduling and facility maintenance skills.
During this program, you will deal with real life situations in
our 5 Star Dive Centers in Kata and Karon Beach. Practical diving
experience will be gained aboard our daily excursion boat to the
various dive sites around the island of Phuket.
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Business of Diving (2 days)
This course is the logical next step to our 'Dive Leadership' and
'Resort Diving Management' courses. It applies practical, sensible
business principles to the operation of a modern diving facility.
This way you'll learn to make decisions based on actual facts and
circumstances, rather than on hope, faith and charity!
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Sales Training (4 days)
If you think that your job is to teach and not to sell...guess
again. In the dive business, everyone sells including full-time,
part-time, and independent instructors. Yet, very few people want
to be seen in the role of a 'salesperson'.
sPositive Approach Selling teaches the philosophy that selling
doesn't have to be a pushy, manipulative process that many people
imagine it to be. You'll learn to identify different types of personalities,
including your own, and which sales approach is right for a given
situation.
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Also Available: IDC Packages & Scuba Career Programs
When you choose more than one of our courses you will benefit
from our IDC Packages and Scuba Career Programs. To help us plan and prepare as much as
possible in advance, we appreciate early bookings. However, you
are always welcome to upgrade your program during the IDC and receive
the full benefit of our package system.
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