Where to Start...

Now that is a good question. Where to start your training for a career as a PADI Professional depends on your current diver qualification. We can organise a training package that will take you from your current position right up to Divemaster or even Instructor. An all-inclusive program, customised to your needs, is the ideal jumpstart to a professional career in diving.

Our most popular program is known as the First Step and includes the following courses;

PADI Rescue Diver

PADI Emergency First Response

PADI Oxygen Provider

PADI Divemaster

Successful completion of the program will make you a highly qualified PADI Divemaster ready for work in the industry. As well, the program is the ideal preparation for the PADI Instructor course.

Program cost: $1950.00 (includes all tuition, required materials, equipment and PADI registration fees)

Duration: 14 days (program can be run full-time or part-time to suit your schedule)

PADI Rescue Diver

	This course is an important and crucial step in expanding your knowledge and experience beyond a purely recreational level. As a prerequisite for the Divemaster, this course will expand your knowledge and teach you effective diver rescue and first aid skills.

Emergency First Response

	This is a basic first aid training course which covers cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency care in a cohesive and user-friendly manner. The course also teaches the first aider how to protect one’s self in an emergency situation. The Emergency First Response course is a prerequisite for the PADI Rescue Diver Course.

Oxygen Provider

	Providing supplemental oxygen is an area of critical importance for all first aiders, especially those assisting injured scuba divers. The PADI Oxygen Provider Course is suitable for divers of all levels from novice to instructor. Participants are trained in the management of the unconscious casualty, resuscitation, diving accident recognition and management and oxygen provision to both conscious and unconscious casualties. Prerequisites: Open Water Diver, current first aid Materials: Oxygen Provider Manual Duration: 1 day

PADI Divemaster

	The Divemaster qualification is your first step into the ranks of the diving professional. You will become a member of PADI, the world’s largest professional diver training organisation, with more than 90,000 members in more than 175 countries. The course will train you to organise, conduct and supervise the diving activities of certified divers and snorkellors. To achieve this level of expertise, you must be prepared for some serious work as well as some serious fun.

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