PADI Scuba Instructor Training

Vacancy: PADI Scuba Instructor Training
Company: Gap Year Diver Limited
Category: Conservation, Sports, Watersports & diving
Dates: 5 start dates per year
Cost: From £2,700 to £4,945 (10% discount if you book 6 months in advance)
Support in place: TOPPS financial protection, Year Out Group Member, 24 hour telephone support, pre-departure advice
Age limit: Minimum 18

Our Instructor traineeships comprise PADI IDC training through a registered PADI Career Development Centre as well as a range of specialist teaching modules and work experience. They are designed to meet the needs of gap year students, diving enthusiasts and career changers and would suit people who:- 1. have decided that diving is a career they would like to try for a while 2. are looking at travelling for some time and want an easily portable vocation and toolset to carry with them 3. are looking for a complete career change in life

The core components...

Our traineeships include a full range of PADI courses as well as custom-designed modules to ensure you receive the best all-round learning experience. Depending on the traineeship you choose (determined by your current diving level), our instructor traineeships include the following:

* Dive Training and Courses* Divemaster Work  Experience and taught module* Dive Management Module* Team Teach / Instructor work experience* Unlimited diving and ad-hoc adventure trips

The structure

Over a period of up to 30 weeks you will be a trainee at the dive centre. This essentially means that you will be have a mentor throughout your stay (a main instructor) who will ensure that you are covering all the learning and getting as much hands-on experience as possible as a professional trainee. You will gain so much experience and log so many dives during your stay you really will end the traineeship knowing that you've received the best educational and diving experience. The traineeship starts where you left off as an Open Water or Advanced Open Water Diver. You will spend two to three weeks building up dives, developing your skills, practising first aid and rescue scenarios; ready to start your professional level training as a DM trainee. The first part of the DM training is our carefully designed DM work experience module. You will first receive hands on experience and knowledge (as it's a taught module) relating to different areas of the dive centre over a 10 day period. You then apply this knowledge over the next 5 weeks as you complete the Divemaster Internship. You will get experience working in all areas of the dive centre, guide dives and assist instructors as often as possible around your Divemaster internship courses. The DM Internship blends nicely into our Dive Management module which lasts for 10 days. It's an expansion to the DM work experience module and focuses more on dive management, dive centre logistics and organisation. It definitely enhances your knowledge of how to run a dive centre, but it also prepares you mentally for life as professional dive instructor and the Instructor level training to follow. There's a short break in the schedule for revision and diving before the 3 weeks of IDC training start. During this time you will work as a team with other Instructor trainees developing your skills and teaching to one another. The training is run with immaculate organisation and time-keeping to ensure you are all ready for the Instructor exams. After the Instructor Exam (IE) we party(!) before starting the MSDT Prep course which educates you how to teach 5 speciality courses. This is an essential qualification. By completing the courses you will be able teach 5 specialities as well discover scuba to Divemaster. It also means you can automatically apply for your MSDT licence after you certify 25 divers. The last part of the traineeship is the team teach module. During this time you will teach diving courses to customer under the supervision of an instructor. You'll do the teaching but someone will be at hand to provide advice and tips when necessary. It's a useful module that ensures you start teaching with complete confidence in yourself!