Email updates with Dive center owner, this updates shows that during ‘low’ season in Phuket its tough to just ‘find’ divers / students and also you need a good accountant and shouldnt work without a work permit when working as a Dive Instructor. Dive Community Weekly Update Monday, May 08, 2006 Monday – Picked up a […]
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Decided to give my diary entries for when I ran a dive center in Phuket between 2006 and 2007, these entries have come from emails I sent (Updating the dive center owner) and my own thoughts / diary entries at the time, there are quite a lot so I expect it will run for a
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Here is some sample info you will receive from our Australian IDC. The PADI Instructor Development Course is the penultimate step in becoming a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. It is a big step deciding to become an Instructor and it is going to be an exhilarating ride, both challenging and rewarding. We are the
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Just the same as this guy? My name is Miguel Im 25 year old, Portuguese, speak fluent English, and Spanish, I do free diving since I was 7 years old, I had been a life guard since 2005 and a scuba diver since 2009. At the moment I work in a dive centre 5 stars
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All Course Director Applications must now include your thoughts / goals on the following promotional activities: Develop and implement marketing campaigns Host at least 3 Go Pro nights in your facility Insure your staff are familiar with the PADI IDC if they get an enquiry about it. Try to ensure some of your OWSI students
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The pinnacle of your PADI Professional career will be the PADI Course Director Training Course (CDTC) but what do you actually do on the course and how to you apply? To start with you need to have been PADI Master Instructor for at least 6 month prior to the course date and an EFRIT prior
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Here is some wise thoughts for PADI Instructors Remember that time is the biggest hurdle standing between potential divers and diving. Not only does this mean that flexible scheduling and independent study will be increasingly important in diver training, it also drives a desire for immediate experience. People with limited leisure time do not want
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Once you are an instructor you can apply for any of the Jobs posted on the PADI Employment Board, to give you a taste, here are some recent advertisements, if these positions dont motivate you to do your PADI IDC then I dont know what will 🙂 1 Instructor in Australia Hayman is Australasia’s premiere
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Open Letter to IDC Guide PADI Course Directors. Unfortunately we have lost our original Phuket Course Director from the guide but he has been replaced in Phuket by Scubacat’s Course Director Sarah Kench. It is with a heavy heart that myself and the original Course Director have had to part ways as he was my
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Funny Scuba Instructor Job Request response, that I guess he didnt delete 🙂 Dear Sir/Madam, I have recently qualified as a PADI Open Water Scuba and Emergency First Response Instructor after completing an IDC with Sarah at Scubacat in Paton, Phuket. I am therefore currently looking for work as an OWSI/EFRI anywhere within Thailand. I
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