Train for one year to become a PADI Specialty Dive Instructor
We give you the opportunity to train and guide real students and experience the real workings of a dive centre. When you leave us you'll have the skills and experience to step right into a career in the dive industry.
No prior experience is needed. Our experienced instructors will support you to progress from PADI Open Water Diver to an internationally recognised PADI Specialty Instructor. Throughout the year you will complete over 100 dives and gain real experience inside a working dive centre.
February 2027 intake | Four days per week | Only eight places
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This isn’t simply classroom study with some diving included. You’ll train inside an operating dive centre, gaining exposure to real students, customers, equipment, retail operations, boats and dive trips.
Could this programme be right for you? This course will suit you if you:
- Want a practical alternative to conventional tertiary study
- Love the ocean, travel and outdoor work
- Want to learn through practical experience
- Are leaving school or considering a career change
- Are interested in a professional career in diving
What you will learn
- Learn how to plan and run dive trips
- Learn how to teach new divers
- Learn how to organise and maintain SCUBA gear, interpret weather information, and lead groups on underwater explorations.
- Gain a variety of other valuable skills such as advanced first Aid, retail and sales techniques.
But wait, there’s more – you’ll also get to observe and assist on Open Water courses throughout the year, giving you valuable exposure to life as a dive instructor. By the time you graduate you will have the confidence and experience to start your career in the dive industry as an internationally recognised PADI Specialty Dive Instructor.
A year of total adventure awaits you...
Work in some of the world’s most exotic places.
With over 6,600 PADI centres and resorts in over 180 countries around the world – your future looks amazing as you immediately apply your knowledge and skills in the dive industry.
We only have 8 places available on each course. Make one yours.
Two intakes per year February and August
