There is no PADI compressor repair course. You would need to contact a manufacturer of high pressure compressors and see what they offer or suggest in the way of training. I would guess a trade school would do for either. And a diesel engine is a diesel engine. Some are just a lot bigger than others.
cheers Jim - do you know what the most popular types are that dive schools use? is there a main brand?
you know, the more I think about it, I cant put my finger on why people arent able to make a living doing this. I mean scuba diving is an expensive pasttime. That means that theres money being charged for diving and this money goes into the system, but cant all be used on maintainance costs etc. someone must be getting rich!
for example. Say an Open Water course costs 400 quid (I dont know if this is what it costs these days but its just a ball park figure)
then if you have 5 students a week - which is one course thats 5*400 = £2,000. 4.3 weeks in a month - so thats £8,600 pounds a month.
If you employ two instructors you can double that so thats£17,200 a month.
then say you get 10 divers a day doing regular dives besides the students. Paying £50 quid a day each. Thats £500 pounds a day. times that by 30 as we are working 7 days a week. thats another 6 grand in the pot.
So with just 2 instructors running one course a week each, and one or two dive masters and a couple of support staff to run the centre you are taking in about 23,000 a month. That's over a quater of a million pounds a year before tax.
Admittidely I havent taken any costs into account here but even if there is 50% a month in costs, then thats still over a £100,000 in profit a year..
and thats a small operation. Some of the dive centres Ive been too are doing way more than two Open Water courses a week.
either way, that seems like enough money to be able to pay staff enough to live off eh?
or am I missing something big here?