DIVE DOJO Puerto Gallera- info needed
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CODMAN
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Bah, it,s not that hard. But you do need to 1- be very comfortable in the water (Tech diving is no place for getting nervous, panicking, having buoyancy issues, etc... 2- be very methodical (tech diving is all about planning and sticking to the plan).
As far as working goes, good for you if you want to make a career out of it. Where there is a will, there is a way... You can do this (proofm ther erae expats working there regularly). One piece of advice then; stick to places where there is a well developped dive clientele (like PG). There are more chances the dive operators will need a hand at some time.
Also, another piece of advice (man am I preachy??
). Make sure your dive center (wherever you choose to do it) will include an internship to the course (not just the 2 week minimum). You NEED to get hands on experience dealing with customers and divers of all levels. Believe me, guiding/ supervising divers is totally different from regular diving and you need to rack-up as much experience doing this as possible. And in the case you can't find work right away, this will be the only way to get decent experience.
Good luck with your endevours!
As far as working goes, good for you if you want to make a career out of it. Where there is a will, there is a way... You can do this (proofm ther erae expats working there regularly). One piece of advice then; stick to places where there is a well developped dive clientele (like PG). There are more chances the dive operators will need a hand at some time.
Also, another piece of advice (man am I preachy??
). Make sure your dive center (wherever you choose to do it) will include an internship to the course (not just the 2 week minimum). You NEED to get hands on experience dealing with customers and divers of all levels. Believe me, guiding/ supervising divers is totally different from regular diving and you need to rack-up as much experience doing this as possible. And in the case you can't find work right away, this will be the only way to get decent experience.Good luck with your endevours!
sonar
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ah Ok; sounds good
Thought you both wanted to leave UK and become instructors out of the blue. Would be sweet.. Thought about it as well but realized soon it wasnt realistic. If you are financially not fully depending on diving than it will eaze the process. maybe start as a DM, freelance a bit and grow into it once you know the people and they know what you can do.
So true what Codman says about internship. Guiding (new) divers sounds easy but is very stressful. They always swim away, have different skill levels, stress or overcomfort, buoancy problems, dont follow you and so on. i really liked it, just like doing skills with OW students. Doing an extended internship will defenitely be a key to finding a job
Thought you both wanted to leave UK and become instructors out of the blue. Would be sweet.. Thought about it as well but realized soon it wasnt realistic. If you are financially not fully depending on diving than it will eaze the process. maybe start as a DM, freelance a bit and grow into it once you know the people and they know what you can do.
So true what Codman says about internship. Guiding (new) divers sounds easy but is very stressful. They always swim away, have different skill levels, stress or overcomfort, buoancy problems, dont follow you and so on. i really liked it, just like doing skills with OW students. Doing an extended internship will defenitely be a key to finding a job
Cool- thanks a lot for all your comments guys!. We definetely be doing the DM somewhere in PG..haven't decided with whom thou.. we're not that pressured with time so we will try to stay with a DC as long as possible for the internship to get experience... I will write a report so maybe we can praise DOJO together 
if we decide to go with them.
Hope you will get in the water soon :scubadive:
if we decide to go with them.Hope you will get in the water soon :scubadive:
Evie G
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Ei, all my PG dives are w/ DD. Love the place & the people there. Will be back down there again in May.
CODMAN
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Choose whoever you feel best with! it,s a long and important course, so make sure you feel good about who you will do it with!
Also, maybe a tip. Why not take another course with them (I did rescue) before engaging into the DM course? That way you will get a vibe of how you get along with your instructor, and if it's not great, you can simply move on to elsewhere before having engaged in the program with them. You could start with the Nitrox course (very usefull for the DM course by the way)... Or any other...
Just a good way of testing the grounds.
it,s a long and important course, so make sure you feel good about who you will do it with!Also, maybe a tip. Why not take another course with them (I did rescue) before engaging into the DM course? That way you will get a vibe of how you get along with your instructor, and if it's not great, you can simply move on to elsewhere before having engaged in the program with them. You could start with the Nitrox course (very usefull for the DM course by the way)... Or any other...
Just a good way of testing the grounds.
I will write a report so maybe we can praise DOJO together
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Evie G
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You NEED to get hands on experience dealing with customers and divers of all levels. Believe me, guiding/ supervising divers is totally different from regular diving and you need to rack-up as much experience doing this as possible.
Ei Simon! I didnt give u a hard time did I? hehe
Was joking w/ Ethei if i should have a fainting spell or ....what, during our dives.
Evie G
Guest
@ Buddy-Boo
Pm me if u need DD or Ethei's contact info.
Pm me if u need DD or Ethei's contact info.
CODMAN
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Evei, when we dove together I hadn't even started my internship... had you fainted, you would have sank down... down... down and I wouldn't have budged!!! :cool2: Nah.... Bud seriously, I got a few challenging divers while I was there... One autralian bloke decided he was guiding the dive... 
Was going 50 mph through the dive and then upon surfacing commented to how there wasn't much to see on the Alma Jane...
Nah.... Bud seriously, I got a few challenging divers while I was there... One autralian bloke decided he was guiding the dive... Was going 50 mph through the dive and then upon surfacing commented to how there wasn't much to see on the Alma Jane... You NEED to get hands on experience dealing with customers and divers of all levels. Believe me, guiding/ supervising divers is totally different from regular diving and you need to rack-up as much experience doing this as possible.
Ei Simon! I didnt give u a hard time did I? hehe
Was joking w/ Ethei if i should have a fainting spell or ....what, during our dives.
sonar
Contributor
hehe
I did the same as codman; came for my rescue with DM in my mind. Also to see if I liked Sabang.. If it turns out you dont like the people too much you just switch to plan B
My plan B was to go to Coron for my DM; been there only four days and that turned out to be enough for me
Codman; we should charge Dojo for free dives or something. We re like campaigning for them
I did the same as codman; came for my rescue with DM in my mind. Also to see if I liked Sabang.. If it turns out you dont like the people too much you just switch to plan B
My plan B was to go to Coron for my DM; been there only four days and that turned out to be enough for me
Codman; we should charge Dojo for free dives or something. We re like campaigning for them
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