Divemaster Internship
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Are you talking about you doing your training for free? If so, the east coast is far more likely than most other places.
If you are talking about doing hands-on training for your course instead of a 10 or 14 day course, then you will likely be able to choose from 100s of dive shops all over the country as most that I know of do it this way. We don't even offer another option and require a minimum of a four week commitment during which you do dmt stuff almost every day
If you are talking about doing hands-on training for your course instead of a 10 or 14 day course, then you will likely be able to choose from 100s of dive shops all over the country as most that I know of do it this way. We don't even offer another option and require a minimum of a four week commitment during which you do dmt stuff almost every day
Adam,
what's your location?
what's your location?
How about Dive Tutukaka in NZ?
Adam
I would think you will still pay for the course in most places. As a training dm you just don't have the skills (or insurances) to "work" - you are a student. You need at least the month simply to concentrate on becoming a dive master. If you are training, you aren't yet ready to be an asset to the dive shop you are training with. Perhaps near the end of your training that may change and for sure by the time you are signed off you should be an asset - but many shops will then consider employment based on their needs and your fit with them.
I would think you will still pay for the course in most places. As a training dm you just don't have the skills (or insurances) to "work" - you are a student. You need at least the month simply to concentrate on becoming a dive master. If you are training, you aren't yet ready to be an asset to the dive shop you are training with. Perhaps near the end of your training that may change and for sure by the time you are signed off you should be an asset - but many shops will then consider employment based on their needs and your fit with them.
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Sorry, i'm new at this... i hope i'm not out of line... But i'm also thinking about trying to intern for a while... more than a month... (no doctor in training here)... i was thinking Hawaii... i have lived in Japan for a while and have decent japanese skills, and would like to keep them... also i feel it is an asset. Is it doable? Where can i find shops that are interested? I'd be looking to intern, and possible work at the shop... I have little bills to deal with...i'd be thinking slightly longer term. Any ideas?
Lachlan
Sorry, i'm new at this... i hope i'm not out of line... But i'm also thinking about trying to intern for a while... more than a month... (no doctor in training here)... i was thinking Hawaii... i have lived in Japan for a while and have decent japanese skills, and would like to keep them... also i feel it is an asset. Is it doable? Where can i find shops that are interested? I'd be looking to intern, and possible work at the shop... I have little bills to deal with...i'd be thinking slightly longer term. Any ideas?
Lachlan
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Well, I hope I'm not out of line too, as I am also looking for a divemaster internship..... I'm on my way to queensland, australia. I dont really know what the dive centres there offer as I am not there right now. so sorry cant help u ltj buddy, but I want to know the same thing.... Anyone know of a divecentre that trains for free in exchange for work??
jamie doggett:
The dive master course is incredible value for money. Even if you only do the minimum hours and dives required to pass the course, the instruction, air, and support usually cost way in excess of the fees you pay for your training.
It is a professional qualification that will enable you to earn money around the world.
If dive schools were to use trainees to fill the role of real dive masters then commercial sense says they would not need to hire and pay qualified staff. Then where would the jobs be for you after you qualified?
Becoming a dive master is not only about learning diving physics and how to help a diver under your charge. It also involves learning a lot about the diving industry, which like any other, needs income.
Right up front you are saying you want the dive industry to support you for free. When you learn the incredible overheads and how low the profit margins most schools work under, you will think again about the effects of penny pinching.
It may take you a little longer to save up the dollars to do it, but time is never wasted. Start buying the books and reading them when you can afford it. Observe the dive masters and instructors when ever you dive and learn as much as you can from them. Read, injest, think. You will start your course well prepared and able to make the best out of it.
I wish you the best of luck with your dive master courses. It is a life changing course and one well worth working and waiting for.
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