Experienced Diver to Instructor

[Piers]

Here are the prerequisites first hand, Open Water Scuba Instructor Courses - Lessons, Tips & Professional Careers - PADI Scuba Diving Training Organization , all instructors should be well versed in the prereqs of PADI courses! Hope this helps

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[Piers]

Seriously? You haven't been able to recoupe the costs of the IDCin 6 years? I think you need to look in to a change of scenery, my first full year teaching I did 15-20k in tips! A dive instructor is a great way to make a living!

 

[Piers]

To be honest with you,I know this sounds wrong and unpopular here,but I prefer the high costs involved.It weeds out alot of the unsuccessfull instructors, usually inept ones, that may only teach for a year or two, and what may be left,for the most part, are the ones who are successfull at making $ at what they love to do.

I agree 100%, besides, the courses really are not expensive... Think about it this way, instead of $2500+ just for the week here, the week there, it is $500 all in and any dumbass can get their instructors, what does that do to the cost of an O/W course? $25, $50, Who is going to teach on O/W for $50? The costs are reasonable for all the courses and they should continue to grow with inflation!

 

[Ste Wart]

Seriously? You haven't been able to recoupe the costs of the IDCin 6 years? I think you need to look in to a change of scenery, my first full year teaching I did 15-20k in tips! A dive instructor is a great way to make a living!

International travel.
Tech Training
EFR Instructor Course
Tech kit
more tech training
Instructor crossovers
Replenish Recreational Kit
Renewal Fees
Insurance
Excess Baggage fees
Work Permits


... oh an you don't get tipped outside of the American Continent; for diving, very often....


and now I have a rather large Visa bill and I've quit Full time teaching to go back to university...

 

[The Chairman]

I became an instructor to teach friends and Boy Scouts. Now I live in Key Largo and train peeps through instructor. Even if I never recouped my ITC, it was all worth it.

 

[Piers]

International travel.
Tech Training
EFR Instructor Course
Tech kit
more tech training
Instructor crossovers
Replenish Recreational Kit
Renewal Fees
Insurance
Excess Baggage fees
Work Permits


... oh an you don't get tipped outside of the American Continent; for diving, very often....


and now I have a rather large Visa bill and I've quit Full time teaching to go back to university...

Fair Play, Oz was no good for tips, but $130 a day wasn't too bad, but for me at least defnintely worth it, 1000-2000 dives on the GBR, Can't put a price on that, I wouldn't give up what I do for anything. Great place for good wages and tips, Grand Cayman!