Gina Nicole
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Aloha,
Forgive me but its about to be a long story.
Im a rescue diver and underwater videography apprentice looking to advance. Right now Im kind of stuck because my apprenticeship of almost a year is not advancing into a full-time or even a truly "paid" position. Basically, they want me to stick around but aren't will to pay me, so I work at a resturant full-time as well. During the apprenticeship I was able to lead interns out on just-for-fun dives and I really enjoyed it. I have been looking into divemaster internships to further my dive training as well as a way to make a little cash. I would love to be an instructor at some point. Anything to get me in the water and share my passion with others. The most important aspect to me in regards to dive training is for some diversity. I don't want to be limited to only tropical clear water reef diving (which is most of my experience now) I would love some advice from the people who have been there done that. Is it worth looking into destinations abroad, or should I stay close to home in the USA? I only have experience diving in the waters of the Florida Keys and Hawaii. Staying state side could save a lot of money but abroad I could take language classes and maybe pick up a foriegn language. Traveling is another passion second to diving. All along the way I hope to improve my underwater photography/videography skills and possibly make money off of that as well.
I am waiting until July-August to take this next step, I am in the brainstorming stage and would love some ideas to bounce around. Im open to anything! Mahalo for reading and I look forward to any replys!
Forgive me but its about to be a long story.
Im a rescue diver and underwater videography apprentice looking to advance. Right now Im kind of stuck because my apprenticeship of almost a year is not advancing into a full-time or even a truly "paid" position. Basically, they want me to stick around but aren't will to pay me, so I work at a resturant full-time as well. During the apprenticeship I was able to lead interns out on just-for-fun dives and I really enjoyed it. I have been looking into divemaster internships to further my dive training as well as a way to make a little cash. I would love to be an instructor at some point. Anything to get me in the water and share my passion with others. The most important aspect to me in regards to dive training is for some diversity. I don't want to be limited to only tropical clear water reef diving (which is most of my experience now) I would love some advice from the people who have been there done that. Is it worth looking into destinations abroad, or should I stay close to home in the USA? I only have experience diving in the waters of the Florida Keys and Hawaii. Staying state side could save a lot of money but abroad I could take language classes and maybe pick up a foriegn language. Traveling is another passion second to diving. All along the way I hope to improve my underwater photography/videography skills and possibly make money off of that as well.
I am waiting until July-August to take this next step, I am in the brainstorming stage and would love some ideas to bounce around. Im open to anything! Mahalo for reading and I look forward to any replys!